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Lucerne - Luzern - Switzerland

Lucerne or like the Swiss call this great city, Luzern, is a pitoresque town on the shores of Lake Lucern (Vierwaldstättersee) in the center of Switzerland.

The Culture and Convention Center beside the lake in the center of the city was designed by Jean Nouvel. The center has one of the world's leading concert halls, with acoustics by Russell Johnson.

Lucerne Map - Stadtplan Luzern 

Discover Lucerne - Take the City Walk

Discover Luzern on foot! Lucerne is ideal for taking a stroll, and you can either discover the town on your own (no chance of getting lost, it's tiny!) or you can book a guided city tour called "a walk around Lucerne". The guides on this walk know a lot about the city and will tell you everything that is important, humorous and interesting in Lucerne's history. They will show you the churches, bridges, pitoresques narrow streets, quite a few medieval towers, squares and, of course, Lucerne's trademark - the Chapel Bridge with the Water Tower.

Guide Books for Lucerne and Switzerland

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Luzern Photos

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The Famous Chapel Bridge - Kapellbrücke Luzern

The famous Kapellbrücke (Chapel Bridge) was constructed in first half of the 14th century as a part of the city's fortifications and named after St. Peter's Chapel, which is located nearby.

This beautiful wooden bridge has seen a lot of different areas and had to withstand many assaults, the last one was a fire in 1993. Of the 110 antique paintings on wood, only 30 could be salvaged and can now still be admired.

These paintings that were added in the 17th century illustrate scenes of Swiss and local history, including the biographies of the city's patron saints, St. Leodegar and St. Maurice.

Chapel Bridge Photos - Photos der Kapellbrücke

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Vierwaldstättersee Photos Lake Lucerne

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Museum of Transport - Verkehrshaus der Schweiz

Lucern hosts a great traffic and transport museum, where you find everything about transportation, be it road, rail, air or lakes. From ancient steam engines and the first cars to modern jets, there is plenty to see!

The IMAX Theatre shows breathtaking movies about Switzeroand, in the Hans Erni Museum you can admire the art of one of Switzerland's most famous painters and and the Planetarium guides you into the outer space.

One day is by far not enough to see everything, so it's best to plan more than one visit, especially if you love things that move!

Guide to Lucerne

Guide to Lucerne: The lake, and its environs, with numerous illustrations -- plan of the city, map of the Lake of Lucerne, road maps, etc

Guide to Lucerne: The lake, and its environs, with numerous illustrations -- plan of the city, map of the Lake of Lucerne, road maps, etc

by: J. C Heer

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Release Date: 12/31/1969

Useful Links for Luzern Switzerland

Bourbaki-Panorama Luzern, Schweiz - Information zum Panorama
Bourbaki-Panorama Luzern, das weltweit aelteste, existierende Norm-Panorama. Das Rundbild von Edouard Castres zeigt den Grenzuebertritt der franzoesischen Armee in die Schweiz 1870/71. The Bourbaki-Panorama Lucerne, the oldest norm-panorama in the world.
Swiss Museum of Transport
The Swiss Museum of Transport and Communication is Europe's most multi-facetted museum for transport and communication, housing over 3,000 unique collection items on a floor area of 40,000 m2. Switzerland's first and only IMAX Theatre, Planetarium.
Glacier Garden Lucerne
Glacial potholes of impressive proportions bear witness to the last ice age and to the fact that Lucerne was once covered by glaciers. Fossilised mussels and palm leaves show that some 20 million years earlier Lucerne was a subtropical beach. A multimedia show and interactive information system will bring to life the exciting history of the earth in an easy to understand way.
Swiss Museum of Agriculture and Agrarian Technology
Experience the history of agriculture and enjoy a host of other attractions
Luzern - Luzern Tourismus
Lucerne - The City - The Lake - The Mountains. Whatever you expect from a unique city, Lucerne will not disappoint you.
The City of Luzern - Official Home page
Willkommen im Online-Schalter der Stadtverwaltung Luzern

News about Luzern

Luzern-Carnival: Photos & Video of Lucerne, Switzerland's 3-Day Festival
Luzern-Carnival, the 3-day festival that takes over Lucerne, Switzerland, each year, is currently underway. Here's your chance to see all the crazy costumes, revelers and fun for yourself. The festivities are put on each year near the end of winter, ...
Moments: Caught on Camera, Feb. 10 to Feb. 16
The 15.7 km long A4 motorway was opened for the traffic in 2009 to connect Zurich's west motorway ring to with the Kantons of Zug and Luzern. A Kashmiri Muslim man waits for customers as he sits on a shikara, or boat, on the shores of Dal Lake during ...
Brassband Burgermusik Luzern
Prestige comes at a price however ? so the hefty cost Brassband Burgermusik Luzern had to incur to perform here did mean the Swiss had to put up with a few privations. It was well worth it though. With their MD, Michael Bach at the helm, this afternoon ...
First of 10 Zentralbahn rack trains rolls out
The first unit to be completed is one of six three-car FINK (flinke, innovative niederflur-komposition; fast innovative low-floor train) sets for local services from Luzern, with 139 seats including 18 in first class. These will be followed by four ...
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    emmajo Jan 2, 2012 @ 2:03 pm | delete
    I think its an amazing place! my husbands sister lives there and they took us for a tour around a few years ago! It felt like walking into a hollywood set! Great memories brought back! - blessed
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