Bruno Weber Park, Dietikon, Switzerland

The Bruno Weber Park is the largest sculpture park in Switzerland, a fantastical world of creatures, towers and mosaics created by the Swiss artist Bruno Weber (1931–2011) on his parents’ former estate on the Weinberg hill above Dietikon, near Zurich. He began working on it in 1962; today his widow Maria Anna Weber and the Bruno Weber Foundation look after the park.

The 20,000 m² grounds are full of columns, reliefs, heads and gargoyles. A 12-metre tower marks the entrance, and the artist’s house with its 25-metre tower looks like a colourful fairy-tale castle; parts of it are open to visitors. The Wassergarten (water garden), opened in May 2012, is framed by two 100-metre-long winged dogs that serve as footbridges and hold a ballroom, while the Waldgarten (forest garden) leads through the woods.

From March to October the park is open on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays from 11:00 to 18:00, and from November to February on the same days until 17:00. Admission is CHF 15 for adults, CHF 5 for children aged 4 to 16 and CHF 35 for a family ticket. Take bus 325 from Dietikon station to the Weinberg terminus, then walk downhill for about 9 minutes; on foot from the station it takes about 30 minutes.