Walks
Free Walking Tours
Every free, pay what you want guided walk in Zurich, with meeting points, languages and honest free-sight pairings.
Free Walks In Zurich: The Guide
Walking is how Zurich gives things away. The Lindenhof is free, the Old Town lanes cost nothing to wander, and the University of Zurich museums, from the Natural History Museum to the Moulagenmuseum, are free to enter. All 10 walks listed here are free, pay what you want, reserved on GuruWalk. These pages set out what is free, what asks for a ticket, and how each walk runs.
Free Walking Tours
Free Museums, Temples And Neighbourhoods
Places
Free Things To Do
The genuinely free side of Zurich: museums, gardens, viewpoints and pay-what-you-want walks.
Places
Zurich Old Town
The free side of Zurich Old Town: lanes, squares, churches and the tours that meet here.
Planning
Grossmünster Guide
Free nave, paid tower, a renovation to 2029: what a Grossmünster visit really costs.
Places
Lindenhof And Polyterrasse
Two free viewpoints over the Old Town and the lake, linked by one short paid funicular.
Planning
Uetliberg
The free hill above Zurich: hikes, planet trail, winter lights and what actually costs money.
Planning
Swiss National Museum
Free for under 16s and Zürich Card holders, ticketed for adults, with a free courtyard beside the station.
Places
Kunsthaus Zürich
Free collection every Wednesday, ticketed exhibitions, and the free sights around the museum.
Places
Free Museums
Which Zurich museums are genuinely free, which are free one day a week, and which quietly charge.
Places
Lake Zurich Swimming
Free river baths, paid lidos and one closed beach: what swimming in Zurich really costs.
Planning
Chinagarten And Zürichhorn
Free garden, free park, free promenade: the eastern lake shore explained.
Places
Botanical Gardens
The free side of the Zurich botanical garden, plus Rieterpark, Platzspitz and the succulent collection.
Costs, Transport And Practicalities
Costs
Zürich Card Museums
What the paid Zürich Card covers, what it never covers, and how to pair it with free museums and walks.
Costs
Christmas Markets
Free entry at every Zurich Christmas market, with the paid parts clearly split out.
Costs
Zurich In Winter
The free side of a Zurich winter: parks, free museum days, ice skating and the paid traps.
Zurich's Free Walks
All 10 free walking tours here are free, pay what you want, listed on GuruWalk. Check the language, note the meeting point, and reserve on the guide's GuruWalk page.
Secret Viewpoints Tour
Pay what you want English and Spanish
1 hour 30 minutes
See the walk on GuruWalk →Run by an independent local guide on GuruWalk
Multilingual Original Tour
Pay what you want German, English and Spanish
1 hour 45 minutes
See the walk on GuruWalk →Run by an independent local guide on GuruWalk
Christmas Markets And Old Town
Pay what you want English and Spanish
1 hour 30 minutes
See the walk on GuruWalk →Run by an independent local guide on GuruWalk