“Schwamendingen is Berlin’s Neukölln. Schwamendingen is a suburb. Schwamendingen is Genoa Pra’. Schwamendingen is a code. A flavor.” This apt description by Ruth Erdt is compellingly brought to life in the almost 650 photographs in this book. Yes, Schwamendingen lies on the outskirts of Zurich, a peripheral district like so many others across the world. But it is also a phenomenon: defiant, proud, forged through love. People may mock it, yet newcomers hardly ever want to leave.