Where myth meets menace: hear Ganymed's story and watch the black‑headed gulls that patrol the square. It's also a perfect spot for photos.

Let your imagination fill the gaps: picture a vanished tower that once held a robber baron, hear of witch hunts and Anabaptists, and learn of an unexpected escape.

Learn about the Zurich's patron saints, and what happened to the Water Church during Reformation. Bonus: a very unceremonial heist and strange commemorations.

Spotlight is shared between a king guided by omens and a figure of iconoclasm. There will be no time to sample the milk‑soup that halted a war, but we'll tell its story.

Next: how Napoleon's power play provoked a backlash, who were the cabbage knaves, and an intro to a festival that is all about being wicked to keep wickedness at bay.

Discover where in Zurich political telenovelas play out and which enlightened figure faced trial at the Town Hall. Bonus: an anecdote from General Stuppa's era.

Meet two controversial figures: two wildly different ways to handle life's pressures.

Discover what record St. Peter holds, what's hidden in the crypt and what sparked a coup d'état. Bonus: a story from local folklore.

Hear the legend of a stag linked to the founding and the "firestarter" who sabotaged it. (Hint: it wasn't The Prodigy.)

What stifles our creativity? Explore "art wed to logic" and the quirky group that sparked Dada - who they were and why they rebelled.

How Europe's largest open drug scene became the catalyst for a sort of "prestige reinvention."

A virtual museum: Think like one of Agatha Christie's famous sleuths - explore the moment Swiss police realised crime was more than just about missing cheese.

Walk up to the Masonic Lodge: at the top of the hill, admire the statue of the woman who outwitted a duke to save Zurich - then finish with a stunning panoramic view of the Old Town and the Limmat.