Only in Zurich
A Guide to Unique Locations, Hidden Corners and Unusual Objects
Published on 1. April 2012
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Paperback/Softback
244 pages
978-3-85033-547-8 (ISBN)
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Discover Europe with the 'Only In' Guides - only the most beautiful cities and their unusual sights! The ideal city guides for travellers who want to escape the crowds and go beyond the well-known paths, as well as for those inhabitants who perhaps thought they already knew their city.
- A comprehensive illustrated guide to more than 80 fascinating and unusual historical sights in Switzerland's largest city
- Ancient walls, secret gardens, curious museums, converted factories, and shops with a difference
- From Roman Turicum and the Old Swiss Confederacy to the Helvetic Republic and the Industrial Revolution
- A most complicated clock, an elephant in the woods, the emperor's paddle steamer, and the original 'Dark Restaurant'
- Coffee with Lenin, the forgotten Mrs. Einstein, in the footsteps of James Joyce, and a martyr to the Reformation
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The 'Urban Explorer' Duncan J. D. Smith is a travel writer and photographer. In his groundbreaking 'Only In' Guides he reveals European cities from unique and hidden perspectives. He has travelled across several continents and described his experiences in books, magazines, and online. Born in Sheffield, England in 1960, he studied history and archaeology at university. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
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The 'Urban Explorer' Duncan J. D. Smith is a travel writer and photographer. In his ground breaking 'Only In' Guides he reveals European cities from unique and hidden perspectives. He has travelled across several continents and described his experiences in books, magazines, and online. Born in Sheffield, England in 1960, he studied history and archaeology at university. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.