Walking in the richest city in Switzerland - Zurich.
The largest city - "Zurich" is only the last day in Switzerland.
When I was a child, I learned "geography class". I only heard the translated name and determined that this is the most profitable place in the world, and it is rich in oil. Indeed, this is the richest city in Switzerland, one of the richest cities in Europe, and is known as the most livable city in the world.
Today, the car arrived in Zurich city earlier, and slowly walked through the maze-like sheep intestines to the so-called "green lung" Lindenhof Mountain Park ❶❾⓳. Here you can overlook the city's scenery: Zurich is divided into east and west banks by the Limmat River (pictured above), and is also divided into new and old cities. The old city is on the north bank of the river. There are medieval old streets, spires, castles, sculptures and fountains in the city. ❺❻⓭⓴.
The development of European cities generally starts with churches. Zurich has three famous churches. The Cathedral of Our Lady, St. Peter's Cathedral, and Zurich Cathedral are all on both sides of the Limmat River. The high green spire of the Cathedral of Our Lady is one of the most common signs in Zurich's landscape painting ❷. Its high green spire is very eye-catching. From the river, from the alley, from the road or the hillside, you can always see it. figure.
Zurich is the richest city in Europe, with more than 120 banks ❿⓱, more than half of which are foreign banks, gathering top wealthy businessmen from all over the world who invest in finance and banks, and enjoy the title of "European billionaire city".
Banhofer Street is considered the richest street in the world. The funds mobilized from here each year exceed 20% of the world's funds. Banks are concentrated on this street, open 24 hours a day, and it is said that there are important features of these banks in Zurich, such as "anonymous storage boxes that only recognize keys and not people", spacious and magnificent customer reception rooms, and keys plus passwords. The way of receiving, and the "life-saving VIP exclusive channel".
I have no money to deposit, and I have no intention or dare to enter those banks to take pictures. Just a person walking aimlessly along this richest street ❹, subconsciously probably want to touch some "wealth". When I was tired, I sat on the bench under the big tree on the street, observed and felt the unique charm of this "most expensive shopping street"-luxurious shops, charming window displays ❸, and slowly wandering crowds, as if in a dream The leisurely scene ⓬⓯⓰⓱.
In this richest city in Europe, private cars are not congested to paralyze the city, and public transportation plus walking is more mainstream. Perhaps, the rich here do not need or do not use luxury cars to show their status, or perhaps because public transportation is too convenient ❹❽.
Walking to the lakeside of Zurich, looking at the lake and mountains of the blue waves ❼ (pictured below), it is fascinating. There are many coffee shops here, beautiful women wandering in the wind ⓲ (pictured below), lovers hugging each other intimately, children laughing and laughing, and many white swans playing on the lake ⓮ (pictured below), like a moving oil painting.
These scenes are a microcosm of this "rich area", but I suddenly thought of that sentence: all the places you yearn for should be under your feet, not in your heart.
For me: to embrace strange scenery, to meet unknown surprises, to touch the free wind, it is enough to be beautiful on the road.