🇬🇧London
Prime weatherUnited Kingdom · Europe
Museums for free, markets for days and a pub on every corner — the capital that contains multitudes.
🌡 23°C · Aug🌧 50 mm🛡 Safe
€193/day on the ground+ ~€129 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,481
🇳🇱Amsterdam
Prime weatherNetherlands · Europe
Canals, bikes and world-class museums on a human scale — springtime tulips are the encore.
🌡 22°C · Aug🌧 70 mm🛡 Very safe
€156/day on the ground+ ~€110 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,205
🇩🇪Berlin
Prime weatherGermany · Europe
History, techno and green lakes — a capital that turned its scars into the coolest city in Europe.
🌡 24°C · Aug🌧 58 mm🛡 Very safe
€120/day on the ground+ ~€120 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€957
🇮🇪Dublin
Prime weatherIreland · Europe
Literary pubs, Georgian doors and green hills a bus ride away — warm welcome, changeable skies.
🌡 19°C · Aug🌧 70 mm🛡 Very safe
€147/day on the ground+ ~€156 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,187
🇬🇧Edinburgh
Prime weatherUnited Kingdom · Europe
A castle on a crag, festival crowds in August and moody closes made for autumn walks.
🌡 18°C · Aug🌧 65 mm🛡 Very safe
€156/day on the ground+ ~€156 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,251
🇨🇦Toronto
Prime weatherCanada · North America
Half the world lives here, and it cooks like it — a lake city with big-city polish.
🌡 26°C · Aug🌧 80 mm🛡 Very safe
€166/day on the ground+ ~€506 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,665
🇲🇾Kuala Lumpur
Prime weatherMalaysia · Asia
Gleaming towers over street-food alleys and colonial arcades — a spicy, affordable crossroads of Asian cultures.
🌡 32°C · Aug🌧 165 mm🛡 Safe
€69/day on the ground+ ~€736 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,219
🇺🇸Seattle
Prime weatherUSA · North America
Coffee, mountains and water on every side — grey much of the year, glorious in high summer.
🌡 23°C · Aug🌧 25 mm🛡 Safe
€193/day on the ground+ ~€635 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,987
🇮🇪Galway
Prime weatherIreland · Europe
🏛️History & culture🏖️Beach
A bohemian harbour city where trad music spills from every pub — the gateway to the wild Atlantic coast.
🌡 18°C · Aug🌧 90 mm🛡 Very safe
€138/day on the ground+ ~€166 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,132
🇨🇦Vancouver
Prime weatherCanada · North America
Mountains, ocean and rainforest wrapped around a glass city — summer here is a secret worth keeping.
🌡 22°C · Aug🌧 35 mm🛡 Very safe
€175/day on the ground+ ~€626 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,849
🇨🇦Montreal
Prime weatherCanada · North America
🏛️History & culture❄️Snow
North America with a European accent: bagels, festivals and joie de vivre year-round.
🌡 25°C · Aug🌧 95 mm🛡 Very safe
€156/day on the ground+ ~€469 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,564
🇩🇰Copenhagen
Prime weatherDenmark · Europe
Design, cycling and harbour swims — the hygge capital where good living looks effortless.
🌡 21°C · Aug🌧 67 mm🛡 Very safe
€166/day on the ground+ ~€138 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,297
🇸🇪Stockholm
Prime weatherSweden · Europe
🏛️History & culture🏝️Island
A city on fourteen islands, luminous in summer — old town cobbles, new-Nordic tables.
🌡 20°C · Aug🌧 66 mm🛡 Very safe
€166/day on the ground+ ~€175 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,334
🇳🇴Oslo
Prime weatherNorway · Europe
🏛️History & culture❄️Snow⛰️Mountains
Fjord at the doorstep, forests at the tram's end, and a waterfront reborn in steel and glass.
🌡 20°C · Aug🌧 89 mm🛡 Very safe
€175/day on the ground+ ~€166 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,389
🇫🇮Helsinki
Prime weatherFinland · Europe
🏛️History & culture❄️Snow
Design shops, island saunas and a bright, calm summer at the edge of the Baltic.
🌡 20°C · Aug🌧 80 mm🛡 Very safe
€156/day on the ground+ ~€193 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,288
🇮🇸Reykjavik
Prime weatherIceland · Europe
A tiny, colourful capital under huge skies — the launchpad for volcanoes, geysers and northern lights.
🌡 13°C · Aug🌧 62 mm🛡 Very safe
€184/day on the ground+ ~€248 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,536
🇧🇪Brussels
Prime weatherBelgium · Europe
Grand squares, art-nouveau façades and the serious business of waffles, beer and chocolate.
🌡 22°C · Aug🌧 65 mm🛡 Safe
€133/day on the ground+ ~€101 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,035
🇨🇴Bogotá
Prime weatherColombia · South America
⛰️Mountains🏛️History & culture
High-altitude cool, gold museums and a coffee culture at the source.
🌡 19°C · Aug🌧 50 mm🛡 Mostly safe — stay street-smart
€69/day on the ground+ ~€672 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,155
🇰🇪Nairobi
Prime weatherKenya · Africa
The only capital with a national park on its doorstep — giraffes against a skyline.
🌡 22°C · Aug🌧 25 mm🛡 Extra caution advised
€87/day on the ground+ ~€478 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,090
🇪🇨Quito
Prime weatherEcuador · South America
⛰️Mountains🏛️History & culture
The world's second-highest capital, with the best-preserved old town in the Americas and the Equator next door.
🌡 21°C · Aug🌧 30 mm🛡 Mostly safe — stay street-smart
€69/day on the ground+ ~€727 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,210
🇵🇾Asunción
Prime weatherParaguay · South America
South America's laid-back, low-cost secret: riverside sunsets, faded grandeur and easygoing charm.
🌡 26°C · Aug🌧 50 mm🛡 Mostly safe — stay street-smart
€64/day on the ground+ ~€764 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,214
🇧🇴La Paz
Prime weatherBolivia · South America
A jaw-dropping city that tumbles down a canyon at 3,600m, threaded by cable cars over the rooftops.
🌡 17°C · Aug🌧 15 mm🛡 Mostly safe — stay street-smart
€64/day on the ground+ ~€764 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,214
🇧🇾Minsk
Prime weatherBelarus · Europe
🏛️History & culture❄️Snow
Grand Stalinist avenues, spotless streets and vast parks — monumental and surprisingly green.
🌡 21°C · Aug🌧 75 mm🛡 Safe
€64/day on the ground+ ~€175 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€626
🇷🇺Sochi
Prime weatherRussia · Europe
The Black Sea riviera: palm-lined promenades with snow-capped Caucasus peaks behind.
🌡 28°C · Aug🌧 110 mm🛡 Mostly safe — stay street-smart⚠️ Ongoing conflict
€74/day on the ground+ ~€239 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€754
🇧🇷São Paulo
Prime weatherBrazil · South America
South America's restless megacity: extraordinary food, deep culture and nightlife that never quits.
🌡 24°C · Aug🌧 40 mm🛡 Mostly safe — stay street-smart
€83/day on the ground+ ~€708 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,288
🇱🇹Vilnius
Prime weatherLithuania · Europe
A baroque old town, a bohemian streak and prices that still feel like a secret.
🌡 22°C · Aug🌧 75 mm🛡 Very safe
€92/day on the ground+ ~€166 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€810
🇷🇺St Petersburg
Prime weatherRussia · Europe
🏛️History & culture❄️Snow
Canals, palaces and the Hermitage — Russia's window on Europe, at its best under the white nights.
🌡 21°C · Aug🌧 80 mm🛡 Mostly safe — stay street-smart⚠️ Ongoing conflict
€101/day on the ground+ ~€202 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€911
🇱🇻Riga
Prime weatherLatvia · Europe
The Baltics' grand dame: Europe's finest art-nouveau district and a buzzing central market.
🌡 21°C · Aug🌧 78 mm🛡 Very safe
€101/day on the ground+ ~€175 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€883
🇷🇺Moscow
Prime weatherRussia · Europe
🏛️History & culture❄️Snow
Onion domes and Soviet grandeur, with a dining scene that surprises everyone.
🌡 22°C · Aug🌧 80 mm🛡 Mostly safe — stay street-smart⚠️ Ongoing conflict
€110/day on the ground+ ~€221 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€994
🇪🇪Tallinn
Prime weatherEstonia · Europe
🏛️History & culture❄️Snow
A fairy-tale medieval core wrapped in Baltic cool, with a switched-on digital present.
🌡 19°C · Aug🌧 80 mm🛡 Very safe
€110/day on the ground+ ~€184 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€957
🇯🇵Sapporo
Prime weatherJapan · Asia
Beer, ramen and powder snow — Hokkaido's easygoing capital shines in summer too.
🌡 26°C · Aug🌧 125 mm🛡 Very safe
€120/day on the ground+ ~€662 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,500
🇫🇯Suva
Prime weatherFiji · Oceania
🏝️Island🏖️Beach🌴Jungle & tropics
Fiji's easygoing capital, your springboard to reefs, rainforest and village Fiji.
🌡 26°C · Aug🌧 160 mm🛡 Safe
€120/day on the ground+ ~€1,178 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€2,015
🇦🇩Andorra la Vella
Prime weatherAndorra · Europe
Europe's highest capital: ski slopes in winter, hiking trails in summer, duty-free all year.
🌡 26°C · Aug🌧 75 mm🛡 Very safe
€129/day on the ground+ ~€129 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,030
🇨🇦Ottawa
Prime weatherCanada · North America
❄️Snow🏛️History & culture
Canada's polite capital: canal skating in winter, tulip festivals in spring.
🌡 25°C · Aug🌧 85 mm🛡 Very safe
€147/day on the ground+ ~€478 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,509
🇱🇮Vaduz
Prime weatherLiechtenstein · Europe
🏛️History & culture⛰️Mountains❄️Snow
A castle on the hill, vineyards below and the Alps all around — a whole country in an afternoon.
🌡 23°C · Aug🌧 135 mm🛡 Very safe
€166/day on the ground+ ~€83 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,242
🇱🇺Luxembourg City
Prime weatherLuxembourg · Europe
A dramatic fortress city of cliffs and gorges, tiny and prosperous, greener than you'd expect.
🌡 23°C · Aug🌧 70 mm🛡 Very safe
€175/day on the ground+ ~€92 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,316
🇨🇭Bern
Prime weatherSwitzerland · Europe
🏛️History & culture⛰️Mountains❄️Snow
A medieval old town looped by a river, with the Alps as a backdrop — Switzerland in miniature.
🌡 23°C · Aug🌧 110 mm🛡 Very safe
€184/day on the ground+ ~€83 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,371
🇫🇷Paris
Good betFrance · Europe
The world's most rehearsed city still improvises: market mornings, museum afternoons, riverbank evenings.
🌡 25°C · Aug🌧 55 mm🛡 Mostly safe — stay street-smart
€193/day on the ground+ ~€101 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,454
🇮🇹Rome
Good betItaly · Europe
Every corner is a ruin, a fountain or a trattoria — often all three within fifty metres.
🌡 31°C · Aug🌧 25 mm🛡 Safe
€156/day on the ground+ ~€120 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,214
🇪🇸Madrid
Good betSpain · Europe
Late dinners, golden-hour plazas and the Prado in the morning — Madrid runs on light and appetite.
🌡 31°C · Aug🌧 10 mm🛡 Safe
€138/day on the ground+ ~€156 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,122
🇹🇷Istanbul
Good betTurkey · Europe
Where Europe meets Asia across the Bosphorus: grand mosques, sprawling bazaars and ferries between two continents.
🌡 28°C · Aug🌧 40 mm🛡 Safe
€92/day on the ground+ ~€193 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€837
🇸🇬Singapore
Good betSingapore · Asia
🌴Jungle & tropics🏝️Island
The tropics with the trains running on time — hawker centres do the heavy culinary lifting.
🌡 31°C · Aug🌧 150 mm🛡 Very safe
€166/day on the ground+ ~€754 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,914
🇵🇹Lisbon
Good betPortugal · Europe
🏛️History & culture🏖️Beach
Tiled hills tumbling to the Tagus, custard tarts still warm, and Atlantic light that photographers chase.
🌡 28°C · Aug🌧 6 mm🛡 Very safe
€129/day on the ground+ ~€184 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,086
🇺🇸Los Angeles
Good betUSA · North America
Beaches, canyons and taco trucks under near-permanent sunshine — bring a car and patience for parking.
🌡 29°C · Aug🌧 1 mm🛡 Safe
€221/day on the ground+ ~€708 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€2,254
🇦🇹Vienna
Good betAustria · Europe
Imperial palaces, coffee-house afternoons and concert halls — old-world elegance without the fuss.
🌡 25°C · Aug🌧 60 mm🛡 Very safe
€138/day on the ground+ ~€110 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,076
🇨🇿Prague
Good betCzechia · Europe
Spires, a storybook bridge and cellar pubs — one of Europe's most photogenic capitals.
🌡 25°C · Aug🌧 70 mm🛡 Very safe
€101/day on the ground+ ~€110 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€819
🇧🇷Rio de Janeiro
Good betBrazil · South America
Mountains dropping into beaches, samba in the streets — geography showing off.
🌡 25°C · Aug🌧 45 mm🛡 Extra caution advised
€92/day on the ground+ ~€699 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,343
🇬🇷Athens
Good betGreece · Europe
Ancient stones above, natural-wine bars below — Athens wears 3,000 years lightly.
🌡 33°C · Aug🌧 4 mm🛡 Safe
€120/day on the ground+ ~€184 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,021
🇭🇺Budapest
Good betHungary · Europe
Thermal baths, a river split in two and grand café culture — glamour at a bargain.
🌡 27°C · Aug🌧 55 mm🛡 Safe
€87/day on the ground+ ~€129 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€741
🇺🇸San Diego
Good betUSA · North America
America's most easygoing big city: surf beaches, world-class zoo and near-perfect weather all year.
🌡 26°C · Aug🌧 2 mm🛡 Safe
€202/day on the ground+ ~€708 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€2,125
🇫🇷Marseille
Good betFrance · Europe
🏖️Beach🏛️History & culture
A sun-drenched, salty port city where France meets the Mediterranean — bouillabaisse, calanques and grit with character.
🌡 29°C · Aug🌧 30 mm🛡 Safe
€138/day on the ground+ ~€110 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,076
🇹🇷Antalya
Good betTurkey · Asia
🏖️Beach🏛️History & culture
A palm-lined Mediterranean resort city with a Roman old town and ancient ruins tucked into the mountains behind.
🌡 34°C · Aug🌧 3 mm🛡 Safe
€83/day on the ground+ ~€221 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€800
🇬🇷Heraklion
Good betGreece · Europe
🏛️History & culture🏖️Beach🏝️Island
Crete's lively capital: a Venetian harbour, the Minoan palace of Knossos and beaches in every direction.
🌡 30°C · Aug🌧 1 mm🛡 Very safe
€101/day on the ground+ ~€202 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€911
🇬🇪Tbilisi
Good betGeorgia · Asia
🏛️History & culture⛰️Mountains
A cobbled capital of sulphur baths, wine cellars and balconied old houses — the Caucasus at its most atmospheric.
🌡 31°C · Aug🌧 50 mm🛡 Safe
€64/day on the ground+ ~€267 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€718
🇺🇸Chicago
Good betUSA · North America
🏛️History & culture❄️Snow
Big-shouldered architecture on a lake, deep-dish pizza and the birthplace of the skyscraper.
🌡 28°C · Aug🌧 100 mm🛡 Safe
€175/day on the ground+ ~€543 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,766
🇮🇹Cagliari
Good betItaly · Europe
🏖️Beach🏝️Island🏛️History & culture
Sardinia's sunny capital: a hilltop citadel, flamingo lagoons and a long city beach on the edge of town.
🌡 31°C · Aug🌧 8 mm🛡 Very safe
€120/day on the ground+ ~€138 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€975
🇫🇷Ajaccio
Good betFrance · Europe
🏖️Beach🏝️Island🏛️History & culture
Napoleon's sun-baked birthplace on Corsica: a palm-fringed bay, ochre streets and mountains plunging to the sea.
🌡 29°C · Aug🌧 20 mm🛡 Very safe
€138/day on the ground+ ~€110 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,076
🇵🇱Warsaw
Good betPoland · Europe
🏛️History & culture❄️Snow
Rebuilt from the ground up, now buzzing — a lovingly restored old town and a bold new skyline.
🌡 24°C · Aug🌧 60 mm🛡 Very safe
€92/day on the ground+ ~€138 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€782
🇬🇭Accra
Good betGhana · Africa
West Africa's easiest introduction: surf beaches, highlife music and a food scene on the rise.
🌡 28°C · Aug🌧 15 mm🛡 Mostly safe — stay street-smart
€92/day on the ground+ ~€386 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,030
🇲🇬Antananarivo
Good betMadagascar · Africa
A hilltop capital of cobbled lanes and rice paddies — the gateway to Madagascar's lemurs and baobabs.
🌡 22°C · Aug🌧 10 mm🛡 Mostly safe — stay street-smart
€64/day on the ground+ ~€626 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,076
🇺🇦Kyiv
Good betUkraine · Europe
Golden-domed churches, wide boulevards and a deep café and arts culture along the Dnieper.
🌡 25°C · Aug🌧 70 mm🛡 Extra caution advised⚠️ Ongoing conflict
€69/day on the ground+ ~€184 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€667
🇧🇷Brasília
Good betBrazil · South America
A capital built from scratch in the 1960s — Niemeyer's space-age curves rising from the savanna.
🌡 28°C · Aug🌧 15 mm🛡 Mostly safe — stay street-smart
€87/day on the ground+ ~€672 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€1,283
🇸🇰Bratislava
Good betSlovakia · Europe
A compact old town on the Danube, an easy hop from Vienna and half the price.
🌡 26°C · Aug🌧 58 mm🛡 Very safe
€92/day on the ground+ ~€120 flights from Zurich
One week, all in: ~€764