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Last verified: 2026-11-08
| Safety | Fair |
|---|---|
| Transportation | Good |
| Emergency medical | Good |
| Daily convenience | Good |
| Communications | Fair |
Scale: Good = traveller-friendly · Fair = manageable with some effort · Hard = demanding. Climate is described separately and is never rated.
| General travellers | Fair |
|---|---|
| Families with children | Fair |
| Seniors | Fair |
| Wheelchair users | 適合 † |
† This value is kept verbatim from the original assessment notes; it has not yet been mapped onto the Good / Fair / Hard scale.
Complete — monthly climate normals are on record. Climate is described only; it is never given a rating.
Counts of places mapped in OpenStreetMap (nodes and ways) inside the counting boundary recorded below. These are map counts, not official statistics.
| Convenience stores | 190 |
|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 166 |
| Pharmacies | 103 |
| ATMs | 124 |
1. 「The majority of crimes targeting foreign visitors, including U.S. citizens, involve pickpocketing, vehicle break-ins, bicycle theft, and other forms of theft.」
Source: 美國國務院瑞士國家資訊頁，Level 1 — https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/International-Travel-Country-Information-Pages/Switzerland.html
2. 「Im Jahr 2024 stiegen die Zahlen im Vergleich zum Vorjahr um 2068 Fälle. Dies entspricht einer Zunahme von 4,5 % auf total 48 321 festgestellte Straftaten (2023: 46 253). Diese Zunahme ist insbesondere auf einen Anstieg bei den Vermögensdelikten (+1290 Fälle) und auf den neu geschaffenen Artikel des Identitätsmissbrauchs (+850 Fälle) zurückzuführen.」
Source: 蘇黎世市政府警政統計新聞稿，2025-03 — https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/de/aktuell/medienmitteilungen/2025/03/polizeiliche-kriminalstatistik-stadt-zuerich-2024.html
3. GPI 2026 名次與分數為事實級出處
Source: IEP 官方海報 PDF — https://www.visionofhumanity.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Global-Peace-Index-2026-A3-map-poster.pdf
1. 「During the ticket's validity, you can travel unlimited times within the selected zones on all modes of transport.」
Source: ZVV 單程票頁 — https://www.zvv.ch/en/travelcards-and-tickets/tickets/single-tickets.html
2. 「In the city of Zurich and the agglomeration, barrier-free travel is possible thanks to modern trams and elevated stops.」／「Trams with at least one step-free door operate on all lines.」／「Most stations are step-free.」
Source: ZVV 無障礙乘車頁 — https://www.zvv.ch/en/service/travel-without-barriers/limited-mobility/tram.html
3. 「The station is directly beneath the terminal: 9–13 minutes to Zürich HB, and direct intercity trains to Basel, Bern, Chur and beyond.」
Source: 蘇黎世機場營運公司官網火車頁 — https://zrhairport.ch/transfers/train/
1. 「In der Stadt Zürich und in angrenzenden Gemeinden gibt es zudem vier Spitäler mit Notfallstationen (Universitätsspital Zürich, Stadtspital Zürich, Standort Triemli, Klinik Hirslanden, Spital Zollikerberg)」
Source: 蘇黎世州政府決議 RRB-2025-0854 — https://www.zh.ch/bin/zhweb/publish/regierungsratsbeschluss-unterlagen./2025/854/RRB-2025-0854.pdf
2. 「24-hour operation in the emergency ward, open for you seven days a week.」
Source: Universitätsspital Zürich 院區頁 — https://www.usz.ch/en/locations/usz-campus/
3. 「144: Emergency medical call (free of charge)」
Source: 聯邦通訊局 BAKOM 短號碼頁 — https://www.bakom.admin.ch/en/other-numbers-free-of-charge-or-not
1. 「The debit card remains the most frequently used payment method, followed by cash and mobile payment apps.」
Source: 瑞士央行 SNB 支付方式調查 2025 結果頁 — https://www.snb.ch/en/publications/communication/press-releases/2026/pre_20260330
2. OSM 查詢式
Source: OpenStreetMap Overpass，2026-11-08 實查，area 3601682248 — (no URL recorded for this source)
`[out:json][timeout:180]; area(3601682248)->.a; ( node["shop"="convenience"](area.a); way["shop"="convenience"](area.a); ); out count;` → 190
`[out:json][timeout:180]; area(3601682248)->.a; ( node["shop"="supermarket"](area.a); way["shop"="supermarket"](area.a); ); out count;` → 166
`[out:json][timeout:180]; area(3601682248)->.a; ( node["amenity"="pharmacy"](area.a); way["amenity"="pharmacy"](area.a); ); out count;` → 103
`[out:json][timeout:180]; area(3601682248)->.a; ( node["amenity"="atm"](area.a); way["amenity"="atm"](area.a); ); out count;` → 124
1. 「112: European emergency services number (free of charge)」／「144: Emergency medical call (free of charge)」／「117: Police emergency call (free of charge)」
Source: BAKOM 短號碼頁 — https://www.bakom.admin.ch/en/other-numbers-free-of-charge-or-not
2. 「Which mobile phone base stations cover an area? These questions are answered by the overview of transmitter sites in Switzerland.」
Source: BAKOM 發射站位置頁 — https://www.bakom.admin.ch/en/location-of-radio-transmitters