Zurich, Switzerland has held a Gay Pride event, known as the Zurich Pride Festival, since 1994. Previously it was known as Christopher Street Day Zurich, in honor of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising on New York City's Christopher Street. The event in this attractive Swiss city takes place in June (the date is June 8, 2013), but there are quite a few events taking place throughout the previous week.
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The main events are the Zurich Gay Pride Parade, which takes place at 2 pm on Saturday, June 8, and takes place at Helvetziaplatz.
Many of the city's gay-popular restaurants, hotels, and shops have special events and parties throughout the four days of Zurich Gay Pride. Check local gay papers, which are distributed at popular gay bars. And check out the Zurich Gay Travel Guide by Patroc.com, which is very handy and has extensive information on the local gay scene. Additional excellent trip-planning resources are the Gay Travel site produced by the Zurich office of tourism, and the Switzerland Office of Tourism's site on GLBT travel in Zurich.
