Detours Zürich

16/08/2024

Today was a sweet day as we indulged in another Chocolate Adventure!🍫
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From visiting a local bean-to-bar manufactory to tasting chocolates in all shapes and forms, it was a chocolate lover’s dream. We even got hands-on in a workshop and learned how to taste chocolate like pros - thanks to 🧡😉
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A big thank you to our wonderful guests from the USA for joining us on this delicious journey through Zürich! Your enthusiasm made the experience even sweeter. 🫶
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Who’s ready for the next chocolate adventure with us? 🍫

12/08/2024

🌍✨ Do as the locals do! ✨🌍

A "Detour" is all about stepping off the beaten path and embracing the local way of life! Whether it's on foot, by tram, train, bus, or even by boat, we explore our city just like the locals do. 🚌🚋🚂

Discover neighborhoods untouched by the tourist rush, and see why our public transport is celebrated as one of the best in Europe—always on time, clean, safe, and the perfect way to mingle with locals. 🕒🚍

Ready to embark on an adventure the local way? Let's go! 🌐✨

08/08/2024

Be a Detourist this summer! ☀️

Vacation time is in its full swing, and we’ve got a few tips for you, for traveling in a more way. Become a and:

🏡 Try a Staycation: We’re lucky to have everything we need right here—beautiful Badis, stunning nature, lakes, mountains, and delicious food. Embrace the local gems around you!

🌍 Rethink what "Authentic Experience" means to you: Go off the beaten path by following your own instincts, not influencers. Engage with the local culture, talk to people, and turn off your phone. That’s where the magic happens!

🤝 Show Up with Respect: Leave preconceived notions about what you think you're going to experience behind. Be open to learning, ask questions, and listen.

Make this summer memorable and mindful. 🌟 Enjoy your time and be safe!

05/08/2024

Hey, of Zürich! 🍴✨

Have you joined our food tour yet? You're in for a treat! Discover restaurants, chat with the chefs, and enjoy delicious food tastings at each stop of our tour. And remember, the best friendships and connections are made through food. After all, sharing is caring!

✨ Disclaimer: This is not your typical food tour! We dive deep into sustainable food systems, visiting not only restaurants but also food production facilities and community spaces. All designed to inspire change through food. 🌍

🗓️ Join us on our next tour date in August. We look forward to hosting you! 🤗

15/07/2024

Come and visit Planted with us this Friday!
- on our Conscious Foodies Tour. 💜
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What’s behind the production of the meat?And how do our food choices impact our climate? 🧐
Hungry to know more ? ➡️ Book your spot and join our Conscious Foodies tour this Friday!
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12/07/2024

Thanks so much for joining our Ethical Chocolate Tour today! ☀️🍫
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Our guests from Nebraska 🇺🇸 exploring Zürich’s scene. Taking part at our workshop led by , visiting manufactory, tasting delicious chocolates and cocoa fruit juice from .impact. The weekend can start now! 🥳
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28/06/2024

Thanks a lot for joining our Ethical Chocolate Tour today! 🧡What a sweet morning spent by learning about the chocolate production with and visiting our partner at manufactory. 🍫
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To our guests all the way from Mexico 🇲🇽, the USA 🇺🇸 and Romania 🇷🇴 - thank you for your interest in the making. See you soon again! ☀️

23/06/2024

Our tours deviate from the traditional model of sightseeing in many ways, and one of them is their pace.
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We intentionally allow more time for experiencing our tour products. Because if we want to really connect to a place, community or people - we simply need more time. 💫
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No hop-on, hop-off visits, no fast meals and quick history facts. We strive for knowledge exchange, conversations, shared meals, shared stories, engagement and interactions within the local community.
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Our shortest experience lasts 2,5 hrs, the longest one up to 5. The length depends on the topics we discuss, activities we do, or people we meet. Sometimes there comes a detour that even we didn't expect 😉 and we allow for that to happen. ☀️
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Step into this mindset with us and allow yourself more time when traveling.
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With purpose and intention, an experience becomes more than just a checklist. 💚

11/06/2024

Join our ETHICAL CHOCOLATE TOUR on June 14th!
A special edition with a theme: WOMEN IN CHOCOLATE. 💜🍫
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June 14th is the Feminist Strike Day in Switzerland. It highlights the diverse demands in the quest for gender equality and a more inclusive society.
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On this day next to the other topics, we are focussing on in cultivation and production and celebrating the premiere of our “Woman in Chocolate Tour”. 🫶
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Women make up a large part of the labour force in cocoa cultivation and chocolate production. However, their essential role is rarely recognised. Gender inequality is evident in terms of economic participation, access to resources, markets and services and other aspects. Strengthening the social position and rights of women is key to solving many challenges in the cocoa sector.
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During the tour, we want to talk about , about , also here in Switzerland. About a chocolate movement, about female chocolate experts, about strong and innovative female founders.
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Join us for this special tour edition! 💜
There are still a few spots available. Book online on our webpage. 💫

08/06/2024

Thanks for joining our Bean-to-Bar Chocolate Course today! 👨‍🍳👩‍🍳🍫😻
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A wonderful way to spend an afternoon - learning all about the chocolate making, meeting new people, touring the chocolate manufactury and finally making our own, unique chocolate bars. 🍫
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Thank you very much@kuerzikakao for having us! 🧡

05/06/2024

Detouring in Zürich West with our guests from ! ☀️
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And huge compliments to our guide AMIN, who shares his passion for Swiss history and politics with our guests every week - on our tours. 💫
Tour topics: industrial history of Zürich, history of immigration, urban renaissance, bean-to-bar chocolate, street art, and many more.
With this tour we also bring attention to the topic of integration, whereby we support our dear partner . 💚
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Thank you all for joining us yesterday!

04/06/2024

Visit with us on our next CONSCIOUS FOODIES TOUR! 💜 - a special edition on Thursday, June 13th!
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Have you ever wandered how your favorite meat is made ? Join us to have a look behind the scenes at production site in Kemptthal. Put on the chef’s apron and let’s cook some delicious meals together at the show kitchen. 🙏🏻🤩
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And the best part ➡️ we will prepare & taste the new planted steak! 🫶🤤🤤 It’s so tender and juicy! You are in for a treat. 😉
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Book now on website! There is still some space available! 🙌 Thursday, June 13th at 14.30 o’clock
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03/06/2024

Join our Ethical Chocolate Tour during the festival. ☀️🍫
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Get to know and our partners- and . Indulge in their chocolate creations and learn:
•how Switzerland became a chocolate nation
•where is cacao produced
•what are the challenges in the industry
•what is the bean-to-bar movement all about
•how to taste chocolate like a pro
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•THURSDAY, June 6th with &
•FRIDAY, June 7th with &
•FRIDAY, June 14th with &
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from 10.00 to 13.00 o’clock ☀️
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There are still a few spots available! 🙌
➡️ book online webpage.

31/05/2024

Our company’s name “Detours” was chosen for a reason.
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Our tours are not ordinary walking tours. A “Detour” (Umweg) steers you in a different direction. Our experiences are not centered around sightseeing but instead are focused on the topics which we want to raise awareness about (sustainable food systems, ethical chocolate making, circular economy - just to mention a few). So this is through .
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We are facilitators, connectors between YOU and the LOCAL COMMUNITY. We introduce to you some of the remarkable companies and projects in that bring local solutions to global challenges (such as food waste, fast fashion, overconsumption..); and we hold space for conversations and knowledge exchange between you and the local .
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We get around by public transport - just like the locals do; we are always in small groups to enhance personal connection; we walk you through our residential neighborhoods and non-touristy areas; our guides carry no flags and we don’t shy away from controversial topics. And all of that with one clear aim: TO INSPIRE CHANGE. A positive change for people and the environment.
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Join our community and take a Detour with us. 💚
Make your time in Zürich count!

29/05/2024

Next week - Friday, June 7th is the OPEN HUB DAY 2024 at ! 💙 And we are very excited to be part of it!
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It will be an open house event filled with exciting program, workshops, market stalls, good food, drinks and music. It is a FREE EVENT for all of you curious about , , , and much more! Check out the program and register here:👇
https://openhubday.ch/program/
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Look for DETOURS ZÜRICH stand at the marketplace at - Impact Hub CoLab at Sihlquai 131. 🤩
We will be there from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm and you can look forward to some chocolate treats at our stand. 🍫😋
Come by to see us and meet the awesome community of local .
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Friday, June 7th from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm. 🎈🙌

27/05/2024

23/05/2024

Today’s Ethical Chocolate Tour. 🫶🍫
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Our guests all the way from Florida 🇺🇸, exploring Zürich’s chocolate scene.
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Thank you for conducting a chocolate workshop, and a big thanks to for letting us a have look behind the scenes of your chocolate manufactory. 🍫
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Until next time, dear ! 🧡
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20/05/2024

We are super excited to be part of this year’s festival! Dates: June 6th - June 16th ☀️
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We are conducting our tours themed around the topics of ethical chocolate making and sustainable food systems, in collaboration with our partners: .zurich .official
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We can’t wait to see you there! Book your spot now at website! ☀️
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Our tour programs are:
💫 ETHICAL CHOCOLATE TOUR (June 6, 7, 14)
💫 CONSCIOUS FOODIES TOUR (June 12, 13)
💫 BEAN-TO-BAR CHOCOLATE COURSE (June 9, 15, 16)
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See you there! 🍫👩‍🍳🌱🫶

10/05/2024

Today’s Ethical Chocolate Tour. 🧡
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Thanks to our guests all the way from the USA 🇺🇸 for joining us today!
We spent a lovely morning in indulging in the best chocolates in town! 😋 Thank you and for having us! 🍫
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And a huge thanks to our partner for leading a tasting and a chocolate workshop at .official ! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise! 💚
Our today’s chocolate menu: 😋🫶
and a special taste of the cocoa fruit juice from .impact .
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See you soon again, ! 😉

09/05/2024

** Free MONEY TOUR ** 💰
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Our friends from Zürich’s regional group of are organizing a FREE WALKING TOUR on ZÜRICH AS A FINANCIAL CENTER.
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Topics:
💲Alfred Escher, the Swiss financial sector & colonialism
💲money laundering
💲the Swiss banking secrecy - transparency in the Swiss financial sector
💲the Swiss National Bank and its climate-damaging investments
and much more …
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Are you eager to learn with a critical eye ? Then this tour is exactly for you. ☀️
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NGO is for over 50 years offering a critical analysis of the impact that Switzerland, and its companies, has on poorer countries.
Through research, advocacy and campaigning to . 💚
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We will be there to learn, too.
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✨MEETING POINT: Pestalozzi monument in front of Globus
✨DATES:
Saturday, May 18th at 14.00
Wednesday, May 22nd at 18.30
✨LANGUAGE: English
✨LENGTH: 1,5 hrs

It’s a free event - no registration needed, just show up ;)

05/05/2024

Our weekend tours with . ☀️
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Thanks so much for coming! 💚
Our old town tour is a part of the Make Travel Matter initiative from . Thanks to this project we can support local initiatives such as and thereby give back to the community while showing the guests Zürich’s medieval sights.

04/05/2024

Share with care. 💚
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Every time you travel, you tag some place or some person, you share stories of other people - be .
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We all have a responsibility to use social media with care. Even if we don’t have millions of followers, your voice matters and your message is out there and is seen. 💫
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When you post about your travel experiences:

☀️carefully consider how the content you share impacts the places you visit and the people who call those places home
☀️provide additional social or historical context - there is so much that is NOT visible in any given post
☀️ask permission to share stories of others and clarify how and where you would like to share them.
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And just by doing so, you respect the daily lives of residents whose places you are visiting and you create content that is truly authentic.
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Share with care. We’re all influencers. 💚

03/05/2024

Are you curious to see how the bean-to-bar chocolate is made? And what about to engage in the creative process of chocolate making yourself? 🍫👩‍🍳
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Join our Bean-to-Bar Chocolate Course with and get to know the secrets of the craftsmanship.
-from selecting the finest cacao beans to handcrafting your own unique chocolate bars 🧡
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With all and ingredients.
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Our next date is Saturday, May 11th - just in time for the . Chocolate (and made by you!) would be surely a perfect, gift for her. 💕

29/04/2024

On our CONSCIOUS FOODIES tour, you discover Zürich’s foodie scene.
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👨‍🍳 we treat you to that is nourishing and at the same time protects
👨‍🍳 we chat with chefs on what solutions THEY bring to the table when it comes to
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One of our partners is restaurant .zurich with cooking philosophy, led by chef Lorenzo Dal Bo. Join us to learn about Brenso’s concept & taste their delicious and creative dishes. 💚
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Book now on our website! 🙌😋 - CONSCIOUS FOODIES on May 17th.
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26/04/2024

GOOD CHOCOLATE HUB & Detours joined forces on our freshly redesigned ETHICAL CHOCOLATE TOUR. 🍫
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We had a great start today with this lovely group of guests! Thanks a lot for joining. 🧡
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We started off with a CHOCOLATE WORKSHOP that takes place at our friends at .official.
We learned:
🍫 how Switzerland became chocolate nation
🍫 where is cacao produced
🍫 what are the problems in the industry
🍫 what is the bean-to-bar movement all about
🍫 how to taste chocolate like a pro 😉
We tried chocolates from: & , and we also tasted delicious cocoa fruit juice from .impact. 😋
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And finally we concluded our tour with a visit of the manufactory. Thanks so much for having us! 🤗
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Would you like to join our next tour? Book online on our webpage! 💫

22/04/2024

A newly certified group of chocolatiers! 😉👨‍🍳👩‍🍳🍫
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A cozy Sunday afternoon spent chocolate manufactory:
🍫learning how to make chocolate from scratch
🍫making our own unique chocolate bars
🍫learning how Switzerland became a chocolate nation
🍫tasting chocolates, cacao tea, hot chocolate and cacao fruit juice 😋
🍫touring the chocolate manufactory
🍫discussing the challenges in the cacao industry
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Thanks a lot for joining us yesterday, and thank you Britta & Martin for your warm welcome, expertise and delicious chocolates at . 🧡

15/04/2024

Today starts the week!
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It will be a week full of action and we offer on Thursday, April 18th our CIRCULAR CITY TOUR! 💚
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Join us to tackle topics such as fast fashion, food waste or overconsumption and discover to these global challenges, here in .
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Come & meet , .official , . We look forward to seeing you. 🤗
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Book online on our webpage. 💫

08/04/2024

A busy weekend behind us! 💚☀️
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Thanks so much to our guests & guides for creating beautiful memories together.

04/04/2024

Raising Awareness Through Tourism is one of our company’s goals.
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A walking tour in a foreign city that inspires change of behavior. Is that even possible?
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When we travel, we are more open to viewpoints, we come to seek novelty and inspiration and most of all . We at Detours cater experiences to this unique mindset - that stimulate & engage our curious brain.
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We show to our guests to , we connect them to Zurich’s and we strive to create space for open and honest conversations between the local community and our visitors. Each Detour is therefore designed around certain topic such as , production, .
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Want to know more ? Check out our tour offers online. 💚

02/04/2024

Detours neon yellow shining through the streets of !
We just love it! ☀️
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Have you spotted us already? 😉