Sexarbeit
October 29 at 10am +3
Swiss National Museum · Zürich
Ten unfiltered interviews bring Swiss sex workers' realities into focus, exploring a legal yet contested profession through personal stories of power, migration, and resilience.
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Sex work: Perspectives in conversation
October 30 at 6pm
National Museum Zurich · Zürich • Free
Personal experiences meet institutional viewpoints at the National Museum Zurich, where a World Cafe format brings together sex workers, lawyers, and police experts to discuss labour rights, protection, and the regulation of sex work in Switzerland.
CELEBRATING DEATH
October 31 at 6pm
Friedhof Sihlfeld · Zürich • Free
Global death rituals span from All Souls' Day to Sulawesi's Ma'Nene ceremony, explored here before a gathering at the Old Sihlfeld Crematorium featuring live music, an art installation, and cocktails.
LETTER ON THE ACT
November 1 at 11am +1
Rote Fabrik · Zürich • Free
Language replaces charcoal as writers observe a nude model to capture form and identity in this workshop hosted by Simon Froehling at F+F Atelier, culminating in an evening public reading of the created texts.
Guided tour of the exhibition ‘Avant-garde – Graphic Design on the Move’
November 1 at 10am +4
Museum of Design Zurich · Zürich • CHF15
Step inside radical interwar graphic design with the curator herself. Bettina Richter walks you through Constructivist posters and New Typography experiments by El Lissitzky and Jan Tschichold.
Resistance to Authoritarianism
November 2 at 7pm
Debattierhaus Karl der Grosse · Zürich • Free admission
Under increasing pressure, people worldwide campaign for human rights despite repression and intimidation. This panel discussion at Debattierhaus Karl der Grosse examines civil society resistance, featuring Fida Hammami, Lukas Žalalis, and Daniel Binswanger as part of the Amnesty Letter-Writing Marathon.
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Fri, Oct 30 · 7:30 PM
ZURIGO IN ITALIANO 2026
Istituto Italiano di Cultura Zurigo · Zürich
Fri, Oct 30 · 3:00 PM
Diritti umani e diritto internazionale umanitario: la scuola italiana e la scuola svizzera a confronto
University of Zurich · Zürich
Free
Fri, Oct 30 · 6:30 PM
‘We’ in Business
Paulus Akademie · Zürich
CHF30
Fri, Oct 30 · 8:00 PM
Beziehungskosmos • Podcast
Volkshaus Zürich · Zürich
Sat, Oct 31 · 8:00 PM
EINAR SCHLEEF – ICH HABE KEIN DEUTSCHLAND GEFUNDEN
Schauspielhaus Zürich · Zürich
Sat, Oct 31 · 6:00 PM
films for future – pre-opening event: book talk with Ulrike Herrmann
Paulus Akademie · Zürich
CHF 30 / CHF 20
Sat, Oct 31 · 9:15 AM
Don’t be afraid of old scripts – Advanced course
Zentralbibliothek Zürich · Zürich
Free admission / Entrée gratuite
Sat, Oct 31 · 2:00 PM
Story Window – listen and discover
National Museum Zurich · Zürich
Free
Sun, Nov 1 · 2:00 PM
Art of your choice
Museum Rietberg Zurich · Zürich
CHF5
Mon, Nov 2 · 6:00 PM
Models – shaping knowledge exhibition
ETH Zürich · Zürich
Tue, Nov 3 · 5:00 PM
Moneythek
Pestalozzi-Bibliothek Zürich · Zürich
Free
Tue, Nov 3 · 3:00 PM
Reading Together – Shared Reading
Pestalozzi-Bibliothek Zürich · Zürich
Free
Tue, Nov 3 · 8:00 PM
Mikael Krogerus & Roman Tschäppeler • Lesung & Zeichnung
Kaufleuten Klub · Zürich
Tue, Nov 3 · 7:00 PM
Benoît. Artist in Architecture
Never Stop Reading · Zürich
Free
Tue, Nov 3 · 7:00 PM
IS ENOUGH ENOUGH?
Paulus Akademie · Zürich
CHF 30 / CHF 20*
Tue, Nov 3 · 6:00 PM
Dubliners in 17 Sessions
Zurich James Joyce Foundation · Zürich
Tue, Nov 3 · 6:30 PM
Capitalism – The History of a Global Revolution
Paulus Akademie · Zürich
CHF180
Tue, Nov 3 · 7:00 PM
Humans and the Climate since the Modern Era
Volkshochschule Zürich · Zürich
Tue, Nov 3 · 5:30 PM
Geschichte der Sexarbeit
Swiss National Museum · Zürich
Tue, Nov 3 · 6:00 PM
The Birth of Middle-earth: Tolkien’s Journey Through Switzerland in 1911
Zentralbibliothek Zürich · Zürich
Free
Wed, Nov 4 · 10:00 AM
Swiss German Café
PBZ Pestalozzi-Bibliothek Sihlcity · Zürich
Free
Wed, Nov 4 · 3:00 PM
Book Box: ‘Filus’s Wondrous Colours’
PBZ Pestalozzi-Bibliothek Hardau · Zürich
Free admission
Wed, Nov 4 · 7:00 PM
Sibling relationships
Universität Zürich-Zentrum · Zürich
Wed, Nov 4 · 6:30 PM
Support act: Smilla Diener – The World Within the Mountain
Literaturhaus Zürich · Zürich
Free admission
Wed, Nov 4 · 6:15 PM
Vortrag von Jörg Scheller «Abstraction Within the Body»
Museum Haus Konstruktiv · Zürich
Wed, Nov 4 · 8:00 PM
NZZ Geopolitik • Podcast
Kaufleuten Zürich · Zürich
Wed, Nov 4 · 7:00 PM
The Power of Algorithms
University of Zurich · Zürich
Wed, Nov 4 · 7:00 PM
Take Care. Healing Springs and Baths in Greece
Never Stop Reading · Zürich
Free
Wed, Nov 4 · 7:30 PM
Alain Claude Sulzer – A Change of Scene
Literaturhaus Zürich · Zürich
Wed, Nov 4 · 6:30 PM
Re: review of *8 Women*
Filmpodium Kino · Zürich
Thu, Nov 5 · 5:30 PM
Showcasing Switzerland as a banking hub
National Museum Zurich · Zürich
Thu, Nov 5 · 2:00 PM
Telling the story of art
Kunsthaus Zürich · Zürich
CHF20
Thu, Nov 5 · 10:00 AM
Story Time
PBZ Unterstrass · Zürich
Free entry
Thu, Nov 5 · 2:00 PM
Switzerland: a banking hub
National Museum Zurich · Zürich
Thu, Nov 5 · 7:00 PM
Monet’s painting technique
University of Zurich · Zürich
Thu, Nov 5 · 6:00 PM
Round Table by KUNST BRAUCHT KOHLE
Helmhaus · Zürich
Thu, Nov 5 · 6:30 PM
The boundary between feeling and thinking
Karl der Grosse · Zürich
Adults CHF 20 / Concession CHF 14 / Solidarity CHF 25
Thu, Nov 5 · 10:45 AM
Swiss German Café
PBZ Pestalozzi-Bibliothek Zürich · Zürich
Free
Thu, Nov 5 · 5:30 PM
Simply Zurich – Zurich’s sporting history
National Museum Zurich · Zürich
Thu, Nov 5 · 7:00 PM
Ein Engadiner Haus in Transformation
Never Stop Reading · Zürich
Admission is free
Thu, Nov 5 · 7:30 PM
Stories of freedom on the big screen: A Day Without Women
PBZ Pestalozzi-Bibliothek Zürich · Zürich
CHF 15, CHF 10 with a PBZ subscription, CHF 5 with a KulturLegi
Thu, Nov 5 · 7:00 PM
Monasteries on a mission
Universität Zürich-Zentrum · Zürich
Thu, Nov 5 · 6:30 PM
Cherchez la femme – Women’s Perspectives in the Avant-garde
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich · Zürich
Free
Fri, Nov 6 · 2:30 PM
Kamishibai: A Story of Herbs
PBZ Pestalozzi-Bibliothek Zürich · Zürich
Free admission
Fri, Nov 6 · 5:00 PM
A Glimpse Behind the Curtain
Museum Rietberg · Zürich
CHF5
Fri, Nov 6 · 8:00 PM
Whether the pomegranate trees are in bloom
Theater Rigiblick · Zürich
NOK 39 / 34 / 30
Fri, Nov 6 · 10:00 PM
Silent Reading Rave
Literaturhaus Zürich · Zürich
Free admission
Fri, Nov 6 · 11:11 PM
11 past 11
Bernhard Theater · Zürich
Fri, Nov 6 · 7:00 PM
Contracted. Stored
Rote Fabrik · Zürich
Fri, Nov 6 · 10:00 AM
St Francis of Assisi as Depicted in Art
Volkshochschule Zürich · Zürich
Sat, Nov 7 · 7:00 PM
Broken Mirrors "Sinalcol" by Elias Khoury
1002F (mille et deux feuilles) · Zürich
Sat, Nov 7 · 10:00 AM
Story Time
PBZ Pestalozzi-Bibliothek Zürich, PBZ Schütze · Zürich
Free admission
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