The Polyball is a prestigious annual ball held by the ETH (the other major university in Zurich) and claims to be the largest decorated ball in Europe! This year's theme was left quite vague: 'The Search for Eldorado'. Me and pretty much all of my flat mates and neighbours decided to go and check it out, this Saturday just gone.
The Polyball is open to all, not just students of the ETH.
The event was held in the university's main building and included 15 different stage areas, ranging from salsa, jazz and waltz to a casino floor and cinema. Although the casino was a rather limited idea in practise due to the small technicality of the illegality of gambling actual money on non-licensed premises...
Poker and blackjack could be played, although no money could be won or lost.
The decoration for the ball included huge wall-to-wall murals which looked awesome, they were painted voluntarily by students not wanting to have to dig deep (real deep) in their pockets for the tickets. They did a great job!
I have no idea how many came this year, however I was told that last year saw around 9000 people attend the Polyball!
Those who missed out on this year's Polyball should seriously consider going to the next one in 2012. There's music to suit everyone and if you're not terribly good at dancing, I wouldn't worry too much as you'd be in good company!
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