Letzigrund
On this track, on 21 June 1960, Armin Hary became the first person in history to run 100 metres in 10.0 seconds.
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Letzigrund has hosted the Diamond League's Weltklasse Zürich meet since 1928. The city of Zurich has owned and operated it since 1937, when FC Zürich handed over the keys during the Great Depression. Both FC Zürich and Grasshopper Club call it home, sharing the pitch since 2007.
What to look for
- The athletics track where the 10.0-second 100m barrier was first broken in 1960
- Dual football club crests — FC Zürich and Grasshopper Club Zürich share the same ground since 2007
- The open-air concert stage setup, used since the first concert here in 1996
Check the Weltklasse Zürich Diamond League schedule for the annual date if you want to see world-class sprinting on the historic track.
Letzigrund is one of 17 sights worth the detour in Zurich, all bundled offline in Voyage GO — download the Zurich pack and it sits on your map with no signal, filling your travel passport the moment you walk past.
More to see in Zurich
- Zürich HauptbahnhofSwitzerland's largest station runs 2,915 trains a day — and a river flows through it in a tunnel, with tracks both above and below.
- GrossmünsterThe church where Zwingli launched the Swiss-German Reformation in 1520 — and then his followers stripped out the organ and every statue to prove the point.
- Zürich Opera HouseThe first electrically lit opera house in Europe — built in 16 months, nearly razed by street riots, and winner of Opera Company of the Year at the 2014 International Opera Awards.
- Cabaret VoltaireHugo Ball borrowed a back room on Spiegelgasse in February 1916 and accidentally invented Dada — Lenin was renting a flat fourteen doors up the same street.
- Kunsthaus ZürichTwo buildings on opposite sides of Heimplatz, linked underground, housing one of Switzerland's most important art collections — the 2021 David Chipperfield sandstone block alone added over 80% more floor space.
- Swiss National Museum (Landesmuseum)A French Renaissance chateau with dozens of towers sits on a river peninsula two minutes from the main train station — and it covers all of Swiss history from the Stone Age forward.