See the city
Zürich’s bar scene is small and unusually good. This is the list the committee puts in front of visiting bartenders: rooms chosen for what they pour and how they run, mapped against the four nights of the meeting.
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Bars
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Quarters
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Nights covered
Filter by night to see what is actually open while the meeting runs. Hours are quoted from each venue’s own published schedule. Swiss bars revise them seasonally and close for holidays at short notice — check the bar’s own site before you set out.
Curated by the organising committee
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Cocktail bar · Altstadt · Limmatquai
Fine drinking on the Limmatquai: cocktail tasting menus, and a wall of over 130 shakers gifted by bartenders from around the world.
Spirits bar · Altstadt · Schwanengasse
A rare-spirits room in the old town with more than 1,700 bottles behind it and no reservations at the door.
Hotel bar & whisky library · Altstadt · Rennweg
The Widder Hotel’s bar: over 650 whiskies, piano and jazz sets, and the only room on this list open every night of the meeting.
Cocktail bar · Kreis 4 · Dienerstrasse
A Dienerstrasse cocktail bar built around the idea of a second home — with a coffee programme as serious as its drinks list.