FT readers: your favourite cultural highlights in Zürich

The recently revamped Kunsthaus is a must. Pritzker prize-winner David Chipperfield deserves praise for the new building’s design: grand and spacious yet welcoming, it houses a high-quality permanent collection of paintings and sculptures, as well as stunning private collections on long-term lease to the museum. Once your visit is over, stop at the well-designed bar on the premises — it’s an attraction of its own. To make your day, use one of the lake ferries for transportation in and out of the city. Directions

— Paolo Marini, insurer, Zürich, Switzerland

On the ground-floor lobby of the city headquarters of the Zürich police, Augusto Giacometti was commissioned to decorate the vaulted ceiling and wall. The result is a wild effusion of beautiful colour: a deep brain refreshment.

Entry is free, but you have to leave your passport with a rather sullen police officer at the desk. Website; Directions

— John Picard, consultant anaesthetist, London, UK

In the 1970s, Marc Chagall created a five-part stained-glass window series and a rosette for the chancel of the Fraumünster church in Zurich. Directions

— Rick Dinsmen, program manager, India

The Museum Rietberg is [dedicated to] non-European cultures. Its exhibitions are always interesting, and often first-rate, and its own collection is also good. The museum is a short tram ride from the centre of Zürich; it’s housed in three pretty 19th-century villas amid lovely grounds. A very attractive extension, built fairly recently, is mostly underground to reduce its impact on the villas and gardens. And there’s a café that serves good food (much of it vegetarian or vegan) and coffee. Directions

— Lucy Ulrich, retired journalist and translator, Basel, Switzerland

Near the lake and along a lovely promenade, Pavillon Le Corbusier pays homage to the architect and is a delight to visit to look at the furniture, artefacts and other details. The building is located on the shore of Lake Zürich, near Zürichhorn park in the Seefeld quarter. It’s a 20-minute walk from Bellevueplatz. Directions

— Scott Talan, professor, Washington DC

This design museum, known as the Swiss Bauhaus, in a renovated Neues Bauen building from the 1930s, is as interesting as the exhibitions it holds. Best of all, you can get up close and personal with normally inaccessible design classics. Sit on a Le Corbusier stool or hug some USM Haller cabinets. Directions

— Adam Creen, teacher, Woking, UK

Stereo — a newly opened listening bar in the main nightlife area of town. They play a wide variety of music, with great cocktails (and mocktails). Directions

— Zoran Lalvani, banker, Zürich

Cabaret Voltaire is a bar/café in Zürich old town that hosts exhibitions and jazz nights. It’s great place to hang out and a good launching-off place to wander through part of the old town. Directions

— Simon Davidson, clinical scientist, London, UK

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