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Independent Zurich queer bookstore with LGBTQ+ literature, essays, and culture-focused publications.

Zurich queer-focused bookstore and media retailer serving LGBTQ+ readers and community interests.

Old Town
Hours Daily 14:00 – 02:00

LGBTQ+-welcoming bistro bar in Zurich's historic old city on Mühlegasse, offering food and drinks in a relaxed setting near the Predigerplatz.

Address Mühlegasse 15, 8001 Zürich, Switzerland
Hours Daily 17:00 – 24:00; Friday, Saturday till 02:00

Nice gay cocktail bar, tucked away in a small lane in the Old Town of Zurich. Quite popular, especially on weekends.

Address Metzgergasse 3 , Zurich 8001
Hours Wednesday 17:00 – 23:30; Thursday 17:00 – 24:00; Friday, Saturday 17:00 – 02:00

Modern LGBTQ-oriented café-bar in the Old Town of Zurich. With karaoke, drag bingo, pub quiz and other events.

Address Spitalgasse 14 , Zurich 8001

Petra's Tip Top Bar

Hours Tuesday-Thursday 18:30 – 02:00; Friday, Saturday 18:30 – 04:00

Small gay bar with ›Schlager‹ music, at the edge of Zurich's Old Town. Mixed ages.

Address Seilergraben 13 , Zurich 8001
Hours Monday-Thursday 10:00 – 24:00; Friday, Saturday 10:00 – 01:00

LGBTQ-friendly cultural bar with readings, exhibitions and performances. Covered outdoor terrace by the tracks with sunset views.

Address Zollhaus, Haus A, Zollstrasse 121 , Zurich 8005
Hours Monday-Thursday 08:00 – 22:00; Friday 08:00 – 24:00; Saturday 10:30 – 24:00; Sunday 10:30 – 20:00

Gay-friendly cafe in the center of Zurich, in good weather with big street terrace lounge along the Limmat river.

Address Limmatquai 61 , Zurich 8001
Hours Monday-Wednesday 11:30 – 19:00; Thursday-Saturday 11:30 – 21:00; Sunday 11:30 – 19:00/21:00

The clientele of this gay sauna in the center of Zurich is mostly young rent boys and their older clients. Admission: 44 CHF

Address Mühlegasse 11 , Zurich 8001
Hours Daily 10:00 – 24:00

Large sex shop, straight on the ground floor, gay on the basement floor.

Address Badenerstrasse 254 , Zurich 8004

Zurich Pride Festival

Zurich's annual LGBTQ+ pride festival, celebrating queer visibility in Switzerland's largest city with a parade, concert stage, and community events each summer.

Old Town

Long-running gay bar and restaurant in Zurich's old city on Spitalgasse, a central institution in the city's LGBTQ+ scene with a warm neighborhood atmosphere.

Address Spitalgasse 3, 8001 Zürich, Switzerland

Heaven Zurich

LGBTQ+ bar in Zurich with a local queer crowd and regular social nightlife activity.

Address Mainaustrasse 30, 8008 Zurich

Aaah! Zurich

Zurich LGBTQ+ club with weekend dance parties.

Address Mühlebachstrasse 56, 8008 Zurich

Mr. Stop Sauna

Men-focused gay sauna in Zurich with facilities for social and wellness use.

Address Schaffhauserstrasse 134, 8057 Zurich
Hours Monday-Wednesday 12:00 – 22:00; Thursday 12:00 – 24:00; Friday, Saturday 12:00 – 04:00; Sunday 12:00 – 22:00

Gay sauna in the Langstrasse quarter. Tuesday and Friday mixed clientele. Admission: 45 CHF (35 CHF up to 30 years, 35 CHF for students), incl. 3 towels

Address Brauerstrasse 16 , Zurich 8004

Antinous Buchhandlung

LGBTQ+-focused bookshop in Zurich with a curated selection of gay and lesbian literature, erotica, and community publications in German and other languages.

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