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4 Hours in Zurich.(The Good Life)(City overview)(Brief article)

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Byline: Sameer Reddy

This streamlined Swiss city is a bastion of both refinement and edgy creativity. Visitors, whether intrepid or more traditionally inclined, can immerse themselves in either extreme.

Explore uber-trendy Zurich West, the city's former red-light district transformed into a cutting-edge collection of shops, restaurants and bars. Don't miss the messenger-bag company Freitag's flagship store, built from 17 rusted shipping containers that echo the company's recycle esthetic (freitag.ch).

See the winter sun stream through the 1967 Chagall-designed stained-glass windows of the 13th-century Fraumunster Cathedral, an ...

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