How to Order Flowers to Zurich from Abroad

In short: from abroad you do not order flowers to Zurich through Swiss websites — they take Swiss cards and TWINT, count in francs and are closed on Sundays — but through a service that accepts a card from any country and talks to the florist and the courier on the ground for you. You need four things: the recipient's surname exactly as on the doorbell plate (Zurich has no flat numbers), the address with its 80xx postcode, the date with a time window, and a bouquet from the catalogue or a palette. We confirm the order on WhatsApp, send a payment link in euros or francs, make the bouquet in Zurich, show you a photo before the courier leaves and hand it over in person — to an apartment in Seefeld, the reception of the Baur au Lac, an office by Paradeplatz or a ward at the USZ. Below: seven steps, the recipient card, hotels, scenarios, payment, timing by district, the catalogue with prices, two worked orders, a message template and twelve answers.

Catalogue and prices — on the flower delivery in Zurich page, in euros. Nearby in Switzerland and around: Zermatt, St. Moritz, Verbier, Lake Como, Vienna, Berlin.

Why Ordering Flowers to Zurich from Afar Is Harder Than It Looks

Zurich is one of the most convenient cities in Europe for the people who live there and one of the least convenient for anyone trying to send something into it. The local flower shops are excellent, but their websites are built for the Swiss: payment with a Swiss bank card or TWINT, prices in francs only, delivery 'by arrangement' over the phone in German. On Sundays and public holidays the shops are closed under the Sunday-rest law — only the kiosks at Zürich HB station and the airport are open, with a small selection. Buildings have no flat numbers: the doorbell carries the resident's surname, and if you do not know it exactly the courier will not ring the right door. And a guest at a Bahnhofstrasse hotel may not have checked in yet when the bouquet arrives.

Each of these details is solvable on its own; together they turn a do-it-yourself order from another country into a lottery. So what follows is not 'how to find a florist' but how to place the order so the bouquet is certain to end up in the right hands.

Seven Steps of a Remote Order: From Message to Hand-over Photo

Choose a bouquet on the flower delivery in Zurich page — or simply write a palette and a budget: 'white and blue, about €300'.
Message us on WhatsApp with four lines: who (surname as on the bell), where (street, house number, postcode, floor), when (date and window), what (bouquet or palette) and the card text.
Get a confirmation within 10–20 minutes: we check the address by postcode, agree the delivery window and, if needed, ask for the recipient's phone — the courier needs it only on site.
Pay by link with a card from any country in euros or francs, Apple/Google Pay, bank transfer or crypto. The recipient pays nothing.
On the morning of delivery the florist in Zurich makes the bouquet and sends you a photo. Want a different ribbon or some eucalyptus added — we change it before departure.
The courier hands it over in person — into the recipient's hands, to hotel reception or to the ward station; never left at the door.
You receive a report: the hand-over time and, if the recipient does not mind, a photo of the moment.

The Recipient Card, Zurich Style: Surname on the Bell, Floor, Hauswart and Postcode

A Zurich address looks like this: Seefeldstrasse 123, 8008 Zürich. Flats are not numbered, so instead of 'flat 14' we need the surname as written on the plate at the entrance — in Latin letters, double-barrelled names in full — and the floor if you know it (in Swiss counting the first floor above the ground is 1. Stock, the entrance level is Erdgeschoss). If the recipient rents a room and their name is not on the bell, give the landlord's surname or tell us: the courier will call the recipient or ask the Hauswart — the building caretaker whom almost every apartment block in Zurich has.

The postcode tells us the district: 8001 — the Old Town and Bahnhofstrasse, 8002 — Enge, 8003 — Wiedikon, 8004 and 8005 — Kreis 4 and Zürich-West, 8006 — Unterstrass and the University, 8008 — Seefeld, 8032 — Hottingen, 8044 — Fluntern and the Zürichberg, 8037 — Wipkingen, 8050 — Oerlikon, 8057 — Schwamendingen. Lakeside suburbs: 8702 — Zollikon, 8700 — Küsnacht, 8802 — Kilchberg, 8800 — Thalwil. From the postcode we quote the delivery window and the transfer, if any, straight away.

Flower Delivery to a Zurich Hotel: Reception, the Surname and Check-in Time

At Zurich hotels the bouquet is handed to reception under the guest's surname as on the booking; the concierge takes it up or places it in the room for check-in. We call the hotel beforehand to check whether the guest has arrived: if not, the bouquet waits in the hotel's cooler and we bring it for check-in time, not earlier.

Hotel	Where	How we hand over
Baur au Lac	Talstrasse 1, by Bürkliplatz	concierge, bouquet in the room for check-in; white and pastel preferred
The Dolder Grand	Kurhausstrasse 65, Zürichberg	reception; up the hill from the lake — we ask for a wider window
Widder Hotel	Rennweg 7, Old Town	reception in the pedestrian zone, the courier walks from Bahnhofstrasse
Storchen Zürich	Weinplatz 2, on the Limmat	reception; river-view rooms — bouquet by the window
Park Hyatt Zürich	Beethovenstrasse 21, Enge	concierge, suits business congratulations
Mandarin Oriental Savoy	Poststrasse 12, Paradeplatz	reception; banking quarter — we deliver by 17:00
La Réserve Eden au Lac	Utoquai 45, Seefeld	reception on the lakeside promenade
Hotel Schweizerhof	Bahnhofplatz 7, opposite HB	handy for a train arrival
Hyatt Regency The Circle, Kameha Grand	Kloten airport, Glattpark	for an arriving flight or the morning after

For every other hotel the rule is the same: surname as on the booking, check-in date, no booking number needed. More on how a bouquet gets into the room — in the separate hotel article (below, under 'Where Next').

An Office by Paradeplatz, a Clinic, ETH and a Student Hall: Four Scenarios

Office. The banks and insurers by Paradeplatz and on Bahnhofstrasse accept flowers at reception by the employee's name and company — the courier needs no pass. We deliver in working hours, best by 17:00; on Fridays before lunch, as many leave early.

Clinic. The University Hospital USZ, Hirslanden, Balgrist, Triemli — to the ward under the patient's surname or to the nurses' station. We check in advance whether flowers are allowed: intensive care and some oncology wards say no, and then we suggest a pollen-free arrangement or a home delivery for the discharge day. Maternity wards are where we deliver most often.

ETH and the University. The ETH main building on Rämistrasse and the Hönggerberg campus — for a thesis defence or graduation; the bouquet meets the graduate at the exit or waits at the faculty secretariat.

Student hall. The WOKO and Juwo student houses — surname on the bell; if absent, the courier calls the recipient. The bouquet should be compact and fit a room without a vase: a box or a basket.

Payment from Any Country: Euros or Francs, Card, Apple Pay, Transfer, Crypto

The catalogue is shown in euros; the page header has a switch to francs — the same price in the other currency. Pay with a card from any country — Visa, Mastercard, American Express; the charge is in your card's currency and your bank does the conversion. We also take Apple Pay and Google Pay, SWIFT or SEPA bank transfer, USDT and other cryptocurrencies. No TWINT and no Swiss account needed. The receipt comes right after payment and a photo of the finished bouquet before the courier leaves. The recipient pays nothing and signs nothing.

Timing by District and Lake Shore: Same Day by 13:00, Sundays at No Surcharge

Where	Window	Condition
Kreis 1–12: Old Town, Enge, Wiedikon, Zürich-West, Oberstrass, Hottingen, Fluntern, Seefeld, Altstetten, Höngg, Oerlikon, Schwamendingen	same day, a 2–3-hour window	confirmation and payment by 13:00 local time
Gold Coast: Zollikon, Küsnacht, Erlenbach, Meilen	same day or next morning	by 11:00; transfer quoted before payment
Left shore: Kilchberg, Rüschlikon, Thalwil	same day or next morning	by 11:00; transfer quoted before payment
Kloten airport, HB station — a welcome	for the flight or train	agreed a day ahead
Sundays and public holidays	no surcharge	order the day before by 18:00

Local time is UTC+1 in winter and UTC+2 in summer: London is one hour behind, New York six. Zurich has holidays of its own that the rest of Switzerland does not: Sechseläuten — the third Monday of April, when the centre is closed for the guilds' parade — and Knabenschiessen — a Monday in the second half of September. We deliver on those days but ask for a wider window. For 1 August and the year-end holidays — order three days ahead.

What Is in the Zurich Catalogue and What It Costs

The Zurich catalogue is built from Dutch hydrangeas, garden roses and ranunculus — in white wrapping, hat boxes and wicker baskets — and the premium part is giant boxes and baskets of hundreds of roses for weddings and jubilees. Prices start at €180.

Bouquet	What's inside	Price	When it fits
'Bahnhofstrasse Morning'	pink and white hydrangeas with spray roses	€180	a colleague's birthday, 'just because' to an apartment
'White Lindenhof'	white hydrangeas, roses and freesias	€261	a thank-you, a bouquet to an office or clinic
'Enge Hydrangea Box'	hydrangeas in a hat box	€360	to a hotel for check-in — no vase needed
'Paradeplatz Roses'	a large bouquet of pink and white roses	€540	an anniversary, business congratulations
'Dolder Garden'	cream, pink and red roses with hydrangeas in a box	€1080	a jubilee, a proposal at a hotel on the Zürichberg
'Pink Bahnhofstrasse'	a giant box of hydrangeas and roses	€2700	a wedding, dressing a hotel room

Giant arrangements and the rose bear need 3–4 days: their flowers come from the Netherlands to order.

Which Flowers Suit Zurich — and What Not to Send

Zurich likes understated flowers: white and pastel hydrangeas, garden roses, ranunculus, freesias; in spring tulips from the Seeland fields and daffodils; in autumn dahlias. A bright giant box is a gift for an occasion, not for a Tuesday. Odd or even numbers do not matter; white flowers are an ordinary gift, not a mourning one; yellow roses read as friendly here. To an apartment, a wrapped bouquet is best — everyone in Zurich owns a vase; to a hotel, office or clinic — a box or basket that needs none. In winter the bouquet travels in thermal wrapping; when the Föhn — the dry warm mountain wind — blows, the wrapping is dense so the petals do not dry out.

Two Orders to Zurich: What It Looks Like in Practice

Sunday, Seefeld. A daughter in Toronto wants to congratulate her mother on a birthday that falls on a Sunday. She writes on Saturday at 16:00: surname as on the bell — double-barrelled, with a hyphen — Seefeldstrasse, 8008, 3rd floor, 'hydrangeas, light, about €350'. We suggest the 'Enge Hydrangea Box' at €360, send the link, payment with a Canadian card in euros. On Sunday at 10:30 — a photo of the box; at 12:15 the courier rings the bell by surname; the mother is home, and the hand-over photo reaches the daughter a minute later. The city's shops are closed that day.

Check-in at the Dolder Grand. A husband flies to Zurich for a conference; his wife in Dubai wants a bouquet waiting in the room. She writes two days ahead: surname as on the booking, check-in Thursday after 15:00, 'white, formal, up to €300'. We call the hotel, confirm the booking by surname, deliver 'White Lindenhof' at €261 on Thursday by 14:30 — the concierge places it in the room before check-in. The bouquet photo goes to the wife in the morning, the hotel's confirmation at 14:40.

A Message Template: Copy and Send on WhatsApp

Hello! I would like to order flowers to Zurich. To: [surname and first name as on the bell / as on the hotel booking], phone [+41…] (if available). Where: [street, number, postcode 80xx, floor] / hotel [name], check-in [date]. When: [date], window [e.g. 12:00–15:00]. What: [bouquet name from the catalogue or palette and budget in €]. Card: [text].

We reply within 10–20 minutes in English or Russian.

Frequently Asked Questions About Ordering Flowers to Zurich

Can I order flowers to Zurich without a Swiss card? Yes. We accept cards from any country in euros or francs, Apple/Google Pay, bank transfer and crypto. No TWINT or Swiss account needed.

Do you deliver on a Sunday, when the shops are closed? Yes, at no surcharge: order the day before by 18:00; we make the bouquet on Saturday evening or Sunday morning.

What do I need to know about the recipient? The surname exactly as on the doorbell plate, the address with its 80xx postcode and the floor. A phone number is helpful — the courier needs it only on site.

There is no flat number on the building — how will the courier find it? By the surname on the bell. If it is not there, the courier calls the recipient or asks the Hauswart. We never leave a bouquet at the door.

How do I send flowers to a Zurich hotel if the guest has not checked in yet? We hand it to reception under the surname as on the booking; the hotel keeps it cool and places it in the room for check-in. We call the hotel beforehand.

Can you make it today? Across Kreis 1–12 — yes, if confirmed and paid by 13:00 local time. Küsnacht, Zollikon, Kilchberg — by 11:00 or the next morning.

In which currency will I be charged? In your card's currency. The catalogue is shown in euros, with a switch to francs; your bank does the conversion.

Can I send a bouquet anonymously? Yes: we sign the card as you wish or leave it unsigned. The courier gives only the recipient's name.

Do you deliver to clinics — USZ, Hirslanden, Triemli? Yes, to the ward under the patient's surname or to the nurses' station, after checking that flowers are allowed on the ward.

Will you meet someone at Zurich Airport or at HB station? Yes: the courier with the bouquet and a name board at the Arrivals 1 or 2 exit by flight number, or under the board in the main hall of HB for a train. Agreed a day ahead.

How much does flower delivery in Zurich cost? Bouquets from €180, delivery across Kreis 1–12 included; the transfer to the Gold Coast and the left shore is quoted before payment.

Do you deliver to Zermatt, St. Moritz or Verbier? Yes, with local florists and the same service: Zermatt, St. Moritz, Verbier. And further — Lake Como, Vienna, Berlin.

Where Next

Choose a bouquet and place an order — flower delivery in Zurich: from €180, same day across Kreis 1–12, Sundays at no surcharge.
Nearby in Switzerland — Zermatt, St. Moritz, Verbier; across the border — Lake Como, Vienna, Berlin.
How remote delivery to a Swiss chalet or hotel room works — floral styling of a Verbier chalet remotely.
A question about an address, a hotel or a date — message us on WhatsApp, we answer in English and Russian.