Platzspitz park

It is located next to the Swiss National Museum (Landesmuseum) and Central Station and bound by the rivers Sihl to the west and Limmat to the east.

At Platzspitz's northern end, two bridges link the park with the neighbouring quarters and the Dynamo youth center.

Clean needles were given out to addicts as part of the Zurich Intervention Pilot Project, or ZIPP-AIDS program.

The once-beautiful gardens had degraded into a mess of mud and used needles, and the emergency services were overwhelmed by the number of overdoses, which took place almost nightly.

[6][clarification needed] The drug scene was then moved to the adjacent area of Letten railway station, which closed services in 1989.