Welcome
To a Festival of Two Cities
Zürich meets Seoul – A Festival of Two Cities is the fifth edition of a global celebration series connecting Zurich with some of the most inspirational cities in the world. The weeklong festival will take place in Seoul from 28 September to 5 October 2019. Exciting events will showcase science, technology, art and lifestyle of Zurich, featuring a range of activities in different venues across Seoul.
The main idea of the festival is bringing together political leaders, artists, musicians, researchers, entrepreneurs and tech innovators from the two cities and engage them in a unique cultural experience and productive dialogue that celebrates diversity of people, ideas and opinions.
Innovative solutions for the cities of the future are developed at the Designathon in a co-creation competition at the beginning of the festival (27 - 28 Sept). Various musical performances will take place during the week that include a Zurich-Seoul jazz night at Understage on 29 Sept, electronic music live sets at Modeci Club on 5 Oct and experimental audiovisual art experiences at the festival hub on the rooftop of the Seoul Hall of Urbanism & Architecture. The festival will also offer a multitude of scientific events covering the topics of smart cities, blockchain and astrophysics. Even the art of making coffee is being celebrated in a joint Swiss-Korean coffee festival.
The Festival is presented by the City of Zurich, the Canton of Zurich and Zurich Tourism, in cooperation with the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), the University of Zurich (UZH), the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) and the City of Winterthur, as well as the Embassy of Switzerland in the Republic of Korea. Local partners include Seoul Metropolitan Government, Seoul Digital Foundation, EWHA Womans University, Chung-Ang University, Sogang University, Jarasum Jazz Festival and many more.