Hotel Limmatblick

Frommer's Review

This hotel is permeated with a theme that's a particular source of fascination to its owner, Claude Dreifuss, and members of his family: Dadaism. Throughout, this hotel, beginning with the small cafe-cum-reception area, you'll find a Dada theme, as evidenced by rooms which each contain artworks associated with the Dada Movement, names inspired by an individual Dada master, such as, for example, Oscar Leuten.

What, you might ask, is Dada-ism, or Dada? An early precursor to the Surrealism, Dada flourished in Zurich, its birthplace, just prior to the First World War, permeating the city's art and contemporary theater with a sense of often politicized absurdity. The hotel is located near the crowded edge of the Limmat, a 10-minute walk from the main railroad station. Rooms are unfrilly, small-scale (in some cases, somewhat claustrophobic), and most recently renovated in 2002. Each contains twin beds, a rather cramped bathroom with shower, and a sense of the Dadaist movement that, around 1912, generated screaming controversies within most of the bourgeois circles of Europe.

Facilities:
Coffee shop; bar; room service; coin-operated laundry; nonsmoking rooms

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