ZURICH - Municipal indoor pools reported a jump in visits as the city's autumn break began and Lake Zurich fell out of the range that casual swimmers accept. Outdoor lidos had already cut hours. Parents treated the pool as childcare with chlorine.

VBZ extra trams toward sport centres ran on a Saturday pattern even on Tuesday. That is the unofficial holiday timetable.

Flats without gardens, again

A city with almost no empty homes exports its children to public water. In June that water was the lake. In October it is a lane. The politics of that are in every housing report. The splash is not.