First Time Cinema in Zurich

Usually I start feeling at home in a place when I start going to local cinemas. It's just something I would not do as a tourist. Tonight had the pleasure to experience the atmosphere at the Frosch Studio. A cinema hidden in a backstreet of Niederdorf. Getting there means already enjoying the evening lights of the limmatquai and the churches left and right of the river. If you get there early enough and you have booked tickets you might even be able to have some tapas and a glass of wine at the Corazon Bar just opposite. Nice mixed crowd and excellent manchego, jamon serrano and chorizo served. The cinema itself is a cozy and informal place, with a bit of a retro kitch Style, big comfortable chairs and some giant backlit photographs of cinema icons from the 40s onwards looking down at you while you watch the latest oscar winning blockbuster in original language with german AND french subtitles.