Kinderspital Zurich parking 2026: first 30 minutes free

💰 Kinderspital parking fees: 2 hours cost less than in 19 of 30 Zurich car parks

Two hours in the Children’s Hospital’s underground car park cost CHF 6.–. According to ConvivaPlus’s analysis of every Zurich car park with a published rate, that is less than in 19 of 30, and less than at the University Hospital, where two hours cost CHF 9.–.

The Kispi publishes its rate itself: the first 30 minutes are free, after that every further half hour costs CHF 2.–, Monday to Sunday alike. One hour therefore costs CHF 2.–, three hours CHF 10.–, four CHF 14.–, eight hours CHF 30.–.

🅿️ Kinderspital car park: the city’s list still shows the old site

The hospital’s underground car park has its entrance on Lenggstrasse, 126 metres as the crow flies from the middle of the hospital. The Kispi does not say how many spaces it has, only “in beschränkter Zahl” (in limited number). Marked spaces for people with disabilities are available.

The City of Zurich’s official car park list does not include this car park. It still lists (as of 13 November 2026) a car park “Kinderspital 1” at Steinwiesstrasse 80 in Hottingen, 2.5 km as the crow flies from the new hospital. According to the hospital, it moved from Hottingen to the Lengg on 2 November 2024. If you search for “Kinderspital” in a sat nav or parking app, check the address: Lenggstrasse, 8008 Zurich.

⏱️ Free parking at the Kispi: 30 minutes to drop off and pick up

Anyone who only drops off or picks up their child pays nothing in the car park, as long as they drive out within 30 minutes. That is what the hospital’s rate says: “bis 30 Minuten (gratis)”.

That is not a given: at the University Hospital even the first half hour costs CHF 2.50. The Klinik Hirslanden next door also leaves the first 30 minutes free.

🌙 Overnight parking: parents may come at any time, there is no night rate

At the Children’s Hospital, parents are not visitors: they may be with their child around the clock. Yet the car park has no night rate, unlike the University Hospital, where a flat CHF 1.– applies from 21:00 to 8:00. At the Kinderspital the daytime rate keeps running; the Kispi names neither a parents’ rate nor a multi-day ticket.

According to the Kispi, the maximum applies “pro Tag (0:00-23:59 Uhr)”, so per calendar day rather than per 24 hours. How the machine charges a night that runs past midnight is not stated. We therefore don’t calculate it: for any stay past midnight, the calculator shows a dash.

📅 Kispi daily maximum: CHF 40.–, less than at the University Hospital

A whole day costs no more than CHF 40.– at the Children’s Hospital, against CHF 42.– at the University Hospital. Anyone waiting all day during an operation therefore pays less at the Kinderspital.

The cap is the same in the Klinik Hirslanden car park next door. Under the Kispi rate the maximum is reached after 10½ hours; after that nothing more is added on the same day.

🕐 Kispi visiting hours: parents and siblings any time, everyone else 10 am to 8 pm

The Kinderspital allows no more than 3 visitors per child, and only from 10 am to 8 pm. None of this applies to parents: the hospital counts them as part of the child, not as visitors. Parents and siblings may come at any time.

For siblings there is a free childminding service, Monday to Thursday from 1.30 to 4.30 pm, for children aged 3 and over; ask at reception first. It is open for three hours, and three hours in the car park cost CHF 10.–.

🚶 Kispi car park full: four clinics within 400 metres

Whether the Kispi car park has space you won’t know before you set off: neither it nor the clinics next door report free spaces to the city’s parking guidance system. Which Zurich car parks have space right now is shown on the live board.

The Children’s Hospital is not alone: within 400 metres as the crow flies there are three more clinics with car parks, the Schulthess Klinik (179 m), the Klinik Hirslanden (391 m) and Der Balgrist (394 m). Including the car parks up to 1 km away, the city counts 423 public spaces there.

The Klinik Hirslanden publishes a rate in francs: its first 30 minutes are free too, two hours cost CHF 8.–, against CHF 6.– in the Kispi car park. For the other 4 car parks nearby the city’s list gives no rate; the price is at the machine. Every Zurich car park is on Zurich car parks.

🚋 Tram to the Kispi: get off at Balgrist

By tram you don’t get off at the “Kinderspital” stop but at “Balgrist”: according to the Kispi, tram 4 and the Forchbahn from Stadelhofen stop there. “Kinderspital” is the bus 99 stop, “Flühgasse” the bus 77 stop. The hospital itself asks visitors to come by public transport where possible.