A look back at Scientifica 2026
Scientifica, the science festival organised by ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich, attracted around 40,000 visitors this year. But it wasn’t just visitor numbers that set a new record for the organisers; the range of activities on offer was also exceptionally extensive. Under the theme ‘How we create knowledge’, over 1,500 researchers, students and start-ups presented their projects and products.
The festival lasted nine days, from 22 to 30 August, and took place at the Zentrum, Hönggerberg and Irchel campuses, as well as – for the first time – at the Zurich Innovation Park in Dübendorf. Over 70 individual events across the city of Zurich rounded off the programme.
The photo retrospective shows science in action.
Images: Alessandro Della Bella