Luggage storageZürich

Luggage storage across Zürich

Travellers in Zürich often end up with hours between an early Airbnb checkout and a late train out. We might suggest leaving bags with Stasher instead of the city's own storage desks.

Some major attractions take only small bags or none at all, with limited cloakrooms and lockers that cannot accommodate bigger luggage, while the city's rail stations and airport are the realistic places to sort a larger bag before exploring. Zürich Airport runs a staffed left-luggage office at Terminal 2, Arrivals 2 (Level 0), open 06:00 to 22:00 daily. The airport's Airport Center luggage storage is on the landside, so you do not need to clear security to drop off a bag. With Stasher, you can store bags from €1.49 a day at 7 locations across Zürich.

Some top Stasher locations in Zürich include:

• Restaurant, 1 min walk from Central · rated 5/5 (1,000+ reviews)
• Restaurant, 2 min walk from Central bus station · rated 5/5 (60+ reviews)
• Local shop, 5 min walk from Lindenhof · rated 5/5 (70+ reviews)
• Café, 7 min walk from Zürich Hauptbahnhof · open late

Local hosts include restaurants, local shops and cafés. Every booking comes with the Stasher Guarantee, which protects your bags up to €12,000. Stasher storage in Zürich can be booked through the website or app.

Attraction bag rules and lockers

The FIFA Museum doesn't allow large bags or suitcases in its exhibition areas, and while free lockers on Level -1 take smaller bags, anything bigger has to stay elsewhere. The Kunsthaus Zürich is similar: its lockers hold bags and coats, but only small handbags up to 30 x 21 x 20 cm can go into the exhibition rooms.

The Grossmünster church turns away large suitcases, backpacks and trolleys outright. The Lichthalle MAAG will take anything bigger than A4 at its cloakroom for a fee, and the Opernhaus offers a free cloakroom for jackets, coats and large bags. At the Lichthalle MAAG, anything larger than A4 — including rucksacks — must be left at the fee-based cloakroom.

Getting around the city with luggage

The fastest way from the airport into the centre is by train, reaching Zürich Hauptbahnhof in 9 to 13 minutes, with Intercity and Interregio services running several times an hour through the day. Zürich Oerlikon is also on that airport rail corridor, which is why its luggage desk helps if you are not heading straight to the Hauptbahnhof. On local transport, hand luggage and accompanied strollers travel free across the ZVV network, and all VBZ bus and tram lines use low-floor vehicles suited to step-free boarding with suitcases. Tram 10 serving the airport operates entirely with low-floor vehicles, so getting from plane to platform is straightforward. Once you reach the Hauptbahnhof, the Old Town is a five-minute walk south over the Bahnhofbrücke, while Zürich West is a four-minute S-Bahn ride to Hardbrücke — short enough that leaving a bag at the station first can feel like the better move.