坐落在阿尔卑斯山北部的苏黎世是瑞士第一大城市，也是瑞士文化中心和世界金融中心之一。

    Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. The city is Switzerland’s main commercial and cultural center and sometimes called the Cultural Capital of Switzerland. Zurich can be counted as one of the world’s pre-eminent global cities.

    According to several surveys from 2006 to 2008, Zurich was named the city with the best quality of life in the world as well as the wealthiest city in Europe. It is also ranked among the world’s most expensive cities. In 2008, Zurich was ranked ninth, behind Hong Kong and ahead of Copenhagen. It is the third most expensive city in Europe and second most expensive city in Switzerland after Geneva.

    The official language used by the government and in most publications is German, while the most commonly spoken dialect in Zurich is Zurich German, which is a local dialect of Swiss German.