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Free things to do in Zurich

21 museums and landmarks in Zurich are recorded as free entry by OpenStreetMap contributors, and 34 parks, viewpoints and beaches cost nothing by their nature. 31 of them give opening hours.

Contributors marked these as charging no admission. Museums and landmarks only: a zero here is a fact about the place, not an assumption about its kind.

Free by their nature rather than by a tag, so nobody checked these one by one — but a park being free needs no evidence.

Opening hours come from OpenStreetMap and can be out of date. A place is only marked open on Sunday when its record says so plainly.

Free museums — 17 places

  • Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst
    Limmatstrasse 270
    Mo off; Tu-We,Fr-Su 11:00-18:00; Th 11:00-20:00
    Open on Sunday
  • Völkerkundemuseum der Universität Zürich
    Pelikanstrasse 40
    Tu-We,Fr 10:00-17:00; Th 10:00-19:00; Sa 14:00-17:00; Su 11:00-17:00
    Open on Sunday
  • Naturhistorisches Museum
    Karl-Schmid-Strasse 4
    Tu-Su 10:00-17:00; Th 10:00-17:00,17:30-20:00
    Open on Sunday
  • SAPA Foundation
    Limmatstrasse 265
    Tu,Th 10:00-16:00
  • Zivilschutzmuseum
    Habsburgstrasse 17
    Sa[1] 14:00-16:00
  • Archäologisches Museum
    Tu-Fr 14:00-18:00; Sa,Su 12:00-17:00; Mo,PH off
    Open on Sunday
  • Focus Terra
    Sonneggstrasse 5
    Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00; Su 10:00-16:00; Sa off
    Open on Sunday
  • Thomas-Mann-Archiv
    Rämistrasse 101
    Mo-Fr 10:00-17:00
  • Moulagenmuseum
    Haldenbachstrasse 14
    We 14:00-18:00; Sa 13:00-17:00
  • Galerie Gmurzynska
    2
    Mo-Fr 10:00-18:30; Sa 10:00-16:00
  • Helmhaus
    Limmatquai 31
    Tu-Su 11:00-18:00; Th 11:00-20:00
    Open on Sunday
  • FCZ Museum
    Freischützgasse 1
    Mo-Fr 10:00-18:30; Sa 10:00-17:00
  • ZAZ Bellerive Zentrum Architektur
    Höschgasse 3
    We-Su 14:00 - 18:00
    Open on Sunday
  • Ortsmuseum Altstetten
    Dachslernstrasse 20
    Mar-Oct Sa[1] 14:00-16:00; Mar-Oct Tu[3] 19:00-21:00
  • Python Gallery
    Kirchgasse 30
    Th-Fr 13:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-16:00 || "or by appointment"
  • Ortsmuseum Albisrieden
    Triemlistrasse 2
    Su[1] 13:30-16:00
    Open on Sunday
  • Galerie Urs Meile
    We-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-17:00

Free landmarks — 4 places

  • Chinagarten Zürich
    11:00-17:00; May-Oct 11:00-19:00
    Open on Sunday
  • Labyrinthplatz
    24/7
    Open on Sunday
  • Universitätsbibliothek, Völkerkundemuseum
    Pelikanstrasse 40
    Mo,We,Th 14:00-17:00; Tu,Fr 09:30-13:00,14:00-17:00
  • Bibliothek der Institute für Systematische Botanik und für Pflanzenbiologie
    Zollikerstrasse 107
    Mo-Th 09:00-12:30,13:30-17:00

Parks and gardens — 20 places

  • Botanischer Garten der Universität Zürich
    Mo-Fr 08:00-18:00; Sa-Su 08:00-17:00; Mar-Sep: Mo-Fr 07:00-19:00; Mar-Sep: Sa-Su 08:00-18:00
  • Sukkulenten-Sammlung Zürich
    Mythenquai 88
    Mo-Su,PH 09:00-16:30
  • Platzpromenade
    24/7
  • Alter Botanischer Garten
    Oct 01-Feb 28 08:00-18:00; Mar 01-Sep 30 07:00-19:00
  • Rieterpark
  • Patumbah-Park
    Apr-Sep: Mo-Su,PH 06:00-22:00; Oct-Mar: Mo-Su,PH 06:00-18:45
  • Villa Bleuler
    Apr-Sep Mo-Su,PH 05:00-22:00; Oct-Mar Mo-Su,PH 05:00-18:30
  • Belvoirpark
  • Irchelpark
  • Savera-Areal
    24/7
  • Bäckeranlage
  • Stadtgärtnerei Zürich
    PH,Mo-Su 09:00-17:30
  • Freibad Dolder
    May-Sep Mo 11:30-20:00; May-Sep Tu-Su 10:00-20:00
  • Garten der Villa Tobler
    Apr-Sep 06:00-22:00; Oct-Mar Mo-Su 06:00-18:45
  • Pflanzplatz Dunkelhölzli - Brünneliacher
  • Pflanzplatz Dunkelhölzli - Blumen & Gemüseacker Alte Mühle
  • Arboretum
  • Fritschiwiese
  • Josefwiese
  • Schütze-Areal

Viewpoints — 14 places

  • Uetliberg
  • Zürichberg
  • Monte Diggelmann
  • Karlsturm
  • Quaibrücke
  • Polyterrasse
  • Hohenstein
  • Liebisegg
  • Rigiblick
  • Waid
  • Hedwig Stünzi-Terasse
  • Vrenelisgärtli
  • Ofengüpf
  • Safaribus

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