Langstrasse

[1] Langstrasse begins near the district courts and extends north-northeast to the train tracks of Zürich Hauptbahnhof.

It is notorious as Zurich's red light district, with an above-average crime rate, drug dealing and brothels.

Due to the problems in this district, the City Council approved the comprehensive project "Langstrasse PLUS" on 14 March 2001 to achieve an improvement in public order and safety.

As the historical quarter of factory workers during Industrialisation, Aussersihl is also the traditional center of socialist and communist agitation in Zurich, the Helvetiaplatz on Langstrasse being a traditional site of May Day manifestations.

Langstrasse is currently undergoing a process of gentrification in certain areas, spurring public debate both in the quarter and city-at-large regarding its social, spatial, and economic future.