Each story is rooted in real local history and landmarks
The saints Felix and Regula are lost, carrying their own heads through the streets of Roman Turicum. A child must guide them 40 paces uphill to find the right resting place — the very spot where Zurich’s greatest church, the Grossmünster, will one day rise.
A giant snake rings the emperor’s bell of justice, and a child follows Karl der Grosse to the lakeside nest where a greedy toad has stolen the eggs. When the emperor delivers his verdict, the grateful snake rewards them with a gemstone — and a new church is born on the water.
The Böögg snowman runs away from Sechseläutenplatz the night before the festival, refusing to be burned. A child must chase him across Zurich’s landmarks — from the Grossmünster towers to the Lindenhof to the lake — and convince him that spring needs his sacrifice.
A Roman tile found under the oldest linden tree on the Lindenhof leads to a treasure map. A child follows mosaic pieces hidden across Zurich’s landmarks — from the Thermengasse baths to the Fraumünster to the banks of the Limmat — piecing together the city’s 2,000-year story.
A child apprentice in medieval Zurich watches baker Wackerbold get dunked in the Limmat for cheating his customers. Through this dramatic lesson in guild justice, the child learns about honest work, fair prices, and why a loaf of bread must weigh exactly what it should.
At midnight, Marc Chagall’s coloured figures step out of the Fraumünster windows and dance through the church. A child must return them to their glass panels before dawn, learning the story each window tells — from the prophets to the life of Christ — before daylight freezes them forever.
A girl discovers that the Fraumünster abbess once ruled Zurich, holding more power than any man in the city. Time-travelling to 1045, she witnesses the moment King Henry III grants the abbess market rights, mint rights, and toll rights — and learns that women once shaped a city’s destiny.
A child follows a magical white stag across Europe to Zurich, just as Charlemagne did in legend. Where the stag stops and the horse kneels, the child discovers the saints’ burial site and the secret origin of the Grossmünster — Zurich’s twin-towered symbol.
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