The Frauenbad — sometimes called the Stadthausquai Bath — is a wooden swimming deck floating on the Limmat just below the Fraumünster, with a sun-deck, changing cubicles and direct access to the river current. During the daytime swimming hours it is strictly women-only (and topless tanning is normal), a deliberately preserved Victorian arrangement that has become a feature of Zurich life.
After 8 p.m. the deck reopens as the Barfussbar ("Barefoot Bar"), open to all but with the rule that shoes must be removed at the entrance. The setting — wooden deck inches above the river, the floodlit Fraumünster spire above, perhaps a quiet jazz duo on a Friday — is one of the most distinctive evening spots in the city. Cash bar; cocktails are excellent. Closed in winter.