Luzern
in Lucerne-Stadt District of Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland
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Buochs Airport (7 mi) - Zürich Airport (31 mi)
- Bern Belp Airport (39 mi)
- Grenchen Airport (43 mi)
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EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (52 mi) -
Donaueschingen-Villingen Airport (65 mi) - Locarno Airport (67 mi)
- Lugano Airport (78 mi)
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Malpensa International Airport (100 mi) - Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport (120 mi)
- Linate Airport (120 mi)
- Stuttgart Airport (121 mi)
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Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps (Unesco heritage, 16 mi) - Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch (Unesco heritage, 40 mi)
- Old City of Berne (Unesco heritage, 41 mi)
- Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona (Unesco heritage, 45 mi)
- Abbey of St Gall (Unesco heritage, 56 mi)
- Monastic Island of Reichenau (Unesco heritage, 57 mi)
- Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona (Unesco heritage, 68 mi)
- La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning (Unesco heritage, 69 mi)
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy (Unesco heritage, 85 mi)
- Monte San Giorgio (Unesco heritage, 85 mi)
- Hammetschwand Aufzug (observation point, (5 mi)
- Hirschgarten Zug (zoo, (13 mi)
- Voliere Zürich (zoo, (24 mi)
- Voliere Stansstad (zoo, (5 mi)
- Toni's Zoo (zoo, (4 mi)
- Natur- und Tierpark Goldau (zoo, (12 mi)
- Hirschpark Willisau (zoo, (16 mi)
- Voliere Zug (zoo, (13 mi)
- Wildnispark Zürich Langenberg (zoo, (20 mi)
- Hirschpark Luzern (zoo, (1 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 47.050 and 8.306 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 47° 3' 1" and E 8° 18' 22"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Franc - CHF
- Spoken languages:
- German, French, Italian, Romansh
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 07:38 PM (Friday)
- Timezone: Europe/Zurich
- UTC/GMT offset: 1 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:29 am and 8:21 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -44.033 and -176.367 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Ouwenga - References
- This place on Wikipedia
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 4,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to Switzerland.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Switzerland. Last Update: 2024-04-19 08:03:45
Explore Luzern
Luzern in Lucerne-Stadt District (Canton of Lucerne) with it's 57,066 inhabitants is a city in Switzerland about 41 mi (or 66 km) east of Bern, the country's capital.
Local time in Luzern is now 07:38 PM (Friday). The local timezone is named Europe / Zurich with an UTC offset of 2 hours. We know of 12 airports in the vicinity of Luzern, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in Switzerland is Buochs Airport in a distance of 7 mi (or 11 km), South-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site is Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps in Austria at a distance of 16 mi (or 26 km). The closest in Switzerland is Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch in a distance of 40 mi (or 26 km), North. We found 10 points of interest in the vicinity of this place. If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Stans, Hochdorf, Ennetburgen, Kussnacht and Sarnen. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 8°C / 47 °F
| Morning Temperature | -0°C / 31 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 7°C / 44 °F |
| Night Temperature | 5°C / 41 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 11% |
| Air Humidity | 55% |
| Air Pressure | 1018 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from East |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 75% of sky |
| General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Saturday, 20th of April 2024
5°C (41 °F)
3°C (37 °F)
Rain and snow, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Sunday, 21st of April 2024
4°C (39 °F)
-2°C (28 °F)
Rain and snow, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 22nd of April 2024
5°C (41 °F)
2°C (36 °F)
Rain and snow, light breeze, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Schweizerhof
The Hotel Lucerne Autograph Collection
Astoria
Cascada Swiss Quality Hotel
Wilden Mann Romantik Hotel
Continental-Park
Renaissance Lucerne Hotel
Ameron Flora Hotel Flora
Des Balances Hotel Lucerne
Monopol
Videos from this area
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Fasnacht Löchlitramper Littau
Fasnacht in Reusbühl Luzern.
Luzern \\ Tour of City
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Swiss Life Arena
Swiss Life Arena is an arena in Luzern, Switzerland. It is primarily used for ice hockey and is the home arena of HC Luzern Lakers. Swiss Life Arena holds 5,000 people. It is named for the Swiss Life insurance company.
Stadion Allmend
Stadion Allmend was a multi-purpose stadium in Lucerne, Switzerland. Its current primary use was for football matches. The stadium had a capacity of 25000, although security concerns mandate limiting audiences to 15000. The stadium had been home to FC Lucerne since 1934. Over the years the stadium has undergone some transformations. In 1957 a new stand with 2500 seats was added. Between 1981 and 1983 a new grandstand was built. In 1995 the club redeveloped the North Stand.
Sonnenberg Tunnel
The Sonnenberg Tunnel is a 1,550m long motorway tunnel, constructed between 1971 and 1976 and located near Lucerne, Switzerland. At its completion it was also the world's largest civilian nuclear fallout shelter, designed to protect 20,000 civilians in the eventuality of war or disaster.
Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre
The Culture and Congress Centre in Lucerne (or KKL for Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern) is a multi-functional building with a concert hall that is esteemed for its high-profile acoustics. It was built according to the plans of the architect Jean Nouvel and was inaugurated in 1998 with a concert by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Claudio Abbado.
Sternwarte Hubelmatt
Sternwarte Hubelmatt (Hubelmatt Observatory) is an astronomical observatory operated by Astronomische Gesellschaft Luzern. Built in 1979, it is located in the school "Hubelmatt West" at Lucerne in the Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland.
University of Lucerne
The University of Lucerne is a public university with a campus in Luzern, Switzerland. 1231 undergraduates and 1061 postgraduate students attend the university, which makes it Switzerland's smallest university. Despite its size, it holds an international reputation in several areas. For instance, the Institute for Jewish-Christian Research has acquired renown. The university evolved over time: Since the early 17th century, courses in philosophy and theology have been taught in the city.
Swissporarena
Swissporarena is a new multi-use stadium in Lucerne, Switzerland, completed in 2011. It's used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of FC Lucerne of the Swiss Super League. The stadium has a capacity of 16,800 spectators. It replaced the demolished Stadion Allmend. The stadium was due to open earlier in the year but several problems during construction changed the plans. In February 2011 the club announced the new season ticket prices for their return home.
Church of St. Leodegar (Lucerne)
The Church of St. Leodegar is the most important church and a landmark in the city of Lucerne, Switzerland. It was built in parts from 1633 to 1639 on the foundation of the Roman basilica which had burnt in 1633. This church was one of the few built north of the Alps during the Thirty Years War and one of the largest and art history rich churches of the German late renaissance period.
Lucerne railway station
Lucerne railway station is a major hub of the Swiss rail network. It is a terminal station serving domestic and international traffic on several rail lines. The lines from the east pass to the north of Lucerne and then join the lines from the north and the west and pass to the west of Lucerne before turning to approach the station from the south. The metre-gauge Brünig railway from the south and Interlaken also terminates at the station.
Lucerne Festival
The Lucerne Festival is a summer music festival in Lucerne, Switzerland. It was founded in 1938 and, since 2004, it has taken place at the Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre designed by Jean Nouvel. The two resident ensembles of the festival are the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and the Lucerne Festival Strings and the present conductor is the Italian conductor Claudio Abbado.
Alpineum
The Alpineum is a museum and diorama of the Alps in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Lucerne Allmend/Messe railway station
Lucerne Allmend/Messe railway station is a Swiss railway station in the city of Lucerne. It is located adjacent to the Swissporarena, in the south of the city. The station is on the Brünig line of the Zentralbahn railway company, and is used by trains of the Luzern–Stans–Engelberg line. The station opened in November 2012, and is situated in a tunnel linking Kriens Mattenhof station and the approaches to Lucerne station.
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This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Luzern, لوسرن, Горад Люцэрн, Луцерн, ལུ་ཛེར་ན།, Lucern, Lucerna, Люцерн, Lucerne, Λουκέρνη, Lucerno, Luzerna, לוצרן, Medicago sativa, ルツェルン, Canton Lucerne, ლუცერნი, 루체른, Lüzerna, Liucerna, लुत्सर्न, Lucerni, Łuxerna, לוצערן, 卢塞恩
