City Lounge
City Lounge is an unusual piece of urban design in central St. Gallen — an entire plaza, including the street surfaces, benches and even parked cars, coated in a rubber-like grey material by artists Pipilotti Rist and Carlos Martinez, creating a surreal, uniformly textured outdoor "living room" in the middle of the city. It functions as a genuine public space (people sit on the rubberized furniture and walk through it as a normal thoroughfare) while also being a piece of public art in its own right.
It's a quick, offbeat stop that stands out precisely because it's so different from anything else in St. Gallen's otherwise historic old town — worth the short detour for anyone curious about contemporary public art.
City Lounge FAQs
Yes, the rubberized benches and surfaces are functional public seating, not just decorative art.
10-15 minutes, since it's a small plaza rather than an extensive site.
No, it's a free outdoor public space.
Artists Pipilotti Rist and Carlos Martinez.
Yes, it's within easy walking distance of the old town and abbey district.
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