Rote Fabrik

Zürich


With a fabulous lakeside location, this multifaceted performing-arts centre stages rock, jazz and hip-hop concerts, original-language films, and theatre and dance performances. There’s also a bar and a restaurant. Take bus 161 or 165 from Bürkliplatz.


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