Ok, if you’re looking for authentic Swiss culture, this might catch you off-guard. The full-blown Chinese garden was opened in 1994 as a gift from Zurich’s Chinese sister city Kunming in gratitude for the help Zurich provided in restoring Kunming’s water facilities.The garden’s major theme are the so-called Three Friends of Winter, the pine tree, the bamboo and the plum. The garden is surrounded by a red wall with a unmistakeably Chinese roof.