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Construction of allotment gardens at Zurich Zoo leads to criticism


Grün Stadt Zürich has tackled the expansion of a family garden area without a proper planning application. Local residents are faced with a fait accompli.

The construction site with the cleared meadow in front of the allotment gardens in Fluntern near the zoo.

Christoph Ruckstuhl / NZZ

In March, the excavators hit the upper Zürichberg. The residents of Allmend Fluntern, right by the zoo, didn’t know why the several thousand square meter natural meadow was suddenly dug up.

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