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 Zurich restaurant entrance in 2014 | |
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| Established | September 17, 1999 (1999-09-17) |
| Location | Mühlebachstrasse 148,Zurich,Switzerland |
| Coordinates | 47°21′29.7756″N8°33′25.9164″E / 47.358271000°N 8.557199000°E /47.358271000; 8.557199000 |
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| Website | www |
blindekuh are two restaurants inSwitzerland wherepatrons are served in the dark. The restaurants are located inBasel andZurich, respectively. The name is derived from "Blinde Kuh" (lit. 'blind cow'), theGerman name forBlind man's bluff.
No lights are allowed inside a blindekuh. Patrons are served byblind andvisually impaired people. Both locations offer cultural events such as readings or concerts in the dark.
The dark restaurants are a project of theBlind-Liecht (Swiss German for blind-light) foundation. The foundation works to create employment opportunities for blind and visually impaired people. Their first venture, the blindekuh in Zurich, opened on September 17, 1999 and is claimed to be the world's first dark restaurant. The second location opened in Spring 2005 in Basel.
blindekuh won several awards, among them the Social Innovations Award of the Institute for Social Innovations inLondon.
The restaurant concept has subsequently been replicated elsewhere, including inLondon,Paris,Sydney,Amsterdam,Tel Aviv,Beijing, andVancouver as restaurants and multiple cities in theUnited States as special events.[1][2]
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