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🍜 Vegan Food

all delivers to the flat on Uber Eats ・ ranked most vegan first ・ no Indian
♡ ranked for vegan-friendliness: two genuinely 100% vegan kitchens lead (order anything), then the safest vegan-friendly spots, then one local fallback. Every photo is the restaurant's real Uber Eats listing image. At any mixed kitchen, paste the note below and pick the listed dish.
🟢 100% vegan = order anything🟡 vegan options = order from the list
Paste in the order notes (mixed kitchens): Strictly vegan please: no meat, fish, egg or dairy (no butter, ghee, cheese, yogurt, cream), no honey, no fish or oyster sauce. ・ DE: Bitte streng vegan: kein Fleisch, Fisch, Ei, keine Milchprodukte, kein Honig, keine Fisch oder Austernsauce.
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100% vegan

whole kitchen is plant based, order literally anything, open all 4 days
Veganitas vegan döner
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🟢 100% vegan

Veganitas

Vegan pita and döner, freshly baked, house sauces. THE DÖNER pita is the signature. Free delivery over CHF 20, 4.8 stars. The safest pick.
order anythingpita ~CHF 14free over CHF 20
Vegitat çiğköfte
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🟢 100% vegan

Vegitat Çiğköfte

Fully vegan since 2024, often called the best vegan döner in Zürich. Seitan döner, çiğköfte dürüm, jackfruit and tempeh wraps, vegan baklava. The whole food menu is vegan (only the ayran drink is not). ~6 km, confirm reach at checkout.
order anythingdöner wrap CHF 20
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best vegan friendly

lots for 3 vegans, order the listed dish + paste the note
Hang's Vietnamese dishes
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⭐ best range

Hang's Vietnamese

The biggest labelled vegan range here, and it has a vegan fish sauce (the thing that makes Vietnamese genuinely safe). Vegan spring roll platter, tofu fresh rolls, vegan duck, tofu pho. Open all 4 days (Fri and Mon close 14:00 to 17:30).
big vegan rangepho CHF 29
OH MY GREEK gyros pita
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⭐ vegan gyros

OH MY GREEK!

Vegan gyros pita with a real VEGAN tzatziki (solves the sauce problem), plus falafel and build your own pita. Open all 4 days incl. Sunday.
vegan gyros~CHF 14open Sun
Co Chin Chin Vietnamese
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Co Chin Chin

Confirmed vegan section: tofu rice and noodle bowls, vegan spring rolls. CHF 6.90 delivery, 4.7 stars. Add the no fish sauce, no egg note. Closed Monday.
vegan sectionCHF 27.50closed Mon
MERAKI gyros
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MERAKI Greek

Planted vegan gyros teller (CHF 30) plus vegan dips. CHF 7.90 delivery, 4.8 stars. Say vegan sauce, no tzatziki. Closed Monday.
planted gyrosCHF 30closed Mon
Al Mouchtar mezze
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Al Mouchtar (Lebanese)

About 1 km away, daily 10:00 to 22:00. Falafel, hummus, baba ghanoush, tabbouleh, veg mezze. Ask no yogurt or labneh.
vegan mezzefalafel CHF 13
Galaxy mezze platter
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Galaxy (Lebanese)

About 1 km away. A labelled Vegan Platte CHF 53 made to share for 3 (hummus, falafel, baba ghanoush, vine leaves), plus mezze. Open all 4 days (verify Monday delivery in-app).
vegan platterplatte CHF 53
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local fallback

close and open daily, but order carefully
Peking Garden Chinese dishes
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Peking Garden (Chinese)

Same 8152 area, daily 10:00 to 23:00. Tofu and vegetable stir fries. Higher risk kitchen, so say no oyster sauce, no egg, no fish sauce, no chicken stock, and call to confirm.
ask firsttofu CHF 23

🏔️ Activities

gentle + short ・ flat, transport does the work
♡ made for comfy days: everything is a quarter or half day, flat or near flat, with benches and short walks. The big full day mountains are parked since they need a whole day and lots of moving around. Two spots have stairs and are flagged.
🕐 ¼ day quick🕜 ½ day relaxed♿ easy, flat🪜 few steps🚞 inside the ride

🎟️ tickets, simple

  • Almost all of these are in the Zürich (ZVV) network, so just buy a ZVV day pass on the day.
  • Rhine Falls and the Voralpen-Express leg are outside ZVV, so they need a short separate SBB ticket.

🗓️ gentle 4 day flow

  • Fri: Opfikersee on the doorstep.
  • Sat: lake boat + flat lakefront.
  • Sun: the Voralpen-Express panorama train or the Felsenegg cable car.
  • Mon: botanical garden before you leave.
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tiny outings

a quick quarter day, barely any travel
Opfikersee Glattpark lake
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⭐ doorstep

Opfikersee

The lake right by the flat. Flat paths, benches and lawns for a gentle stroll or a paddle. The easiest thing here.
🕐 ¼ day♿ flatfree
Lindenhof terrace Zürich
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Lindenhof

A leafy old town terrace over the river with giant chessboards and a lovely view. Nicest near sunset.
🕐 ¼ day🪜 gentle risefree
Limmat river boat
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Limmat city boat

A little riverboat past the old town and onto the lake. Step aboard, sit and watch the city drift by.
🕐 ¼ to ½ day♿ seatedCHF 9.40
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half day, flat + scenic

relaxed, lots of sitting, big payoff
Strandbad Mythenquai lido
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⭐ top pick

Lakefront + lido

A flat, free lakeside promenade with benches the whole way, and the Strandbad Mythenquai lido with level access for a sit by the water or a swim.
🕜 ½ day♿ flat, bencheslido CHF 8
inside a Lake Zürich steamer🚞 inside the ride
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⭐ top pick

Lake Zürich boat

Board at Bürkliplatz, sit in the salon or on deck and watch the old town and Alps drift by. The short loop is ~1.5h. (Photo: inside a ZSG steamer.)
🕜 ½ day♿ seatedCHF 9.40
Adliswil Felsenegg cable car🚞 the ride
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Felsenegg cable car

A 5 minute cable car to a ridge terrace over the lake. Enjoy the view and a drink with no climb. A flat stroll is optional.
🕐 ¼ to ½ day♿ ride upCHF 4.40
inside the Dolderbahn🚞 inside the ride
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Dolderbahn + Loorenkopf

Ride the cute red cogwheel up the Zürichberg, then a flat path (stroller and wheelchair friendly) to a forest tower. Shorten as you like.
🕜 ½ day♿ flat pathCHF 14 day
UZH Botanical Garden glasshouse
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Botanical Garden

Free, flat, paved paths and benches, with three tropical glass domes. Perfect calm or rainy day spot, gentle on everyone.
🕜 ½ day♿ flat, pavedfree
Greifensee lake
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Greifensee

A peaceful reserve lake, quieter than Lake Zürich. Walk a short flat shore stretch, then ride the silent electric boat and sit back.
🕜 ½ day♿ flat shoreboat CHF 32
Pfäffikersee lake
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Pfäffikersee

A direct train from your own line, no changes. The shore path is flat and well graded (stroller and wheelchair friendly). Do a short out and back.
🕜 ½ day♿ flat, gradedday pass
view from Uetliberg
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Uetliberg view

A real summit reached entirely by S-Bahn, with a huge view over city, lake and Alps. The final path is short but a little sloped, and the terrace view needs no tower climb.
🕜 ½ day🪜 short slope2026: starts from Selnau
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panorama train

a real scenic train as a half day ・ the famous long ones (Schynige Platte, Bernina, GoldenPass) need a full day or overnight
inside the Voralpen-Express panorama train🚞 inside the ride
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⭐ the mini one

Voralpen-Express

A genuine panorama train that fits a half day. S-Bahn to Rapperswil (~55-60 min door to door, the ~37 min you see online is just the HB leg), then the panoramic Voralpen-Express over the lake dam and pre-Alps toward Arth-Goldau, and a direct train back. All seated, no booking.
🕜 ½ day♿ seated, no booking
Rigi cogwheel railway🚞 the ride
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Rigi cogwheel

Want a summit too? The world's first mountain cog railway, ~1h30 from Zürich via Arth-Goldau, seated the whole climb. A fuller half day and weather dependent, but a proper panorama train.
🕜 half+ day♿ seated climbCHF 84 rail
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one bigger wow

still a half day, with a note on stairs
Rhine Falls waterfall
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Rhine Falls

Europe's largest waterfall, about an hour by direct train, at peak roar in late June. The upper Neuhausen viewing areas are fairly level with a great view from the top.
🕜 ½ day🪜 lower platforms + boat = many stepsown SBB ticket

🎬 English Cinema

films in English near Opfikon ・ and how to find the times
🍿 how to watch in English: German dubbing is the default, so check the version tag on every showing. OV = original version, E/d/f = English with German + French subtitles (the one you want). Deutsch / D = dubbed, skip. Best tool: englishcinemazurich.com lists only the English showings across about 13 Zürich cinemas with a 7 day view. Also cineman.ch with the language filter set to English.
🎟️ E/d/f = English + subtitles📅 times publish ~1 week ahead
For your dates (26 to 29 Jun 2026): exact showtimes go live only about a week before (schedules turn over on Thursdays), so do the final check around 18 to 22 June. Likely English titles that week: Toy Story 5, Jackass: Best and Last (opens Fri 26), Spielberg's sci-fi Disclosure Day, Masters of the Universe, plus held over films at the arthouses. All "likely, verify live".
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now playing in English

pulled live from cineman this week ・ these films run multiple weeks so expect the same for 26 to 29 Jun, but confirm the exact day and time (Jackass: Best and Last also opens Fri 26)

📍 Pathé Dietlikon your closest, ~10-15 min by car

Disclosure Day (sci-fi)13:30 · 17:15 · 20:30
Backrooms (horror)13:00 · 15:00 · 17:45 · 20:30
Scary Movie 6 (comedy)12:45 · 15:15 · 17:15 · 20:00
All in English (E/gf). Book on pathe.ch.

🚆 In the city English (E/d/f), ~20-30 min by train

The Devil Wears Prada 2Corso 14:00 · 17:35 · 20:30 ・ Houdini 15:40 · 18:20 · 21:00
Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogublue Capitol 14:00 · 17:00 · 20:00 ・ Arena 17:45 · 20:35
Project Hail MaryHoudini 18:00 ・ Arena 16:55 · 20:20
Disclosure DayArthouse Le Paris 20:15 ・ Corso 14:15 · 16:55 · 20:15
Masters of the Universeblue Capitol 17:00 · 20:30
Nurembergblue Capitol 13:30 · 20:00 ・ Corso 17:15
I SwearArthouse Piccadilly 20:15 ・ Houdini 15:50 · 21:00
The Shining (1980 classic)Xenix 18:00
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best bets

closest to you, and the most reliable for English
Pathé Dietlikon cinema
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⭐ closest

Pathé Dietlikon

The nearest big multiplex (10 screens, by Ikea). English is hit or miss on a Fri-Mon, the weekly Wednesday OV Day is the dependable English slot, so check each showing's tag. ~10-15 min by car, ~35-45 min by transit.
🚆 ~35-45 minEnglish some days
Zürich arthouse cinema marquee
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⭐ reliable English

Arthouse Le Paris

Zürich's original-version specialist near Bellevue. English films screen in OV with subtitles, very reliable. Best for quality, indie and awards titles. ~25-30 min via HB + tram.
🚆 ~25-30 minreliable English
cinema auditorium
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Riffraff

Independent world cinema in original version, often English, with a lovely attached bar and café. A relaxed go-to for English OV. Kreis 5 near Limmatplatz, ~25-30 min.
🚆 ~25-30 minreliable English
Kosmos Zürich
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⭐ closest to HB

Kosmos

Cinema and cultural house at Europaallee, a 5 min walk from Zürich HB, so the quickest city option from Opfikon (~20 min). Leans arthouse, runs some English OV, verify the title. Nice bar and bookshop too.
🚆 ~20 minsome English