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Zurich is still clearing snow

Even days after the heavy snowfall, mountains of snow and branches line the streets and sidewalks of Zurich’s district. Why does it take so long to bring the otherwise clean city back into shape?

Clearance teams transport the snow masses from the streets to decentralized parking spaces, such as the one at the Masoala Hall at Zurich Zoo.

Christoph Ruckstuhl / NZZ

State of emergency on roads and rails – even the snow plow tram got stuck – and municipal emergency services including the fire brigade in constant use: “Zurich in the ‘flopdown’”, joked City Councilor Michael Baumer (fdp.) After the heaviest snowfalls since 2006; “Flatlands cannot snow,” commented glossy writers.

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