Zurich Region

  • Lake Greifen, Greifensee, Switzerland

    BySwizzinfo News Desk

    Lake Greifen: Zurich’s Wildlife Haven Where Nature Takes Center Stage Less than an hour from downtown Zurich, a very different Switzerland begins to emerge. The skyline of the country’s largest city gradually gives way to reed-filled shorelines, open wetlands, historic lakeside settlements, and one of the most important wildlife habitats in northern Switzerland. Here, around…

  • Türlersee, Hausen am Albis, Switzerland

    BySwizzinfo News Desk

    Türlersee: The Protected Lake Retreat Where Zurich Escapes Into Nature In a country celebrated for dramatic Alpine scenery, some of Switzerland’s most rewarding landscapes are surprisingly modest in scale. Türlersee, tucked between rolling hills south of Zurich, is one of those places. It is neither large nor famous compared with Switzerland’s iconic mountain lakes, yet…