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Sport The city's top ice hockey team is ZSC Lions, who play Nationalliga A games at the Hallenstadion; there is a secondary team at Kloten named the Kloten Flyers. The football counterpart of the Lions, FC Zürich, plays at Stadion Letzigrund, while rival Grasshopper-Club Zürich have been playing since 1886 and can be seen at the Stadion Hardturm. Golf: The Dolder Golf Club, Kurhausstrasse 66 (tel: (01) 261 5045) has nine holes overlooking the city and lake. For 18 holes, there is the Zurich Golf and Country Club in Zumikon, southeast of the city, at Weid 9 (tel: (01) 918 0051). Both courses are available Monday to Friday, and require players to have a registered golf handicap and to reserve in advance. Green fees are SFr100. Skiing: The Schweizerischer Ski-Verband (SSV), Worbstrasse 52, 3074 Muri bei Bern (tel: (031) 950 6111; website: www.swiss-ski.ch), is the national ski federation. There are ski hills within half an hour of Zurich and a 12km (seven and a half miles) cross country trail from Uetliburg (see Further Distractions section), but it is worth the two to two-and-a-half hours (by rail or road) to ski at Klosters and Davos. Many locals opt for the shorter journey to Engelberg, south of Lucerne; a one-day rail and ski pass is available. Swimming: The Hallenbad City, Sihlstrasse 71 (tel: (01) 219 7722), offers a sauna, solarium and massage, and is the most centrally located of the public indoor swimming pools. The Hallenbad Oerlikon Wallisellenstrasse 100 (tel: (01) 312 4690), is more convenient for the Messe. Both charge SFr6. Other pools can be found at Altstetten, Bungertweis, Escher-Wyss, Leimbach and Oerlikon Swimming beaches on both shores of Lake Zurich are open from May to September. Tennis: The Mythenquai courts, Mythenquai 200 (tel: (01) 202 3243), are near the beach. Year-round tennis is available at the Lengg courts, Bleulerstrasse 141 (tel: (01) 381 1313); reservations must be made in winter. Other courts in the city can be booked (tel: (01) 388 9999). |
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