In addition to the Sechseläutenplatz and quaysides, there is also Café Odeon, where writers and the Zurich Bohème would meet, the Kronenhalle and Sternen Grill restaurants, and the Limmatquai and other attractions downstream along the Limmat.

They were built on small islands and peninsulas and set on piles to protect against occasional flooding by the Linth and Jona.

[5] From 1558 to 1562, the round Auf Dorf bastion with battlements was built at the site of the present Bellevueplatz at the junction of Limmatquai and Rämistrasse.

It complemented the Bauschänzli bastion on the western side of the Limmat, and the medieval Grendeltor, a river gate and customs station that stood on the site of Haus Bellevue.

In mid-October 1937, Hermann Herter's design for the Bellevue-Rondell, to replace an old station concourse, was under construction at the square.

While the heavy iron canopy was being raised, a hoist broke and a worker fell to the ground with the structure.

[8] Like the Bürkliplatz square on the opposite side of the Quaibrücke, Bellevueplatz is used for Sechseläuten and other public festivals, so traffic operations have to be stopped several times each year.

[9] Bellevueplatz was renovated between March and 25 October 2015, with minor corrections in November 2015,[10] during which the tram lines were redirected from June to mid-August.