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Helvetiaplatz

It looks a bit like a relic from some long-gone Eastern Bloc era: Helvetiaplatz with the civic building of the same name. At  first sight, it looks grey, cold and forbidding – in stark contrast to the otherwise madly colourful Kreis 4 district. But the fresh produce market on Tuesdays and Fridays – popular with the locals – and the occasional demonstration against who knows what brings a touch of political flair to the wide-open space at the junction of Langstrasse and Stauffacherstrasse.