Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Lucerne, Switzerland

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Number of sights 9 sights
Distance 3.2 km
Ascend 75 m
Descend 86 m

Experience Lucerne in Switzerland in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in LucerneIndividual Sights in Lucerne

Sight 1: Glacier garden

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Glacier garden

The Glacier Garden in Lucerne is a natural monument with a park and museum. It was opened on May 1, 1873, and the museum building dates back to 1874. It is on the list of cultural assets in category A. Glacial potholes transport the visitor to times when huge glaciers covered the country or subtropical palm beaches could be found here.

Wikipedia: Gletschergarten Luzern (DE)

99 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 2: Lion Monument

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Lion Monument

The Lion Monument, or the Lion of Lucerne, is a rock relief in Lucerne, Switzerland, designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen and hewn in 1820–21 by Lukas Ahorn. It commemorates the Swiss Guards who were massacred in 1792 during the French Revolution, when revolutionaries stormed the Tuileries Palace in Paris. It is one of the most famous monuments in Switzerland, visited annually by about 1.4 million tourists. In 2006, it was placed under Swiss monument protection.

Wikipedia: Lion Monument (EN)

214 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: Bourbaki Panorama

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The Bourbaki Panorama is a circular panoramic painting depicting the internment of the French Armée de l'Est in neutral Switzerland at the end of the 1870–71 Franco-Prussian War. The army, led by General Charles-Denis Bourbaki, had been defeated in the field while attempting to raise the Siege of Belfort and fled to Switzerland in the aftermath. The Swiss admitted the French soldiers, and local villagers and the Swiss Red Cross provided aid.

Wikipedia: Bourbaki Panorama (EN), Website

429 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 4: St. Leodegar im Hof (Hofkirche)

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The Church of St. Leodegar is a Roman Catholic church in the city of Lucerne, Switzerland. It was built in parts from 1633 to 1639 on the foundation of the Roman basilica, begun in 735, 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 art history rich churches of the German late renaissance period.

Wikipedia: Church of St. Leodegar (Lucerne) (EN), Website

271 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: Wilhelm Tell

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The Wilhelm Tell is a paddle steamer on Lake Lucerne in Switzerland. She was operated by the Lake Lucerne Shipping Company (SGV), decommissioned in 1970 and has served as a stationary restaurant ship on the Schweizerhofquai in Lucerne since 1972.

Wikipedia: Wilhelm Tell (Schiff, 1908) (DE), Website

327 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 6: Matthäuskirche

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St. Matthew's Church is a church building of the Evangelical Reformed Church of Lucerne at Hertensteinstrasse 30 in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Wikipedia: Matthäuskirche (Luzern) (DE)

451 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 7: Schirmerturm

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The Schirmerturm is one of nine towers of the Musegg Wall in the city of Lucerne. It is located between the Zytturm and the Pulverturm.

Wikipedia: Schirmerturm (DE), Opening_hours

403 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 8: Männliturm

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The Männliturm is one of nine towers of the Musegg Wall in the city of Lucerne. It is located between the Nölliturm and the Luegislandturm. The tower is named after the "iron man", a half-figure of a two-metre-high armoured warrior with a flag and sword. This forms the top of one of the two oriel turrets in the crenellated wreath.

Wikipedia: Männliturm (DE)

998 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 9: Kapellbrücke

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The Kapellbrücke is a covered wooden footbridge spanning the river Reuss diagonally in the city of Lucerne in central Switzerland. Named after the nearby St. Peter's Chapel, the bridge is unique in containing a number of interior paintings dating back to the 17th century, although many of them were destroyed along with a larger part of the centuries-old bridge in a 1993 fire. Subsequently restored, the Kapellbrücke is the oldest wooden covered bridge in Europe, as well as the world's oldest surviving truss bridge. It serves as the city's symbol and as one of Switzerland's main tourist attractions.

Wikipedia: Kapellbrücke (EN)

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