you is probably the most famous Christmas lights in Zurich and provides, in the meantime, casserole every year for a huge crowd: The Christmas lights “Lucy” on the Bahnhofstrasse. “Lucy”, the 23’100 LED lights and 11’000 Bahnhofstrasse crystals in a soothing light envelops, is about a kilometre long and consumed “at the same time the same amount of electricity as an oven, and brings forth Christmas biscuits”, as it says in a media release of the EWZ.

In times of climate crisis, we must actually say that on the Christmas lights to be dispensed with entirely, finds EWZ-speaker Harry Graf. “You heard but just. And who used all year green power and LED can use without having a bad Conscience about the energy-efficient Christmas lights.” Worse according to the Graf, if you were able to manage the whole year long wasteful with electricity.

Since last year, is for the spectacle, the estimates of the City-Association show that around 50’000 visitors want to see, the tram traffic in the main street, locked. It was the urgent desire of the City Association, that this evening the Trams are diverted. In the past, there were multiple Almost-collisions.

#my light moment on Instagram

This year, the Zurich Christmas lights on Thursday 21. November 2019, on at 18 o’clock and lights up to 6. January, 2020. On public land the lamp is lit daily from 6.30 PM to 8.00 PM and from 16.00 PM to 24.00 PM. 24. and 25. December 2019, and on 1. January 2020 the lights will be until 1 p.m. and on new year’s eve until 3 a.m. of the following day.

Further light spectacle to offer about the Illuminarium in the courtyard of the Zurich national Museum with a winter Wonderland of light, Illumination, Illusion, music and cuisine. EWZ is involved as one of the sponsors of this event and invites people to share their most beautiful light the moment under the Hashtag #my light moment on Instagram. To win there tickets to the Illuminarium.

Moreover, the shops in Zurich’s city center this evening for visitors at the “Night Shopping” until 22 o’clock opened. Musical performances on the stages in the Shop Ville Zurich main station, at Rennweg, at the lions square, in the bear alley, on the stadelhofer place and stag place for a pre-Christmas atmosphere. (lea)

Created: 21.11.2019, 17:52 PM