Postcode CH-8008 Type public bath; lake bath Depth 4 m Opened 1890 | Operator City of Zürich Status open Phone +41 44 251 61 51 | |
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Length about 90 metres (295 ft) Width about 30 metres (98 ft) Address Utoquai, 8008 Zürich, Switzerland Similar Seebad Enge, Strandbad Tiefenbru, Schwimm Fohrbach, Hallenbad Altstetten, Freibad Höngg‑Au | ||
Seebad Utoquai is a public bath in the Swiss municipality of Zürich, being part of the historical Seeuferanlage promenades that were built between 1881 and 1887.
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Geography
The bath is situated at Utoquai respectively in the Seefeld quarter at the Zürichsee lake shore on the right bank. Public transport is provided by the VBZ transport company by the tram lines 2 and 4, bus lines 33 and postauto bus lines 912 and 916 to Chinagarten Zürich stop. It is situated opposite of Strandbad Mythenquai on the other bank of the lower Zürichsee lake shore in Zürich.
History and description
As the old bathhouse had to make place for the construction of quais, the then independent municipality of Riesbach built two new bathing facilities Strandbad Tiefenbrunnen (1886) and Seebad Utoquai (1890). For the latter, a bathing palace on stilts with delicate, tower-like structures in the Moorish style was implented. For the first time in Zürich, it was allowed to men and women to bathe in the same bath. In 1942 the towering domes were added by sun terraces, also in a wooden construction, were built, and the basic structure of the original bathroom is still preserved. The Utoquai figures in Inventar der schützenswerten Gärten und Anlagen von kommunaler Bedeutung, being the inventory of estimable gardens and grounds of local importance that was established in 1989.
Cultural heritage
The structure is listed in the Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance as an object of regional importance.