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Ten ranked Zurich bars to watch the game, from Old Town pub screens to the FIFA museum LED wall, with sound policy, leagues shown and game day tips.
The short answer
10 ranked rooms follow. How we picked is at the end of this guide.
Zurich watches its football in three clear zones. The Old Town pubs hold the screens and the English speaking crowd, the rooms near the main station carry the biggest projection walls, and District 5 and the FIFA museum bring the purpose built sports bars. The best of them put the commentary on for the headline match, carry the European and English football slate, and have the screen count to keep every group in sight of a game. These ten get it right.
The full ranked directory: see our editor-ranked guide to the best sports bars in Zurich, updated for the 2026 World Cup.
These Old Town rooms hold the expat football crowd, with dozens of screens and the sound on for the big match.
How we picked
Zurich splits cleanly. The Old Town pubs give you the screens and the English speaking crowd, the rooms near the main station carry the biggest projection walls, and District 5 and the FIFA museum handle the purpose built sports bars. For the biggest games, Oliver Twist and Kennedy's carry everything with the sound on. The rest reward matching the room to the match.
Every bar on this list was checked against its own current listing plus at least one independent Zurich guide before publishing, and ranked on the game day specifics that matter: screen count and sight lines, whether the sound goes on for the right league, the leagues and sports shown, the crowd, and how the room handles a late or overseas kickoff. We exclude venues we could not verify as open and showing live sport. For the method behind every game day guide, see our pillar guide to watching the game, our Zurich sports bar hub, and the wider Zurich bar guide.
Last reviewed June 4, 2026 by the barsforKings editorial desk.
Marcus covers European football culture and has followed Champions League nights, La Liga weekends and Premier League mornings through the continent's pubs and sports bars. His game day ranking runs screen count first, sound policy second, and how a room handles a late kickoff third.
Last reviewed 2026-06-04 · The editors recheck hours and closures against current local coverage.