customs and nostalgia
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Customs and NostalgiaLucerne – Lake Lucerne Region
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Switzerland has its origins in the Lucerne – Lake Lucerne Region. Here you can � nd centuries old customs and countless traditions of national importance. Many of them are still carried out and upheld today. Go on a journey, and discover the many transport technology masterpieces around and on Lake Lucerne, that promise pure nostalgia.
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Nostalgic train experience with a thrill – StoosOne of the steepest funicular railways in Europe brings you from Schwyz/Schlattli up to the car free mountain village of Stoos, a wonderful walking area.The train celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2013. Tel. +41 (0)41 818 08 08 | www.stoos.ch
Sursee – Triengen train The steam train has travelled the 9 kilometre track through the Lucerne Surental valley since 1912, and connects the villages of Triengen, Büron and Geuensee with the small town of Sursee. Book a public or exclusive trip. Tel. +41 (0)51 227 22 10 | www.dampfzug.ch
Tradition and modern on the Brienzer Rothorn You can reach the highest summit in Lucerne from Brienz, traditionally with the steam cog train from 1892, and from Sörenberg, in a modern way with the cable car. Impressive views are guaranteed.Tel. +41 (0)41 488 15 60 | www.soerenberg.ch
Steam train Furka – mountain route – with full steam ahead over the pass You will travel full steam ahead, but still sedately, over bold viaducts, through narrow winding tunnels and over the famous Steffenbach bridge.Experience one of the most impressive mountain landscapes in Switzerland.Tel. +41 (0)41 874 80 00 | www.uri-pauschalen.ch
Rigi – to the Queen of the mountains with steamThe locomotives of the Rigi trains have been climbing to the Queen of the mountains using steam since the penultimate turn of the century. Feel the power, smell the steam, gaze at the squeaky clean metal and the spraying sparks.Tel. +41 (0)41 399 87 87 | www.rigi.ch
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Swiss Museum of Transport Lucerne The Swiss Museum of Transport Lucerne shows the development of transport and mobility on the roads, rails and water, but also in the air and in space, in a tangible, interesting and diverse way.Tel. +41 (0)41 370 44 44 | www.verkehrshaus.ch
Steam ships on Lake Lucerne Five magni� cently restored, over one hundred year old paddle steamers are the pride of the Lake Lucerne � eet. Cruise from Lucerne to Flüelen through tremendous scenery, with the witnesses of the Art Nouveau era.Tel. +41 (0)41 367 67 67 | www.lakelucerne.ch
Cable car walks Float up the mountain through the cantons of Uri, Nidwalden and Obwalden in small, sometimes open cabins. The small scale cable cars are distributed in such a way that you can carry out real «little train safaris». Tel. +41 (0)41 874 80 00 | www.uri-pauschalen.chTel. +41 (0)41 610 88 33 | www.lakeluzern.ch/CablecarWalks
PilatusThe steepest cog wheel railway has made its way from Alpnachstad to Pilatus Kulm, past the lush blooming Alpine meadows, frothing clear mountain streams and fascinating rock cliffs, since 1889. Tel. +41 (0)41 329 11 11 | www.pilatus.ch
Sonnenberg train – the «little blue train» from KriensBuilt as a pioneering act in 1902, and later used as a tourist attraction, today the funicular railway to the Sonnenberg is operated as a witness of the time. The train still runs widely on the original chassis and rails up and down the mountain. Tel. +41 (0)79 630 63 66 | www.erlebnis-sonnenberg.ch
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Show cheese dairy Engelberg AbbeyAromatic Alpine cheese has been manufactured in Engelberg since the 12th Century. Today, the show cheese dairy in Engelberg Abbey processes fresh mountain and Alpine milk into various soft cheese specialities.Tel. +41 (0)41 638 08 88 | www.schaukaeserei-engelberg.ch
Charcoal burning – the black gold from Romoos Let yourself be swept up in the art of charcoal burning, and discover this ancient trade. Find out directly at the charcoal kiln or in the charcoal burning exhibition, how charcoal emerges almost mystically from wood. Tel. +41 (0)41 480 28 00 | www.koehlerei.ch
Glasi Hergiswil Visit the only glassworks in Switzerland that still works in a traditional way. In the museum, you will learn about the 190 year history of the glassworks, regardless of the weather.Tel. +41 (0)41 632 32 32 | www.glasi.ch
Pilgrimage in the past and today – as far as your feet will carry youPilgrimages have a long tradition in Einsiedeln. The abbey is one of the best known and largest catholic abbeys in Switzerland, and can be explored daily in guided tours. Tel. +41 (0)55 418 44 88 | www.einsiedeln-tourismus.ch
Carnival LucerneA lavish celebration where chaos and a zest for life reign for 6 days (7th –12th February 2013). Whimsical characters with fantastical masks and costumes wander through the alleys, Guggenmusigen, carnival musicians play strange tones and thousands of people in costume bid the winter farewell.Tel. +41 (0)41 227 17 17 | www.luzerner-fasnacht.ch
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Swiss wrestling and Alpine festivals Visit the mountain wrestling festival at Stoos (9th June 2013), Rigi (14th July 2013) or Brünig (28th July 2013), and experience the Swiss national sport with its very special atmosphere � rst hand. Tel. +41 (0)41 855 59 50 | www.schwyz-tourismus.ch/sportevents Tel. +41 (0)41 610 88 33 | www.lakeluzern.ch/SwissWrestling
Wild hay making trail on the Rophaien The ancient art of wild hay making on the steep slopes is still very widespread on the Rophaien in the canton of Uri. Spend a summer day high above the emerald green Urnersee lake, and discover something unknown.Tel. +41 (0)41 874 80 00 | www.uri.info
Alp descent, Alp kilbi and Alpine marketsIn the autumn there are numerous alp descents in the Lucerne – Lake Lucerne Region. On the Entlebucher alp descent from Sörenberg to Schüpfheim (28th September 2013), over 200 cattle are accompanied by alpine inhabitants, herdsmen and folklore groups.Tel. +41 (0)41 227 17 17 | www.luzern.com/traditions
Gansabhauet, Cutting down a goose The small town of Sursee upholds a custom (11th November 2013), which is unique in Switzerland. Participants of all ages try to cut down a suspended dead goose with one single sabre cut, while blindfolded.Tel. +41 (0)41 920 44 44 | www.sempachersee-tourismus.ch
Klausjagen (St. Nicholas Hunt)The Küssnacht Klausjagen is one of the most imposing Nikolaus customs in Europe.The procession with around 200 elaborate «Iffelen» (artfully fashioned lanterns in the shape of bishops’ mitres), followed by St. Nikolaus and the archaic sound of over 1,000 St. Nicholas hunters, takes place on 5th December 2013. Tel. +41 (0)41 850 33 30 | www.klausjagen.ch
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Further information and events: www.luzern.com/traditions
Contactswww.luzern.com/traditions
Photographs / image rights:
Perret Christian
Lucerne Tourism
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Cover picture:Prayer call on Rigi
The Betruf (prayer call) is a traditional shepherds’ and herders’ prayer that is spoken and sung during the summer grazing period on many alpine meadows in Lake Lucerne Region.
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