Film and TV locations in Zurich
18 places to shoot in Zurich, Switzerland: 4 studios and backlots, 3 bars, restaurants and shops, 3 transport and infrastructure locations and 8 more. 14 have a photo and 5 carry practical details the location publishes itself.
What is here
- Film studios and backlots 4
- Bars, restaurants and shops 3
- Transport and infrastructure 3
- Offices, schools and public buildings 2
- Theatres, arenas and venues 2
- Industrial and derelict locations 2
- Hospitals, prisons and institutions 1
- Houses and apartments 1
Alte Kaserne Winterthur
Hospital, prison & institution
Nineteenth century barracks on Technikumstrasse in Winterthur, now a cultural centre with a parade yard, long corridors, drill halls and plain institutional rooms for hire.
Cafe Odeon
Bar, restaurant & shop
Viennese style cafe and bar of 1911 on Limmatquai in Zurich, with marble tables, mirrors, chandeliers and a corner position on the river.
Confiserie Sprungli, Paradeplatz
Bar, restaurant & shop
Confectioner's shop and first floor cafe on Paradeplatz in Zurich, trading since 1859, with counters, a tram square outside and bank facades on all sides.
ETH Zurich main building
Office, school & public building
Semper's 1864 main building of the federal technical university above central Zurich, with a domed hall, stone stairs, lecture theatres, laboratories and a terrace over the city.
Hallenstadion
Theatre, arena & venue
Indoor arena of 1939 at Oerlikon in north Zurich, rebuilt in 2005, seating about 13,000 for concerts, ice hockey and six day track racing, with a wide flat floor.
Capacity: 13000
Kronenhalle
Bar, restaurant & shop
Restaurant and bar of 1924 near the Zurich opera, with dark panelling, brass lamps, leather banquettes and paintings by Chagall, Miro and Picasso on the walls.
Lagerplatz Winterthur
Industrial & derelict
Former Sulzer works yard in Winterthur, a block of brick halls, workshops and open yards let to craft and creative tenants, with raw industrial surfaces and gantry structures.
SRF Studio Zurich Leutschenbach
Studio & backlot
Headquarters and broadcast complex of Swiss German public television in north Zurich, with news, sport and talk studios, galleries, newsroom floors and a 1970s office block.
Seen in: Tagesschau, Arena
Swiss National Museum, Zurich
Office, school & public building
Historicist museum castle of 1898 beside Zurich main station, with courtyards, towers, vaulted galleries and a 2016 concrete extension by Christ and Gantenbein.
Tram-Museum Zurich
Transport & infrastructure
Working tram depot at Burgwies in Zurich holding around twenty historic trams and buses from 1897 onward, with inspection pits, overhead wire and a depot hall open for hire.
Villa Patumbah
House & apartment
Ornate 1885 merchant villa in the Zurich Seefeld quarter with painted salons, carved timber, a conservatory and a public park, run as a heritage centre with rooms for hire.
Zurich Airport
Transport & infrastructure
Switzerland's largest airport at Kloten, with three terminals, an airside dock, an underground people mover and the Circle office and hotel complex at the landside edge.
Zurich Hauptbahnhof
Transport & infrastructure
Main station of Zurich, a nineteenth century head house over a wide train hall with modern through platforms and a shopping level below, busy from early morning to late night.
Zurich Opera House
Theatre, arena & venue
Neo baroque opera house of 1891 on Sechselautenplatz in Zurich, with a horseshoe auditorium of about 1,100 seats, gilded tiers, foyers and a studio stage.
Content Park Operations
Studio & backlot
Private studio group in Schlieren west of Zurich, with sound stages up to about 400 square metres and 7.5 metres clear height plus a fully rigged TV studio.
Several rental sound stages and a TV studio across sites in Zurich and Schlieren, about 3,000 square metres in total
Fotohalle
Studio & backlot
Column free hall of about 420 square metres at Schlieren used as a photo, film and event studio, with a drive in entrance and blackout capability.
About 420 square metres of studio floor, blackout curtains, vehicle access
Kraftwerk Zurich
Industrial & derelict
Former municipal power station on Selnaustrasse in central Zurich, now a work and event house keeping the turbine hall volume, steel windows and machine room detail.
StudioGutenswil
Studio & backlot
Rental studio in the village of Gutenswil east of Zurich, in use since the 1960s and quiet enough for live sound recording during filming.
What Switzerland pays back
Switzerland runs the Filmstandortförderung Schweiz (FiSS), worth 20% (40% for minority co-productions and technical costs). Work out the net value on your own spend in the incentive comparison.
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