Experts' Choice Award Cabaret Voltaire
What the experts agree on
Where the absurdist Dada movement was born in 1916, this Altstadt cabaret now showcases provocative contemporary art and cultural ferment in its restored space.
“One hundred years ago this small house in downtown Zürich became the birthplace of the Dada movement. ”
– Atlas Obscura
Lonely Planet "Birthplace of the zany Dada art movement, this bar-cum-art-space came back to life in 2004 as a hotbed of contentious art exhibitions and socially critical artistic ferment." Full review
Travel + Leisure " Some say it was the birth of Dada, the anti-art movement that celebrates its centenary this year." Full review
Afar Magazine "Hugo Ball read the Dada Manifesto at this Altstadt cabaret in 1916, and an art movement was born." Full review
National Geographic "Cabaret Voltaire opened its doors in 1916, giving Dada its first official venue. It was the brainchild of Hugo Ball, one of the most influential figures in the movement's early days...."
New York Times "The cafe-clubhouse where Dada is said to have been born in 1916. To commemorate this 100th birthday, the cafe will host 165 Dada-themed events and exhibitions this year. The cavernous and..."
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Lonely Planet "These anti-bourgeois intellectuals would hang out at Zürich's Cabaret Voltaire, a small bar on a cobbled street in Niederdorf, where they dreamed up Dada, an experimental, anarchical..."
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National Geographic "The world's largest collection of Dada, the absurd counterculture art movement, was born nearby at cafe-gallery Cabaret Voltaire on Spiegelgasse"
