Test in Zurich: The Free food and drink until 2 am in the night

a Drink before the Bars, chit-chat in the street cafes, operating on the squares: In Zurich, the life for several years will take place increasingly on the streets. This is also at night. What has been for many years in some Quarters of the city, obviously, is now approved by the city Council officially. For the time being in a test phase.

In a communication from the town Council writes that Restaurants are allowed to host in July and August, 2020 to 2 a.m. guests also Outdoor. This is a total of six different weekends in different Districts (see table). This relaxation of the night's rest law applies in this test phase each of the nights from Saturday to Sunday. So far, the Restaurants and Bars had to vacate no later than 24 at the outer areas.

The next year, the planned pilot phase goes back to a by Nicole Giger (SP) and Andri silver Schmidt (FDP) in March of this year, submitted a postulate in the municipal Council. In it, the local politicians urged the city Council to consider in a two-year pilot Mediterranean weeks. In the months of June to August, therefore, approved gastro establishments of the week until 2 a.m., terraces and Boulevard to host surfaces. The postulate was held in the municipal Council a broad-based majority.

the currently planned pilot test will be Accompanied by scientific surveys of the city, as it says in the message. "We pull during the Mediterranean weekend, a nights the various parties," says Mathias Ninck, head of communication of the safety Department. Both the concerns of the local residents as well as those of the gastro-operators would be taken into account.

Ninck also says that there may be "exacerbated conflicts of Interest". This was particularly the case for the city of Zurich, where, in General, very much the operating rule. Such a collision is on the horizon shortly after the announcement of the pilot operation. In a communication from a merger of four district associations, the IG Idaplatz and other interest groups announced in a message to the resistance.

"We have been surprised by the decision of the city Council," says Felix Stocker, President of the neighborhood Association circle 1 to the right of the Limmat river. "The downtown is to live through the night already under massive pressure," he says. In danger, he sees the areas of the Zähringer and Idaplatz, the Langstrasse and hardbrücke station.

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These areas are already plagued by noise, Littering, traffic and public Urination, says Stocker. It was in the interests of the city, the downtown districts as a residential preserved areas. The same is true for families and the elderly. The announcement of the Mediterranean weeks the drop that brought the barrel to Overflowing be. The group will consider legal steps.

Bars remain competitive

The Bar - and club Commission (BCK) sweeps in a statement, the Benefits of the Mediterranean weeks out. "Hosted outside surfaces have the advantage of that seat guests in a quiet, as if the people, the social control by the staff is given, and also the garbage is put away", is to be read in the versions of the BCK to. For the hospitality companies, the introduction of a Mediterranean weeks is therefore necessary, in order to remain over 24-hours Shops competitive.

of the temporarily changed night's rest in order to those urban areas that fall under the noise sensitivity levels I and II are Excluded. Including zones, which are mainly in residential areas, or which serve as a recreation. A list with all the pickling, the next summer may be longer in the Free hosts, created the city police in the next spring.

in Switzerland we have seen, the Change in Zurich nothing New. Other cities such as Winterthur, Bern, Basel and Thun have economies on the Opening times for the Outside for some time already adjusted.

Created: 13.11.2019, 15:40 Uhr