Langstrasse

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Langstrasse and Brauerstrasse

The long road is a road which the Zürcher circuit 4 to the circuit 5 connects. It begins near the district court and heads north-northeast. After the underpass under the railway line of Zurich main station , a shorter section of Langstrasse follows in District 5 (Quartier Gewerbeschule ) and ends at Limmatplatz .

Places

The Helvetia Square , adjacent to the Long Street, is mainly through demonstrations on May 1 known, but is also used for festivals and markets. Right next to it is the area with the «Kanzlei» school building. Parts of the area are now used for cultural events and are used by the Xenix cinema.

On Langstrasse in District 4 there has been a “Piazza Cella” since 2009, named after Erminia Cella, who ran the Cooperativo restaurant at 36 Militärstrasse with her husband Enrico Dezza from 1935 to 1952 .

The northern end of Langstrasse is Limmatplatz , an important traffic junction in District 5. The dominant building on Limmatplatz is the Migros high-rise; in the direction of the main train station instead of the listed Limmathaus .

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Panorama of the Langstrasse between Badenerstrasse and Stauffacherstrasse

Festivals

Langstrasse at the level of the Longstreet bar
Langstrasse, view towards Limmatplatz
Long street festival
The Langstrasse Festival is an important part of the Langstrasse Plus image and enhancement campaign. It has been held every two years since 1996 and attracted 270,000 visitors in 2004. In the years when there is no Langstrasse festival, the Longstreet Carneval is held.
The event offers a wide range of food and culture from many nations and is also intended to show the district and its diversity.
Longstreet Carneval
The Longstreet Festival alternates with the Long Street Festival. In 2008 there was a long street festival, in 2009 the next long street festival.
Caliente
The Calientefestival is the largest Latin festival in Europe and attracted over 130,000 visitors in 2006.
Open air cinema
In the summer months of July / August there is an open air in the Xenix cinema in the office area.

Red light district

Langstrasse is known for its illegal street prostitution .

Traffic noise

In order to protect the residents from street noise, it is planned to make Langstrasse from Hohlstrasse to Militärstrasse car-free during the day from 2020. As one of the opposing parties, the Swiss Transport Club is calling for 30 km / h zones to be introduced on the surrounding streets due to the shift in traffic .

Documentation

literature

  • Presidential Department of the City of Zurich, Statistics City of Zurich: Quartierspiegel Langstrasse . Zurich 2011 ( online , PDF, 2.15 MB)
  • Willi Wottreng : Zurich, Langstrasse - Vivarium 4 . With photos by Stefan Süess, Walkwerk, 2008, ISBN 978-3-905863-02-4

Web links

Commons : Langstrasse  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/content/pd/de/index/das_departement/medien/medienmitteilung/2009/januar/090107a.html
  2. ↑ http://www.limmattalerzeitung.ch/limmattal/zuerich/zuercher-langstrasse-soll-offiziell-zum-strassenstrich-haben-125663121
  3. ↑ Only for buses and bicycles - Zurich is planning car-free Langstrasse during the day. In: srf.ch . February 19, 2019, accessed February 19, 2019 .

Coordinates: 47 ° 22 '37.2 "  N , 8 ° 31' 33.6"  E ; CH1903:  six hundred eighty-two thousand one hundred eighteen  /  247.92 thousand