We’ve all heard horror stories about the dubious quality of
airline food. With Runway 34, a restaurant-bar built in and around a grounded
vintage plane near at Zurich International
Airport, you’ll be transported to
new flights of culinary fancy.

Runway 34’s previous incarnation was a Soviet-era Ilyushin
IL-14 airplane, which was retired in 2005. It has since been transformed into a
quirky Swiss restaurant, which resides under the belly the Ilyushin, all the
better to get a good view of the plane’s massive propellers, engine cowling and
landing gear wheels.

Aviation enthusiasts will geek out at all the little touches
dotting the themed restaurant, which serves continental cuisine. For starters,
the entrance to the converted hangar is a jetbridge, with magazine racks lining
its sides. The menu placeholders are crafted to look like airplane tail fins,
and decommissioned airline seats double up as restaurant chairs.

Hankering for an after-dinner drink? Head up above one of
the plane’s wings to the lush Wingwalker bar. If you’re not too inebriated by
now, clamber up the boarding stairs and enter the Cigar Lounge, a Soviet-style
clubroom dotted with lush red leather chairs, a cappuchino machine and humidor.
Aspiring pilots can also play pretend in the cockpit and radio room, which
remain preserved.

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