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Built around an airfield that is turning into a research site.
Dübendorf sits in the Glatt valley north east of Zurich, on flat ground, around an airfield that has spent most of a century in military use and is now becoming a research and innovation site. The town is changing with it.
The airfield has spent most of a century in military use and is now shifting towards research and innovation, which brings a different kind of arrival to the town. The airfield takes a large share of the commune and has done for generations. Its shift towards research and innovation use brings a different kind of arrival: engineers, researchers and technical staff, often international, often on project terms rather than permanently.
That produces moderate loads on defined timing, which is a recognisable profile. Where the dates are fixed by a project start, a dedicated vehicle is usually the honest answer. Where they are genuinely open, sharing lorry space works well because the Zurich area fills vehicles readily.
The town itself is flat and unremarkable to deliver into, with post war housing alongside a good deal of recent development.
Dübendorf also appears as Dubendorf and Glattal. Whichever version you searched for, this is the same city and the same page. Give the mover the address exactly as it appears on your Swiss lease.
These three are the ones that actually get asked about on a Dübendorf move.
What a fixed project start does to the number.
Packing, when the block requires a booked lift slot.
Sharing a lorry on the Zurich run.
A commune with a large site changing use tends to build, and Dübendorf is building. Newer blocks here have the advantages that come with recent construction: designed loading access, service lifts sized for furniture, and space around the building.
The older post war stock is ordinary rather than difficult, with lifts of a normal standard and streets that take a vehicle. Neither half presents the problems that dominate the Zurich lake shore or the inner city districts.
In the newer blocks expect active management: a booked lift slot, protective covering and restricted hours. Get the building manager contact to the mover early.
The commune is Dübendorf with an umlaut, which is what your lease and the commune will use. Dubendorf without it is what appears in a web address, because accents drop out.
Both refer to the same place and there is no other spelling or language variant to worry about, which is a relief after the Swiss towns that carry three names.
Registration on arrival is with the commune of Dübendorf rather than the city of Zurich, however continuous the built up area looks.
These are the neighbours, each with its own road leg and access.
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Kloten a short distance north is the passenger airport, and it is the one place in Switzerland where air freight for a small urgent consignment is worth a serious question. Dübendorf is a different site with a different history and no passenger operation.
People conflate the two because both are airfields near Zurich. For a removal the distinction matters only if somebody has suggested flying part of your consignment, in which case Kloten is the relevant place.
Both are ordinary flat deliveries once the vehicle arrives.
It has spent most of a century in military use and is shifting towards research and innovation. That brings a different kind of arrival to the town, largely engineers, researchers and technical staff, often international and often on project terms rather than permanently.
No. Zurich Airport is at Kloten a short distance north and is the passenger operation. Dübendorf is a separate airfield with a different history and no passenger service. The distinction matters if somebody has suggested flying part of your consignment, in which case Kloten is the relevant place.
Yes. The town sits on the flat Glatt valley floor with post war housing alongside a good deal of recent development. There is no gradient, no shuttle stage and none of the problems that dominate the Zurich lake shore or the inner city.
A booked lift slot, protective covering and usually restricted hours, as with recent construction anywhere in Switzerland. The trade is genuinely good access: designed loading space, service lifts sized for furniture and room around the building.
It depends on your dates. A project start fixed by an employer removes the flexibility a shared load needs, which points to a dedicated vehicle. Where the timing is genuinely open, sharing works well because the Zurich area fills shared vehicles readily.
Yes. Dübendorf with the umlaut is what your lease and commune will use, and Dubendorf is what appears in a web address because accents drop out. There is no other spelling or language variant to worry about.
No, it is its own commune with its own administration, even though the built up area of the Glatt valley runs continuously. Registration on arrival goes to Dübendorf rather than to the city.
Collection address, the Dübendorf delivery address, a room by room list and the window you can work with. One vetted moving company from our network checks the route and the access, then comes back to you.
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Written by Darren Benjamin, founder of International Removals Companies, who has run the business since 2010. Last checked 5 August 2026.