Probably Zurich’s fastest developing district, this formerly industrial part of the city is rapidly changing into a new business and residential area. Office space and residential developments have sprouted everywhere, making construction sites a long-term feature. The area around Escher-Wyss-Platz has also become one of the city’s entertainment districts with bars, restaurants and clubs springing up like mushrooms over the last 15 years. The first clubs set up in abandoned industrial buildings, but now many have moved into newly built or renovated locations. On the waste land on Geroldstrasse (aka street of clubs), the clubs still have a raw, provisional feel, while the restaurants and bars around the large Abaton multiplex cinema have a more mainstream  character. Thanks to its proximity to the train station Hardbrücke with night connections to the suburbs of Zurich, the area is flooded with suburban youngsters on the weekends