Zurich travel tips and stories. Vacations ideas, cruises spa and resorts

The National Museum in Krakow was originally founded as a municipal institution so as to shun control by the occupant’s government in Vienna. At the moment it employs 644 people, including 257 in curatorial areas and a relatively big internal security forces of 112 armed officers who provide safeguarding services in all the buildings. The museum promotes world and Polish art, as well asvscientific, historical and artistic merit, which were produced out of beliefs of those who shared a sense of belonging to or respect for Polish culture, regardless of their place of residence, nationality or religion.

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Designed by EM2N, IM Viaduct is located just a short walk from the latest of Zurich‘s shopping districts. EM2N is a Swiss architecture studio founded in 1997 by its partners Mathias Müller and Daniel Niggli. The project began in 2004 as an architectural design competition and is completed in 2010. A shopping paradise has been created under 36 viaduct arches. This long urban arcade invites you to shop, enjoy, eat and drink. The colorful mix of studio galleries, sport and fashion boutiques, is open to the public.

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Leading “green” architect Chad Oppenheim and one of the world’s most preeminent landscape architects – Enzo Enea, showcase the emergence of a new architectural landscape – Tree Museum. Located on the grounds of a 14th century monastery near Lake Zurich, Switzerland, the 2.5 acre open-air museum contains over 2,000 varieties with the trees beautifully framed against enormous sandstone blocks.

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One popular tourist attraction! The Rhine flows in winding course southwest from Schaffhausen, and about two miles away is the famous Rheinfall, regarded as the most attractive in the volume of the waters in Central Europe.

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 Zurich is a city with no shortage of timekeepers. Zurich is also a city of landscape design, the Helvetica typeface and the Swiss Army Knife. Clocks are everywhere, over train and tram stations and from the facades of office buildings and church steeples. Time may rule this modern capital but also symbolizes the dynamic between the city’s history and modernity.

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The famed health spa/hotel has been designed in 1899 by Jacques Gros and has a perfect city location overlooking Lake Zurich and the Alps. The old hotel has been renewed as a modern luxury hotel by a famous team of professionals — architecture by London’s Foster and Partners, interior design by United Designers, also of London, and the spa concept by spa-industry visionary, Arizona-based Sylvia Sepielli.

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The European championship in Austria and Switzerland and the Football emotions started. 16 teams divide the sympathies and the support of the fans, not only on the old continent and in the whole world. You can choose your favorite team among Switzerland, Czech Republic, Portugal, Turkey, Austria, Germany, Croatia, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Russian Federation, France, Netherlands, Romania, Poland, Greece. While you are waiting the Final on 29.06.2008, you can learn some interesting information about this year’s championship and the Europa’s football stadiums.

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Greulich is a very small cosy hotel located in Zurich. The place is very personal and has only 18 rooms.

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Above the clouds, between the purest Alpine air, 1500m above the sea level is located Vigilius Mountain Resort. The only way to get there is only by cable car. There are no roads, no traffic, no noise. The place is within driving distance of Milan, Venice, Munich, Zurich, Verona and Innsbruck. 20 minutes from Bolzano, Italy.

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