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Blindekuh (restaurant)
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| name | blindekuh | |
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| image | Restaurant Blinde Kuh - September 2014 - Bild 5.JPG | |
| image_width | 280px | |
| image_caption | Zurich restaurant entrance in 2014 | |
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| street_address | Mühlebachstrasse 148 | |
| city | Zurich | |
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| country | Switzerland | |
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- Dornacherstrasse 192, Basel,
- Switzerland
blindekuh are two restaurants in Switzerland where patrons are served in the dark. The restaurants are located in Basel and Zurich, respectively. The name is derived from "Blinde Kuh" (), the German name for Blind man's bluff.
Concept
No lights are allowed inside a blindekuh. Patrons are served by blind and visually impaired people. Both locations offer cultural events such as readings or concerts in the dark.
The dark restaurants are a project of the Blind-Liecht (Swiss German for blind-light) foundation. The foundation works to create employment opportunities for blind and visually impaired people. Their first venture, the blindekuh in Zurich, opened on September 17, 1999 and is claimed to be the world's first dark restaurant. The second location opened in Spring 2005 in Basel.
blindekuh won several awards, among them the Social Innovations Award of the Institute for Social Innovations in London.
The restaurant concept has subsequently been replicated elsewhere, including in London, Paris, Sydney, Amsterdam, Tel Aviv, Beijing, and Vancouver as restaurants and multiple cities in the United States as special events.
References
References
- Ofek-Arnon, Dorit. (2008-02-06). "Dining in the Dark". [[The Jerusalem Post]].
- Yang, Andrew. (2007-07-22). "Dining in the Dark; Waiter, I'm at Your Mercy". [[The New York Times]].
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