The city of Zurich, a worldwide community for managing an account and back, lies at the north end of Lake Zurich in northern Switzerland. The beautiful paths of the focal Altstadt (Old Town), on either side of the Limmat River, mirror its pre-medieval history. Waterfront promenades like the Limmatquai take after the waterway toward the seventeenth century Rathaus (town lobby). Numerous historical centres and workmanship displays can be found in the city, including the Swiss National Museum and the Kunsthaus. Schauspielhaus Zurich is a standout amongst the most essential performance centres in the German-talking world. Zurich is a main worldwide city and among the world's biggest budgetary focuses regardless of having a generally little population. The city is home to countless organizations and keeping money organizations. A large portion of Switzerland's innovative work focuses are moved in Zurich and the low expense rates pull in abroad organizations to set up their base camp there.

Open transport is to a great degree well known in Zurich, and its tenants utilize open transport in substantial numbers. Around 70% of the guests to the city utilize the cable car or transport, and about portion of the trips inside the region happen on open transport, inside Zurich and all through the canton of Zurich, the ZVV system of open transport has movement thickness appraisals among the most astounding around the world. While including recurrence, which in Zurich can be as frequently as seven minutes, it becomes the densest over all measurements.

The official formal dialect utilized by legislative organizations, print, news, colleges/schools, courts, theatre and in any sort of composed shape is (the Swiss assortment of Standard) German, while the talked dialect is Zurich German.

A large portion of Zurich's destinations are situated inside the territory on either side of the Limmat, between the Main railroad station and Lake Zurich. The temples and places of the old town are grouped here, similar to the most costly shops along the well-known Bahnhofstrasse. The Lindenhof in the old town is the recorded site of the Roman stronghold, and the later Carolingian Imperial Palace.  

Around 60,000 individuals learn at the 20 colleges, schools and organizations of advanced education in Zurich. Two of Switzerland's most recognized colleges are situated in the city. The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) which is controlled by the (government) state and the University of Zürich that is under bearing of the canton of Zurich. The two colleges were recorded in the main 50 world colleges evaluated in 2007.  

The City Council (Stadtrat) constitutes the official administration of the City of Zurich and works as a university expert. It is made out of nine councillors, each managing an office. Departmental assignments, coordination measures and usage of laws announced by the City Council is done by the City Council. The general race of the City Council by any tenant substantial to vote is held like clockwork.