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...much of the 1990s, the former industrial area of Zurich-West was deserted, the factories that once produced turbines and steamboats standing eerily silent. Then, in 2000, Schiffbau?a 19th century shipbuilding plant?was gutted to make way for a restaurant, jazz club and cluster of theaters. Today, nearly all of the area's brick-clad buildings have been repurposed as bars, shops and galleries, flanked by chic loft apartments. It's a transformation that's helping to turn Switzerland's largest city from a buttoned-up financial capital into something approaching a fashionable metropolis...
...past few years, Schiffbau has seen the addition of popular new bar NIETTURM, tel: (41-44) 258 7077, with striking views from its seven-meter-high steel-and-glass tower. Equally dramatic are the raw-boned interiors of the adjacent Giessereihalle, another of the area's ex-factories. Browse its pr?t-?-porter boutiques, like DUETT, tel: (41-43) 818 2814, before taking herbal tea at the newly opened TEEPUNKT, tel: (41-43) 540 4233. Giessereihalle also features a state-of-the-art spa in SKIN, tel: (41-43) 818 4343. For gastronomic rejuvenation, head to the ZUPPAMUNDIAL RESTAURANT...
...much of the 1990s, the former industrial area of Zurich-West was deserted, the factories that once produced turbines and steamboats standing eerily silent. Then, in 2000, Schiffbau - a 19th century shipbuilding plant - was gutted to make way for a restaurant, jazz club and cluster of theaters. Today, nearly all of the area's brick-clad buildings have been repurposed as bars, shops and galleries, flanked by chic loft apartments. It's a transformation that's helping to turn Switzerland's largest city from a buttoned-up financial capital into something approaching a fashionable metropolis. In the past few years...