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Cabaret Voltaire: the Dada House

One hundred years ago this small house in downtown Zürich became the birthplace of the Dada movement.

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Moulagenmuseum

Museum dedicated to wax representations of disfiguring diseases.

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Heureka Useless Machine

One of a series of no-purpose kinetic artworks by Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely.

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MFO Park

Vines grow up the metal bars in this public park created from an old machine factory.

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Sukkulenten-Sammlung Zürich

See the rare bloom of the "Queen of the Night" cactus at one of the world's largest succulent collections.

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The Schwamendingen X

Dangerous site where the tracks of Zurich tramcars intersect.

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Chaiselongue

This colossal couch is an unlikely monument to Europe's first female Doctor of Law.

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Villa Patumbah

This eclectic architectural gem played witness to Zurich’s colonial past.

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