Kongresshaus

The Kongresshaus Zürich stands at Gotthardstrasse 5, directly on Lake Zurich, a short walk from the main railway station, Bahnhofstrasse and Stadelhofen. Its pages describe a house that joins business, culture, art and gastronomy, and the building complex it forms with the Tonhalle is named as a significant work of Swiss architecture, listed as an object of more than communal importance.

The scale is considerable. More than 20 rooms offer over 5,300 square metres of event space, and the historic halls of the Tonhalle add over 2,000 more, allowing events of up to 4,500 participants. The Kongresssaal, on the building's upper level, is its largest hall, with a room height of over 11 metres and large windows facing the terrace. The Kongressvestibül runs 80 metres, with a terrazzo stone floor and exposed sgraffito art on its walls, beside a green atrium and a listed checkroom. The Gartensaal wing opens to the garden through floor-to-ceiling windows with views of the lake and the Alpine panorama, and its movable partitions can join the spaces into one area of up to 1,350 square metres. The lake rooms, the Seezimmer, range from a room with garden access to one with a spacious balcony.

The Grosse Tonhalle and Kleine Tonhalle carry the house's concert life. The calendar runs from the Balletto di Milano's Scheherazade and Carmen, Georgian National Ballet Sukhishvili and Kyiv Modern Ballet to Jethro Tull, and on 19 April 2027 Snatam Kaur's Living Light. The BLICKFANG design fair takes over the house for a weekend each November.

On the terrace level, the LUX Restaurant & Bar looks over the lake, serving fish, meat, vegetarian and vegan dishes, with a Saturday brunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The house is step-free throughout, with wheelchair spaces, inductive hearing systems, escorts for blind and visually impaired guests, and guide dogs welcome at concerts. Partner hotels, among them The Dolder Grand and Baur au Lac, offer discounts to visitors.