The Hönggerberg is a hill more or less on my doorstep. It’s where I go to blow away the cobwebs and clear my mind ‒ but also to simply breathe deeply and enjoy the beautiful panorama. Findlingsgarten Kappenbühl, a collection of erratic boulders, has everything I love: a panoramic view of the city all the way to the mountains and beyond; striking, ancient trees and woods; the spirit of innovation of the nearby ETH Campus; and nine glacial erratics with thousands of years of history. During the last Ice Age these rocks, millions of years old, were transported from the Alps by the Linth Glacier to Höngg and the Hönggerberg and were found in building excavations. Now they have a QR code. Welcome to the digital world!

For me, all this makes the place a power spot where I can find calm and at the same time recharge my batteries. Depending on the time of the day and year the atmosphere changes completely. Here I’ve experienced the most beautiful sunsets, marvelled at the colourful splendour of autumn, and left the first tracks in the new snow. Often you’ll see cows grazing here. It’s as if you were in the countryside or the Alps. If you’re really lucky you might catch a glimpse of a deer. It’s good to have a little bit of romance. Even though I’ve been here countless times, the place exerts a magical attraction and surprises me again and again. You’re close to the city but at the same time far, far away – all only five minutes’ walk from where I live.