Halloween in Zurich

Halloween is going to be spine-chilling: with nighttime and underground excursions, horror escape rooms, eerie museums, and other spine-chilling experiences.

This Is Where You Can Be Spooked in Zurich

Plenty of places and experiences around Halloween in Zurich are sure to give visitors goosebumps. Halloween parties are on the agenda for October 31, while escape rooms, museums, and nighttime excursions provide thrills even during other seasons.

Although Halloween isn’t one of Zurich’s traditional festivals, some bars and clubs still embrace the theme on October 31 with festive decorations and events. In some places, children also go door to door asking for “trick or treat.”

These places and experiences showcase Zurich’s spooky side.

Le vetrine nel Moulagenmuseum dell'università e dell'ospedale universitario di Zurigo

Moulagenmuseum – Insight Into Zurich's Medical Teaching

Lifelike images of diseased body parts – a visit to the Moulagenmuseum is rather different.

Kulturama, Museum des Menschen

Kulturama Museum des Menschen

Spine-Chilling Exhibits

A real mummy, brain preparations, and bat skeletons: visitors can find even more fascinatingly creepy objects at the Kulturama, the museum on the evolutionary history of life.

Zurich, Walking Tour with the Night Watchman

Night Watchman Tour

Participants on the tour through Zurich at night hear thrilling, gruesome, but also amusing stories.

Zurich, Uetliberg

Hiking Up the Uetliberg

The path up the Uetliberg is quite eerie in the early morning when it is still dusky and foggy, and crackling and rustling noises can be heard in the undergrowth. But the steep climb is rewarded with a fantastic sunrise!

Zoo Zürich, Masoala Night Tour

Masoala Hall

Spiders and Flying Foxes

You can also face your fear of flying foxes, spiders, and snakes in the Masoala Rainforest at Zurich Zoo.

Off to the Rainforest

Escape Room

Not For the Faint-Hearted

Who will make it out of this spooky haunted house in Zurich in time?

Accept the Challenge

Zoological Museum Zurich

Zoological Museum

Real or Mythical Creatures?

Visitors to the Zoological Museum of the University of Zurich can marvel at fabulous creatures, extinct animal species, and many a creepy insect.

Wunderkammer Zürich

Wunderkammer

By Prior Appointment Only

Objects, stuffed animals, and magic abound in taxidermist Christian Link’s cabinet of curiosities.

Make an Appointment

Zurich, Sewer Ditch

Sewer Ditch

Zurich in the Middle Ages

This Foxtrail leads, among other things, into a narrow and dark underground passage that had a very special function in the Middle Ages.

To the Foxtrail

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