Also known as Sterne Foifi, loosely translated as the fifth star, for reasons which I have not been able to fathom, the restaurant offers possibly the best Bratwurst in Zürich – at least according to a dear friend, Hugo, who knows about these things.

Outside there is a sausage stall, and inside a comfortable, stylish restaurant offering excellent food at reasonable prices. At least in Zürich terms it’s not expensive – it may well turn out a little more expensive than you’re used to.

The blonde and I opted for calves liver (and before you object, calves are looked after really well in Switzerland – no dark, constricted cells for them here) with an option of risotto or rösti. That was about CHF35 for a main course. We’d started with a delicious Steinpilzen/Cep Ravioli in a nutty butter – sorry, but I’m really not very good at this translating lark. I can tell you it was CHF 16 per portion though.

All washed down with a really nice Australian Shiraz from Bleasdale wineries at CHF47 a bottle. Lovely.

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The Frauenbad is located on Stadthausquai, and is basically a spacious wooden deck floating on the river Limmat, about 400m away from where the river begins to flow out of the lake.  It was built in the 19th century to allow ladies to relaxed undisturbed by male onlookers, and take advantage of the refreshing (i.e. chilly?) clean mountain water. It provides a unique opportunity to relax in a nostalgic  environment, and enjoy a view of the city.

It’s open from 07:30 to 20:00, at which point it turns into a barefoot bar (men in socks also allowed, shock, horror!)  and during the day no activities other than lazing around and swimming are permitted. I’m guessing chatting is allowed though.

There are allegedly two pools, one only 1 meter deep for those not confident in swimming, and one that uses the full depth of the river (4m) .

 Massage/Shiatsu is also on offer – 044 211 95 92.

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