Cafés & Bars | Gay & Lbian Zurich | Zurich

Contents:

• THE 5 BEST ZURICH GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS ZURICH
• GAY PARTI & LGBTQ+ EVENTS
• QUEER PARTY ZüRICH - GAY PARTY ZüRICH
• THE 5 BEST CANTON OF ZURICH GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS CANTON OF ZURICH
• THE 5 BEST ZURICH GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS ZURICH
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS ZURICH
• GAY ZURICH

THE 5 BEST ZURICH GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS ZURICH

Var party labels changg lotns guarantee a lively ambiance – particularly popular are the events staged by the largt gay party anizer Angels. Sce the year 2000 the "Warmer Mai" (Warm May), a cultural month, is held annually, focg on homosexual them the fields of art and culture.

Swzerland’s bt LGBT clubsFd the bt gay and lbian nights out – wh the ultimate gui to Swzerland’s LGBT nightlife sceneThe LGBT party scene Swzerland offers somethg for everyone, om relaxed, mixed-queer shdigs to sweaty danceathons. For all their alpenhorn-apotheosizg and maret-margalisg tradnalism, the Swiss have for many s taken a world-leadg stance on gay and lbian rights.

GAY PARTI & LGBTQ+ EVENTS

Same-sex relatns were crimalised here 1942, and on New Year’s Day 2007 a referendum ma Swzerland the first untry on Earth where gay civil unns were voted by the public, not jt parliament – and by a massive majory. Today Zurich, which happens to have a chic lbian mayor Core Mch, is very much Swzerland’s LGBT pal, as well as one of the world’s most gay-iendly ci, wh bars, f, snas and clubs addg up to dozens of gay venu.

The old town’s Barfüsser is nsired Europe’s olst gay hostelry and the annual Zurich Pri event now draws around 45, 000 pk party people.

Tellg the story of the world’s first gay and lbian anisatn, a Zurich-based group, which formed the 1940s, this excellent docudrama has won plds and awards at film ftivals all over the world. Welg to men, women, straights and other, L Garçons opened late 2013 the lively, multicultural area around Langstrasse – also the cy’s red-light district and no ls fun for that – and has been weled by younger gay guys particular as a long overdue rethkg of the Zurich LGBT waterg hole, plete wh glass-walled fumoir and ee wi-fi. Maly male A-gays both young and old flock to this smart, two-storey bar the heart of the old town for the jtly famo cktails (as everywhere this town they are far om cheap, but happy hour, currently between 5pm and 7pm, eas the punishment to your purse) and chilled chat, even if the tun hover at the chey end of the spectm.

QUEER PARTY ZüRICH - GAY PARTY ZüRICH

HeavenThe closure last year of club T&M marked the end of an era for a generatn of Zurich gays.

Steps om the Cranberry and the only full-time gay nightclub town, the iendly venue’s genero space and high-qualy sound system uld always be relied on to pull a crowd and brg the party.

It’s the statn for several regular tourg party nights such as the joyoly mp Balkan Gay Night and the hip-hop twkft Boyakasha.

THE 5 BEST CANTON OF ZURICH GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS CANTON OF ZURICH

HelnbarEvery Wednday, live mic bar Provreff, on the edge of Zurich Wt, is taken over by Helnbar, somewhere between a mixed alternative bar and an arty gay club night that wouldn’t look out of place Berl. MännerzoneHeroilly unrenstcted, the Männerzone bar, next door to s leather and fetish shop, is a gay men’s space like Daddy ed to make, and draws a more mature crowd.

Lsanne43&10Outsi Zurich, Lsanne is the only Swiss cy to have a dited gay club, and the unabashedly mastream 43&10 ters to a young, hedonistic crowd every Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

On Sundays ’s ee to get for gay night BarOpened 2011, the P-up Bar is that rart of LGBT thgs, a genuely mixed lbian and gay bar. It’s also the newt scene succs story what has recent years bee Swzerland’s gay send cy. P-up regularly jos forc wh another lol gay lounge bar, GT’s, to put on dance parti unr the banner Lsanne LBiGay Ssns.

THE 5 BEST ZURICH GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS ZURICH

The olst gay bar Geneva, Le Déclic is a rt of Roman lumns, plastic palm tre, fairy lights, animal prts and those horrid wavy mirrors om Ikea. A young, alternative-ish clientele workg a Brooklyn via Berl vibe chat and chill a sual urban fé-lounge space that’s welg and stylish, one of the last central areas to rist the homogenisg hand of big-bucks gentrifitn.

Cranberry • ZurichThis two-floor tablishment has been amongst Zurich's most popular gay bars for a uple of s, always by, always btlg. Homosexualy is not jt addrsed out the open on the street, but also the form of lorful events, first and foremost the Zurich Pri Stori You Might Like.

Gönn dir…Queer Party Zürich - Gay Party Zürich.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS ZURICH

From private rooms and apartments to LGBTQ-iendly hotels, you have the optn to stay the heart of gay districts as well as other neighborhoods the plac you vis. A loft Soho, a shared room Barcelona or the Castro, a gay-iendly hotel Le Marais or Chelsea, experience misterb&b all gay travel statns! Tyler Brûlé, the gay founr of Wallpaper and Monocle magaz, oversaw the airle’s makeover a few years back.

Much of Zurich's gay scene is Altstadt, or Old Town, along and around the picture-postrd bbltone streets and alleys around Nierdorf Strasse. Many visors may never get beyond old town, as there are so many thgs to see and do there, but a number of other gay bs n be found around Langstrasse, a short distance om the tourist hnts.

Many of the lol gay prt magaz have fold recent years, but webs such as Swissgay,, and HAZ n keep you up to date. Has a gay pag sectn along wh general rmatn this official Swiss Tourism webse. For lotns and webse lks to bs listed below, and more, see our gay Zurich map & listgs pag.

GAY ZURICH

Marktgasse Hotel (Marktgasse 17), 39 unique rooms, full-service boutique hotel, gay-iendly, all ameni, rtrant, fe, bar, terrace seatg. Zurich Overnight (CF Meyerstrasse 25), gay B&B for for a sgle man or male uple, big breakfast, gourmet meals, WiFi, clothg-optnal pool and sna, near lake and public transport.

One of Europe's olst gay bars, once a monastery, hence the name and wanrg (barefoot) monk sign. Gayt Friday and Saturday nights, a popular place to meet before the dance clubs. Cafe Oon (Limmatquai 2), chic young, artsy, gay and mixed crowd sce 1911; siwalk tabl near river, elegant ambience of wrought metal, old wood, high ceilgs and walls of mirrors.