{"title": "Silent Zurich - A festival to discover silence", "start": "2026-11-04T00:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Kulturhaus Helferei Zürich", "address": "", "price": "Most of the more than fifty events are free of charge. Registration or a ticket is required for indi", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.ticketino.com/de/organizer/3706556", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["wellness/meditation"], "description": "\"Silent Zurich\" is a festival inviting people to experience silence together in the city. Held for the fifth time, it takes place across three festival venues, including the Kulturhaus Helferei. A dense program of workshops, meditations and talks, with film, music and movement, shows a variety of ways to find peace even in a hectic city. 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Art historian Marietta Rohner offers impulses that connect sensuality with meaning and resonate in the silence. The event takes place in cooperation with the Lukasgesellschaft für Kunst und Kirche. The sessions can be attended individually and without registration.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/kunst-und-stille-25218/", "official_url": "https://www.paulusakademie.ch/programm/?eid=43632&event-title=Kunst+und+Stille+%E2%80%93+03.11.2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f2dd7dcd8a0d0a4cc5433eeff72f502cdf12c298028485e13edf6d394dbbf532-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Himalaya Samarpan Meditation", "start": "2026-11-02T19:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-02T21:00:00+01:00", "place": "GZ Hottingen", "address": "Gemeindestrasse 54, 8032 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["wellness/meditation"], "description": "Himalaya Samarpan Meditation is a meditation session in the programme at GZ Hottingen. The community centre in Hottingen, Zürich, is behind it and lists the session in its movement and dance category.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/himalaya-samarpan-meditation-1290/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7483a6599b156cb62195272e66144b194376e67b209057e25d7c087f1d781989-1200.webp"}]}