Hi All,
Just a quick question. On Saturday I’m flying ZRH-AMS-LBA, but our flight from ZRH isn’t until around 5pm-ish. I was wondering if anyone’s familliar with the airport and could possibly tell me if there are any reasonable photo spots either in the terminal or within walking distance from it. It seems a shame for me and my camera to be passing through and not take advantage of a new airport!
Cheers,
Paul
By: Cking - 23rd January 2007 at 18:37
The Zurich Airport web site has a section on the spotting/photography facilities.
http://www.zurich-airport.com/ZRH/?ID_site=1&le=2&d=cnt/ATRP/EN/trp_terrassen.asp&sp=en&u=1&t=Observation%20Decks&ID_level1=6&ID_level2=17&a2=17
I went up onto one of the viewing areas at about 15:30hrs…. Dead as a Dodo!! but the view was very good. In fact a lot of the pictures from ZRH on “Airliners.net” are taken from there, so they will give you an idear of the view.
My pictures from ZRH? My six year old got hold of the camera and deleated them all!!!!!!
Enjoy ZRH
Rgds Cking
By: Tartan Pics - 23rd January 2007 at 18:28
Paul
Here is a post i made of a trip to ZRH last year
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=55540
The roof terrace is open year round, unfortunately the Terminal E deck(far better than the main terminal deck) is closed till March, as i think, is the bus tours
And a couple of useful links
http://62.167.240.234/buchair/e_buce00.htm
http://www.aircraftspotting.net/airports/ZRH.html
http://www.plane-mad.com/guide_view.php?guide=zrh
HTH
By: PMN - 23rd January 2007 at 15:48
Thanks for that, Andy. Much appreciated!
Paul
By: Skymonster - 23rd January 2007 at 14:58
There’s an open air viewing deck on the roof of (I think) terminal B. From there, on some days including Saturdays there is transport out to the viewing deck on the roof of the mid-field dock (terminal E?) which is in a remote location between two of the runways. Admission is something like 2SFr or equally cheap. From the viewing deck, the airport runs a tour (“Rundfahrten” or something like that) where they take you around the airport on a bus, including a photo stop where you can get out of the bus between the taxiway and the runway at the rotation point/intersection of two of the main runways. It is an awesome experience and well worth the small additional cost. Taking the tour in the late morning/early afternoon is best as this is when most of the heavies leave.
Zurich is one of the best airports in Europe for photography, and being constrained to locations around the terminal does not lead to major problems. However, if you can get further, there are also some excellent vantage points (officially designated viewing areas included) around the perimeter although they are not readily walkable to. Enjoy Zurich – its a good one!
Andy
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January 23, 2007 at 2:29 pm