Zurich scavenger hunt
Resembling a fairytale castle next to the main railway station, the Swiss National Museum houses the country's most comprehensive collection of cultural history and art from prehistory to the present day.
Zurich Town Hall is a majestic Baroque landmark where a grand riverside facade and ornate historic chambers create a monumental symbol of the city's political heritage.
Rising above the Old Town on the site of a former Roman fort, the tree-shaded Lindenhof offers panoramic views of the Limmat River and the historic city skyline.
St. Peter Church is a majestic historic landmark where a grand clock tower featuring Europe’s largest clock face and a serene Baroque interior create a monumental presence in Zurich’s old town.
Grossmünster is a majestic Romanesque landmark where grand twin towers and storied stained-glass windows create a monumental silhouette over the Limmat river in the heart of Zurich.
Zurich scavenger hunt
Resembling a fairytale castle next to the main railway station, the Swiss National Museum houses the country's most comprehensive collection of cultural history and art from prehistory to the present day.
Zurich Town Hall is a majestic Baroque landmark where a grand riverside facade and ornate historic chambers create a monumental symbol of the city's political heritage.
Rising above the Old Town on the site of a former Roman fort, the tree-shaded Lindenhof offers panoramic views of the Limmat River and the historic city skyline.
St. Peter Church is a majestic historic landmark where a grand clock tower featuring Europe’s largest clock face and a serene Baroque interior create a monumental presence in Zurich’s old town.
Grossmünster is a majestic Romanesque landmark where grand twin towers and storied stained-glass windows create a monumental silhouette over the Limmat river in the heart of Zurich.

Zurich Scavenger Hunt and Self-Guided Tour

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Zurich's scavenger hunt: what you are signing up for

The Zurich scavenger hunt is a self-guided city game you play on your phone: you walk from the Swiss National Museum via the Limmat and the lake to the Old Town, solve a riddle at each of 10 landmarks by looking closely at what is in front of you, and unlock the stories behind it. It takes about 3 hours at a relaxed pace, with around 47 minutes of actual walking over 3.7 km, and you start whenever you like.

Highlights include the Alfred Escher monument on Bahnhofplatz, the view from the Lindenhof, the huge clock face of St Peter's Church, the Town Hall standing in the Limmat, the Opera House and the twin towers of the Grossmünster. Zurich's centre is compact, the river and the lake are never far away, and the walk mixes medieval lanes with lakeside promenades.

  • Durationabout 3 hours
  • Walkingabout 47 min · 3.7 km
  • Stops10
  • LanguagesEnglish, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch

Riddles along the Limmat and the lake

One riddle, one landmark

There are 10 landmarks with a riddle waiting at each, answered by something you can make out on the spot: a figure on a fountain, a number on a clock face, a name above a door. You need sharp eyes and clear thinking, not a guidebook.

Women in armour and a kneeling horse

Answers unlock Zurich's tales: the women who, according to legend, marched up to the Lindenhof in armour during a siege in 1292, Charlemagne's horse said to have knelt over the graves of Felix and Regula where the Grossmünster now stands, and the Böögg snowman burned on Sechseläutenplatz at the spring festival. Every story can also be played as audio.

River, hill and lakeshore

Google Maps sets the course: 3.7 km, about 47 minutes of walking, with one short climb to the Lindenhof and otherwise level ground along the Limmat and the lake. Bridges take you from one bank to the other.

Your schedule, not ours

The game waits for you, whether you sit down on the lakeshore or come back another day. If you are staying near the Opera House or in the Old Town, the app lets you begin at another stop and rearrange the order.

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How it works

  1. Book online Choose the number of players. Your booking reference arrives by email straight away.
  2. Get the app Download the World City Trail app from the App Store or Google Play and enter your booking reference.
  3. Play when you like Start whenever you are ready, walk at your own pace and pause any time. No guide, no fixed schedule.

Who Zurich's hunt is a good fit for

A short stay in Zurich

Museum, station square, Bahnhofstrasse, the Lindenhof, two churches, the Town Hall, the lake and the Opera House fit into one afternoon. The riddles hold you at each place long enough to see more than the postcard view.

Curious children

A clock face about 8.7 metres across, a fountain recalling women in armour and a statue of Pestalozzi with a child beside him: Zurich has plenty to spot. A grown-up plays along, and the walking distance is modest.

Business travellers and teams

Teams count up to 5 players, each with the game on their own phone, which suits colleagues after a meeting as well as friends on a weekend away. The whole route is public space, so nobody has to book a room.

Good to know

  • Bring a charged smartphone with mobile data; a power bank helps.
  • No entry tickets needed: everything happens outside the buildings. Going inside is optional and paid separately.
  • Family friendly; children must be accompanied by an adult.
  • Not suitable for wheelchair users and difficult with strollers.
  • Teams of up to 5 work best; bigger groups split into several teams, one ticket per player.
  • Every purchase helps support stray cats and dogs in Greece.

The route: from the Landesmuseum over the Lindenhof and along the lake to the Old Town

10 stops · about 47 min walking · start: Swiss National Museum (Landesmuseum) · finish: Old Town (Altstadt)

The hunt starts at the Swiss National Museum (Landesmuseum) and crosses Bahnhofplatz in front of the main station to the Pestalozzianlage on Bahnhofstrasse. From there you climb to the Lindenhof, continue to St Peter's Church, cross the Limmat to the Town Hall and head for Lake Zurich. Along the shore you reach the Opera House, then the Grossmünster, and the hunt finishes in the lanes of the Old Town. Should another stop suit you better as a starting point, or the lake before the hill, the app reorders the game for you, and because every riddle is answered on façades, fountains and squares, no ticket is needed at any point between the museum and the Old Town.

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  1. Swiss National Museum (Landesmuseum)

    1Swiss National Museum (Landesmuseum)Start

    The Landesmuseum beside the main station opened in 1898 in a building by Gustav Gull, designed like a French Renaissance château with towers and turrets. Inside, the national museum tells the story of Switzerland from prehistory to the present day.

  2. 2Bahnhofplatz

    Bahnhofplatz is the square in front of Zurich's main station, whose station building by Jakob Friedrich Wanner opened in 1871. In the centre stands the monument to Alfred Escher, unveiled in 1889, honouring the politician and railway pioneer who pushed for the Gotthard railway and founded the bank that later became Credit Suisse.

  3. Pestalozzianlage

    3Pestalozzianlage

    This small park on Bahnhofstrasse is named after Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746–1827), the Zurich-born educator whose idea of learning with head, heart and hand influenced schools far beyond Switzerland. His bronze statue by Hugo Siegwart, unveiled in 1899, shows him with a child at his side.

  4. Lindenhof

    4Lindenhof

    This hill shaded by linden trees rises above the Limmat where the Romans built a fort in the 4th century, and a Roman tombstone found here in 1747 names Turicum, the Roman name of Zurich. According to legend, the women of Zurich marched up here in armour during a siege in 1292, a story recalled by the Hedwig Fountain of 1688.

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  5. St Peter's Church

    5St Peter's Church

    St Peter is thought to be the oldest parish church in Zurich, and its tower carries one of the largest church clock faces in Europe, about 8.7 metres across. The tower belongs to the city and served as a fire lookout until 1911, while the church itself belongs to the parish.

  6. Town Hall (Rathaus)

    6Town Hall (Rathaus)

    Zurich's Town Hall was built between 1694 and 1698 on foundations set in the Limmat, replacing an older council house from 1397. The cantonal parliament and the city parliament both still meet here, and from the bridge next to it you can see how the building stands right in the river.

  7. Lake Zurich

    7Lake Zurich

    Lake Zurich stretches about 40 km to the southeast and covers almost 89 square kilometres, shared by the cantons of Zurich, St Gallen and Schwyz. At the city end its water flows out into the Limmat, and on clear days the Alps appear beyond the far shore.

  8. Zurich Opera House

    8Zurich Opera House

    The Opera House opened in 1891, built by the Viennese architects Fellner & Helmer after the old theatre burned down in 1890. Busts of Weber, Wagner and Mozart and of Schiller, Shakespeare and Goethe decorate the façade above Sechseläutenplatz, where the Böögg snowman is burned at the spring festival.

  9. Grossmünster

    9Grossmünster

    According to legend, Charlemagne founded the Grossmünster where his horse knelt over the graves of Zurich's patron saints Felix and Regula; the present Romanesque church was begun around 1100. Huldrych Zwingli preached here from 1519 and made it the starting point of the Swiss Reformation, and the twin towers got their present tops in 1787.

  10. Old Town (Altstadt)

    10Old Town (Altstadt)Finish

    Zurich's Old Town spreads along both banks of the Limmat, and its narrow lanes still follow the medieval street plan. On the right bank, the car-free Niederdorf is full of small shops, bars and fountains, and old guild houses line the Limmatquai.

104 reviews for Zurich Scavenger Hunt and Self-Guided Tour

  1. Rated 5 out of 5

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    Muy divertida!!! Conocimos los sitios m?s emblem?ticos de Zurich con una actividad maravillosa. Nuestro ni?o la pas? muy bien

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    A very fun way to see & learn about the city!

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    Very enjoyable walk throughout the city of Zurich. The puzzles are more difficult than I imagined thank goodness for the hints but all in all I would not hesitate to recommend this activity to future travellers

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    Great way to see a new city and learn about the history. Everything was all in walking distance, however I wished it managed to loop back to where we started as we were quite a walk away from our hotel. Overall myself and my partner really enjoyed the riddles and learning about the city.

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    buona esperienza.Abbiamo visto attrazioni di Zurigo in pi? o meno 4 ore di passeggiata ,divertendoci a indovinare le risposte da dare alle domande proposte.

  40. Rated 5 out of 5

    France –

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    Enjoyed the experience and learned some history along the way

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    This was a great activity for me and my teenage daughters. It got us out and moving around town at our own pace. We could go into stores or pause to do other things. Relatively easy.

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    Norbert– Germany –

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    Eigentlich gut, es gab interessante Infos zu den POI. ABER: die Text-to-Speech SW solltet ihr dringend updaten oder austauschen. Liest extrem langsam und ultra-einschl?fernd und hat Probleme mit dem vorlesen von Stellen wie “im 19. Jahrhundert” Nach dem Punkt erfolgt eine Pause wie bei einem Satzende. Das geht heute viiiiel besser.

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    Mi ? piaciuto molto fare questa esperienza perch? visiti la citt? in maniera giocosa e divertente. ? la prima volta che faccio un’esperienza simile, ma ? stata molto interessante. Ci sono degli indovinelli da risolvere per poter proseguire il percorso. Consigliata!

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    Kevin– Switzerland –

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    Important de noter qu il faut t?l?charg? l application World City Trail, le code est ? entrer dans cette application

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    Es hat echt Spass gemacht. Jedoch h?tte ein Beispiel als Erkl?rung des Spieles den Anfang erleichtert.

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    Une fois qu’on a compris comment commencer la chasse au tr?sor, c’?tait vraiment tr?s sympa. Mais il faudrait plus d’explications sur comment commencer car nous avons perdu du temps, j’ai d? t?l?phoner au contact indiqu?, qui m’a gentiment aid?. J’avais 12 ?l?ves avec moi et ce n’?tait pas id?al comme d?but de journ?e. Mais sinon, excellentes id?es et jolie d?couverte de la ville! Je ferai de la pub.

  47. Rated 5 out of 5

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    Great activity! We had a lot of fun and learned a lot about Zurich!

  48. Rated 5 out of 5

    Viviane –

    Nous ne pouvons vraiment pas imaginer une meilleure façon d’explorer Zurich ! Si vous aimez les énigmes et les puzzles, foncez ! Très bon rapport qualité-prix !

  49. Rated 5 out of 5

    Hans –

    Wir haben diese Aktivität als große Gruppe – Schulkameraden – ausprobiert und es war fantastisch! Wir haben so viele Dinge über die Stadt gelernt! Die App war einfach zu bedienen und die Navigation perfekt. Es hat uns allen Spaß gemacht, die Rätsel zu lösen!

  50. Rated 5 out of 5

    juliaR –

    Very nice riddles! We made the best walk of the city for sure, as promised!

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Frequently asked questions

Will the Zurich scavenger hunt fit into an afternoon?

It will: plan on about 3 hours at a relaxed pace. Walking accounts for just 47 minutes and 3.7 km across 10 stops, so most of the time goes on riddles, stories and views of the river and the lake.

Where is the start, and where do we end up?

The start is at the Swiss National Museum beside the main station, the finish in the lanes of the Old Town just past the Grossmünster. You can also begin by the lake or anywhere else on the route by choosing another stop in the app.

Is this a guided tour with set times?

It is a game, not a tour, so you meet nobody and keep to no timetable. Once the booking reference reaches your inbox, enter it in the World City Trail app and play whenever you want. Tickets are bought per player, and every phone in the team can run the game.

Must we pay admission at the museum or the churches?

The hunt itself involves no admission anywhere, because the riddles use what you can see from outside. Visiting the exhibitions of the Landesmuseum, a performance at the Opera House or the interiors of the Grossmünster and St Peter's is up to you and separate from the game.

Is the Zurich hunt suitable for younger players?

With an adult in the team, very much so. Children can look forward to the giant clock of St Peter's, the Hedwig Fountain on the Lindenhof, Pestalozzi with a child at his side and the twin towers of the Grossmünster. There is a climb to the Lindenhof and some steps, so the route cannot be done by wheelchair and is awkward with a pushchair.

Does the Zurich game come in German or French?

In both, and in four more: English, Italian, Spanish and Dutch complete the six versions. You select one in the World City Trail app before the riddle at the Landesmuseum.

Does it work as a company event?

It does. Book a ticket per participant and form teams of five or fewer; several teams can set off from the Landesmuseum together and meet up again in the Old Town at the end. There is no venue to hire and no time slot, because the game runs on public ground.

Anything to pack for Zurich?

Per team a charged phone with mobile data and a power bank, plus comfortable shoes for 3.7 km and the climb to the Lindenhof. By the lake it can be windy, so a light jacket helps, and earphones make the audio narration easier to hear around the busy station.

Your first riddle waits at the Landesmuseum

With one ticket per player booked, the reference comes to you by email. Then choose a day, go to the castle-like Landesmuseum beside the main station and open the first riddle.

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