Escape Treasures

• Only 1% of passengers checked on Zürich’s public transport are caught without a valid ticket.
• A typical greeting? Three kisses on the cheek — left, right, left — it’s the Zürcher way.
• 34% of Zürich’s residents hold no Swiss passport at all, adding to the city’s cosmopolitan flair.
• The minute hand on the clock tower of St. Peter’s Church tips the scales at an impressive 94 kilograms.
• Each year, 238 tons of fish are pulled from the sparkling waters of Lake Zürich.
• The city boasts 2,525 streets — and nearly 20,000 millionaires living among them.
• And at Zürich’s main train station? A staggering 462,000 passengers pass through every day — more than the city’s entire population.