When hubby and I traveled to Zurich a couple of years ago, we certainly never expected to be transported to the tropics.
But just before we had to leave for the airport, we found an unexpected oasis – a slice of rainforest where the air was humid and hot. With live animals and an inspiring canopy path. It was the Masoala Rainforest at the Zurich Zoo.
Bonus picture: not from the zoo, but from a street in Zurich – isn’t beauty usually unexpected?
53 replies on “Rainforest in Zurich”
What an enjoyable find and I love the flowers (wisteria?) in that last shot.
janet
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Might be wisteria, I’m bad at identifying plants, though I’m great at admiring them 🤣Anyway, thanks Janet! 🙂
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Gorgeous!
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Hey there, thanks! 🙂
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This is a fun find and the last photo is gorgeous!
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Thanks Manja! 😊
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Nice finds and shots!
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Thanks, it was a nice find!
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That wisteria looks gorgeous, a sure sign of spring!
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Yes, it was spring there actually when we visited!
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Switzerland is indeed full of beautiful treasures and surprises .. Thanks for those beautiful pictures 🙂 we ll travel there this summer, can’t wait ! hope all is fine for you and your lovely fam, all the best from Vietnam
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Hello there, long time no see! 😊 Switzerland was indeed surprising, even the weather kept us guessing each day! Loved it there and would go again! Hope you’re enjoying life in Vietnam!?
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Yes we really like it here. Beside the pollution, all is great 😉
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By the way, do you still have a blog? I can’t find it… what’s the url? 😊💕
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I am here : https://frenchtouchinhanoi.wordpress.com/
Had to adapt to the new location . No more Cebu, all in Hanoi ❤ have a lovely week my dear! happy to connect again
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Thanks! I noticed now that I was actually following you here too, but for some reason I never see your posts in the Reader! Anyway, happy to reconnect! 🙂 Have a great day!
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Same to you ☀️
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Love this post~ Beautiful shots! I’m sorry I missed that green green green haven in Zurich during my short stay in 2016…another reason to visit again, right? Seeking palm trees forever, always 🙂
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Hahah, yes you are so right, seeking palms forever applies to me too! We had no idea we would find this greenhouse at the zoo and almost didn’t enter. When we did, what a pleasant surprise! It even smelled like the tropics!!!! Made me want to travel… Thanks for your thoughts! 😊
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I do like tropical plants in unexpected places. When I lived in Washington State, I planted a tropical garden and I loved how different it was from most other garden. Also fun to see palm trees with smow on them!
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How fun! We are actually thinking of getting a palm tree for our balcony (which is quite well sheltered in the winter) but haven’t had the time to research which type would be able to bear a bit of cold! Any recommendations?
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I planted three Windmill Palms (Trachycarpus fortunei). They survived a couple of winters while I lived there and had periods of snow, so they’re cold hardy, but I don’t know whether they’d be Finland cold hardy.
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Maybe not, but I’ll have a look at them! Thanks for the tip!
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I’ve never been to the Zurich Zoo yet but….. Maybe I pay it a visit after seeing your photos! hehehe. Is it worth it?
I love the wisteria hanging on those balconies…. Zurich is one of the prettiest cities I’ve seen during spring and summer, with flowers all around! (it is not that I live here now…. or that I’m seriously in love with this city, hahahaa). I hope I find soon some free time to wander around the city and take some photos! This year I’ve been so focused on the mountains that I feel I forgot about Zurich, hehehe.
Have a great weekend!!! 🙂
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A lot to explore, isn’t there?! Mountains and all. Lake Zurich was very pretty, I thought, with flower arrangements in the spring!
I can’t remember much about the zoo, except this greenhouse which I thought was definitely worth the visit alone! Wait, I think this is the place we saw orangutans in relatively small ”prison cells”, it looked very sad because they looked so human and they apprared to be bored and depressed… 😳
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wow, maybe now I’m not so looking forward to visiting the zoo….. I mean, I like to go to those where the animals look healthy and happy and have a lot of space to run or behave more or less like wild animals… but that thing about small cages…. uuugh!! If you ever come to Zurich again, there is this “free zoo” (like a small natural reserve) Sihlwald, with wild animals from Switzerland… it’s nicer, as they are in the mountain 🙂
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Oh interesting!! Thanks for the tip!
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Wisteriaaa ❤
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😄 Pretty in pink
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The rainforest pictures are beautiful, the unexpected one even so. Very atmospheric with light purple. 😊
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Thanks Isabelle! To live in a flat like that… 😊😊😊
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The wisteria is gorgeous! Mine is just about ready to bloom, but not as dramatically as this one. I’ve never been to the Zurich Zoo, so seeing the rainforest canopy was a total surprise! 😊
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I loved that you could walk there and the temperature was even higher up there! Very humid too, just like a real rainforest!
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Zurich can be a surprise, it seems. I have spent there only one night, flying from Bcn to Oslo – and then we had a long night to wait so went out to party in Zurich. If I had photos from that time (8 years ago) that would be nice for Unlikely challenge 😆😆
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No photos eh? Another moment to recreate then! 😁
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Yeah… I am afraid to think of how many there are to recreate 😆😆
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What a sublime wall. Is this wisteria? So pretty…
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Thanks, yes it is pretty isn’t it!!
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Thanks for sharing and I like your green message!
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That house with the wisteria is absolutely gorgeous.
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Thanks, Sue!! 😄
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Wow, very cool!! Great photos!
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Thank you!
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Divine! Such beauty .. that must have been glorious to stumble upon 🙂
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It was! Glorious… and unexpected! 😄 Thanks Julie, have a fun day 🌻
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Beautiful.
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Thanks
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Oh missed this! We didn’t see this rainforest when we went to the zoo, or perhaps it wasn’t there there when we visited in 2013.
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We went in 2016… no idea when it was built! Well, maybe next time? 😋
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Love that purple wisteria!! So elegant!
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Thank you for your comment! I loved it too – elegant is a good word!
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