| Seebad Utoquai | |
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 Seebad Utoquai as seen fromQuaibrücke in Zürich | |
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| 47°21′43″N8°32′50″E / 47.36186°N 8.547305°E /47.36186; 8.547305 | |
| Location | Utoquai, Zürich, CH-8008 |
| Opened | 1890 |
| Operated by | City of Zürich |
| Type | public bath; lake bath |
| Status | open |
| Length | about 90 metres (295 ft) |
| Width | about 30 metres (98 ft) |
| Depth | 4 metres (13 ft) |
| Website | Official website(in German) |
| Features | |
| lake shore bath | |
| Facilities | |
| gym, sauna, crèche, kiosk,Ayurveda | |
Seebad Utoquai is apublic bath in theSwissmunicipality ofZürich, being part of the historicalSeeuferanlage promenades that were built between 1881 and 1887.[1]
The bath is situated atUtoquai respectively in theSeefeld quarter at theZürichsee lake shore on the right bank. Public transport is provided by the VBZ transport company by the tram lines 2 and 4, bus lines 33 and postauto bus lines 912 and 916 toChinagarten Zürich stop. It is situated opposite ofStrandbad Mythenquai on the other bank of the lower Zürichsee lake shore in Zürich.
As the old bathhouse had to make place for the construction of quais, the then independent municipality ofRiesbach built two new bathing facilitiesStrandbad Tiefenbrunnen (1886) and Seebad Utoquai (1890).[2][3] For the latter, abathing palace on stilts with delicate, tower-like structures in theMoorish style was implemented. For the first time in Zürich, it was allowed to men and women to bathe in the same bath. In 1942 the towering domes were added by sun terraces, also in a wooden construction, were built, and the basic structure of the original bathroom is still preserved. The Utoquai figures inInventar der schützenswerten Gärten und Anlagen von kommunaler Bedeutung, being the inventory of estimable gardens and grounds of local importance that was established in 1989.[4][5]
The structure is listed in theSwiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance as anobject of regional importance.[6]
