Lisa K.

On our first day we drove to Lucerne and got a bit lost because of the traffic. We wanted to go to the Lion Monument but could'nt see any signs telling us the direction. After a few minutes of driving around we parked the car in one of the parking houses, crossed the street turned into another street and I swear I didn't know where we were going but five minutes later we were standing in front of the monument. One of those moments :-D

The night before when we came back from the walk we did some Research what to see and to do in Lucerne and I was really confidend that this trip will be really organized and well prepared. But as life is sometimes we again ended up just walking around having no idea where to go and found all the places more or less by mistake :-D

I guess seeing the city like that was the best way to do it. It was a bit cloudy and rainy so we went into the Church of St. Leodegar stayed there till the rain stopped, walked along the waterfront, visted the old city (which was really pretty), crossed the river on the Chapel Bridge and walked into the Jesuit Church after it started raining again.

At the ticket office we got our bus pass for the next two days and while we were walking around the train station we noticed how well organized everything is. The same in the next few days later when we were using public transportation we were impressed that everything worked out so well! Buses and boots were more than punctual, everybody was super nice, friendly and polite!

I'm still so happy that we went there! Lucerne was so much better than I imagined it! It was not to big, everything was walkable, the houses and streets were so cute and pretty and with the mountains close by it's the perfect spot to go out on some adventures.

Some Facts about the city:

Lucerne (German name: Luzern; French name: Lucerne; Italian name : Lucerna; Romansh name: Lucerna; Lucerne Swiss-German: Lozärn) is located in central Switzerland. Because it is in the German-speaking portion of the country most of the people speak German but they also speak fluent english, maybe french or italian. I found it was really international even if everybody was greeting with Grüzi :-D.
Lucerne is the capital of the canton of Lucerne and part of the district with the same name. With a population of about 81,057 people Lucerne is the most populous town in Central Switzerland.

Popular is Lucerne especially to tourists, because of the good location within the sight the mounts Pilatus and Rigi in the Swiss Alps and because ist right on the shores of Lake Lucerne (German: Vierwaldstättersee).Read more