# The Things Network Zurich

A local community of The Things Network: people building an open, free LoRaWAN® network for the Internet of Things in and around Zurich.

- Country: [Switzerland](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/country/switzerland/)
- Status: Official community
- Founded: 2015
- Members: 297
- Location: 47.3812, 8.5600
- Web page: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/zurich/

## About

Let's build an open, free and community-owned IoT data network for Zurich! **[Join us on Slack](https://ttn-ch.herokuapp.com/) or [follow us on Twitter](https://twitter.com/ttn_zh)**

LoRaWAN has the potential to enable an entire new class of use cases for the Internet of Things, but we need to open this up to the hacker/maker community. And the best way to do it, is to build the network ourselves. A **free** (as in beer), **open** network (free as in speech), based on an **open-source** stack, **owned by the community** itself to enable all the tinkerers and hackers and just about everyone with an interest in the technology, to build and prototype on top of it. We already have a large part of the city covered, but we're always looking to improve the network and build applications for it. Want to help out? Get in touch! **[Join our local community on Slack](https://join.slack.com/t/ttn-ch/shared_invite/zt-8tw3zlol-KDaiqrKZ8ZdMbqWoC7EVXQ/) or [follow us on Twitter](https://twitter.com/ttn_zh)**

## Contact

Do you have a great location to install a gateway? Or a new idea for an application to build? Or just want to start and don't know where? Contact us!

[Join the Zurich community](https://ttn-ch.herokuapp.com/) or get in touch via Twitter:  
[Tweet to @ttn-zh](https://twitter.com/ttn_zh)
- Chat: https://ttn-ch.herokuapp.com/

## Resources

- [Github - TTN Zurich](https://github.com/ttn-zh)
- [From zero to LoRaWAN in a weekend](https://github.com/ttn-zh/ic880a-gateway/wiki)
- [TTN - Generic Presentation](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49WRBg1NvMgM2lBcXRTU2ZqREU/)

## Partners

- [Decentlab](http://www.decentlab.com/)
- [SWITCH](https://switch.ch/)

## In the media

- [Wenn Velo und Blumentopf ins Netz gehen](http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/digital/daten/Wenn-Velo-und-Blumentopf-ins-Netz-gehen/story/30774336)
- [Netz der Dinge: Do it yourself!](http://m.srf.ch/wissen/digital/netz-der-dinge-do-it-yourself)
- [Founding of Open Network Infrastructure Association](http://www.theinternetofthings.eu/thomas-amberg-open-network-infrastructure-association)
- [Erster MakeZurich Hackathon – 7 Challenges für die Stadt Zürich](https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/content/portal/de/index/ogd/blog/2016/12/makezurich.html)
- [Make Zurich: Hackathon für ein «smartes» Zürich](https://www.nzz.ch/zuerich/hackathon-make-zurich-freigeistiges-basteln-an-einer-schlaueren-stadt-ld.143801)
- [Internet der Dinge in Zürich](https://www.nzz.ch/zuerich/aktuell/internet-der-dinge-in-zuerich-der-anti-musk-der-die-dinge-sprechen-laesst-ld.149656)
- [Tamedia Gateway](https://www.tamedia.ch/de/gruppe/newsroom/online-magazin/artikel/tamedia-mit-lorawan-gateway)
- [Das sind die Sieger der DINAcon Awards](http://www.netzwoche.ch/news/2017-10-23/das-sind-die-sieger-der-dinacon-awards-1)
- [SWITCH creates a base for a strong IoT ecosystem](https://www.switch.ch/stories/iot-day-2018/)
- [Smart City Pitch Night: Von Utopie bis Dystopie war alles dabei](https://tsri.ch/zh/die-smart-city-pitch-night/)

## Recent updates

- [Feedback requested: FresnelPath - open source lorawan planning solutions for mountainous terrains](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/zurich/post/feedback-requested-fresnelpath-open-source-lorawan-planning-solutions-for-mountainous-terrains.md) (2026-03-25)
- [MakeZurich](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/zurich/post/makezurich.md) (2023-05-26)
- [Migration to EU cluster required](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/zurich/post/migration-to-eu-cluster-required.md) (2021-11-19)
- [asut IoT Conference – From Hype to Reality](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/zurich/post/asut-iot-conference-from-hype-to-reality.md) (2019-04-04)
- [SWITCH & ONIA: Strong partners](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/zurich/post/switch-onia-strong-partners.md) (2018-04-12)
- [To the infinite and beyond!](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/zurich/post/to-the-infinite-and-beyond.md) (2018-03-02)
- [New Multichannel GW in Thalwil](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/zurich/post/new-multichannel-gw-in-thalwil.md) (2018-03-02)
- [Open Internet award!](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/zurich/post/open-internet-award.md) (2017-10-20)
- [Tamedia joins the Zurich community!](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/zurich/post/tamedia-joins-the-zurich-community.md) (2017-08-06)
- [Join the Open Network Infrastructure association](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/zurich/post/join-the-open-network-infrastructure-association.md) (2017-06-13)

More updates: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/zurich/posts