The Volkshochschule Zürich is Zurich's first provider of cultural and scientific general education for adults. founded in 1920, it offers a wide range of courses from astronomy to philosophy, from psychology to politics and literature, always at an academic level. Its second mainstay is foreign languages. The portfolio is supplemented with movement, design and communication offers. Since summer 2019, the VHSZH has also been offering a professional course in "Literary Writing" as well as smaller offers in the field of writing. The VHS Zurich is accessible to everyone and is financially self-supporting.
Are we an aloof mountain people? And if so, would that be a bad thing? The study presented here, ‘In Good Company’, is the first representative survey ...
25.11.2026
19:00
Volkshochschule Zürich
Who rules the Christian world?
The Latin-Christian Papal Church initially developed under the protection of the Roman emperors. From this close association, the coronation of Charlemagne ...
26.11.2026
19:00
Volkshochschule Zürich
Monet’s Water Lilies for Switzerland and the world
From 1914 onwards, Monet painted mainly the water-lily ponds around his house in Giverny. This subject served as the basis for large-scale murals, which ...
26.11.2026
19:00
Volkshochschule Zürich
Equality and inequalities worldwide
How are income and wealth evolving on a global scale? Which dynamics exacerbate inequalities within and between societies, and which have a balancing ...
26.11.2026
19:00
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Volkshochschule Zürich
Border crossers on a global search for clues
If there is one filmmaker who travels the world far and wide, it is undoubtedly Christian Frei. For over forty years, the Zurich-based documentary filmmaker ...
27.11.2026
13:30
Volkshochschule Zürich
Hieroglyphic Writing – Part II
With the fall of the Pharaonic Empire, knowledge of the meaning of hieroglyphs was lost. It was not until the 19th century that the sacred symbols of ...
