Eurogate Zürich
Evening at Europaallee | |
| Length | 400 m (1,300 ft) |
|---|---|
| Postal code | 8004 |
| Coordinates | 47°22′45″N 8°31′55″E / 47.3791°N 8.5319°E |
Eurogate Zurich – originally HB-Südwest (lit. 'Central Station Southwest'), later Stadtraum HB (lit. 'urban space at central station'), and today known as Europaallee Zürich (lit. 'Europe Avenue') – is one of the urban developments on the southwest side of Zurich's Central Station (Zürich Hauptbahnhof, or Zürich HB) in Switzerland.
Located in the city's District 4, near the city centre, Europaallee was completed in 2020 and includes shops, restaurants, offices (e.g. Google), appartments, the college of education (Pädagogische Hochschule Zürich) and a hotel. Europaallee is mostly pedestrianized and features two rows of Ginkgo trees. It also includes a fountain nicknamed 'Europuddle'. The site is connected to the urban developments north of the railway tracks via a pedestrian bridge (Negrellisteg) and the western underpass of Central Station. It is linked with Bahnhofplatz, the square in front of Central Station, via Postbrücke over the river Sihl.
Before constructions began in 2009, the site was the railway yard of the Sihlpost (lit. 'Sihl postal office', built in 1930). For decades, various commercial uses were discussed for above and next to this central-Zürich site owned by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS).