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from: Switzerland Tourism, New York
www.myswitzerland.com

Published: December, 2008


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ABOVE: Zürich's Limmat River with swan shelters in the foreground.

Lonely Planet rates Zürich as one of the world's top 10 cities

NEW YORK -- "Lonely Planet's Best In Travel 2009" lists the 850 hottest travel trends and destinations - and names the top ten cities in the world. Zürich is extolled as being one of the top ten metropolitan cities in the world, which travelers simply have to visit. The renowned guidebook sees the biggest city in Switzerland as a hip metropolitan city with a pulsating nightlife.

In the article about Zürich, the author writes: "Zürich has two faces, old and new. The wide, placid Limmat River runs through it; elegant clock-faces and 800-year-old churches grace one side, while Züri-West, home to some of Europe's hippest nightlife, sprawls out on the other." And indeed, in Zürich contrasts are combined in a very special way, which surprises visitors from all over the world. "Best In Travel 2009" recommends for example a trip to the outdoor river-pool Letten-Badi, where the city's trendsetters meet. Because in Switzerland the lakes and rivers are so clean that you can swim with your mouth open...

More on Zürich: www.MySwitzerland.com/zuerich

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