You have probably been to the weekly farmers market in Luzern and know about the wonderful Christmas market going on in December at Franziskanerplatz, but you probably didn’t know about the other Luzern markets that take place each month as well! The Goods Market or Warenmarkt […]
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Schwingen is a typical Swiss sport and is a form of wrestling, if you have ever watch it you will probably have recognised some similarities with Sumo Wrestling or Judo. Basically the match takes place in a ring, a circular area with a diameter of
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If there is one fair that no local will miss then the LUGA must be it. It is a huge county fair which takes up the whole Allmend open space, with livestock, but also countless stands selling everything from cherry stone warming cushions to whirlpools.
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If you’ve been here for a while, you know the drill: every year right before Lent the whole of Luzern lets its hair down for a new Fasnacht. The official kick-off happens at around four in the morning on Fat Thursday (this year of February
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No doubt about it winter is here but do not despair we have some out of the box ideas that will help you not only survive, but actually enjoy the colder months of the year. You may know your way around all the slopes, but
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It’s a controversial topic and most people you will talk to will tell you, with the very best of intentions, that really you should learn to speak German before you even think of approaching the mysterious language which is Swiss German, we disagree and here
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Winter and Sunday put together scream only one thing: couch time. But there are only so many re-runs of your favorite show you can watch. Plus, dealing with the “I am bored” your kids will throw at you every ten minutes can be a lot
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Tonight the Seeburg Hotel will be ringing the Festive Season in with its annual light show. It takes around 640 hours of work to put up the 15 kilometres of Christmas lights all over the hotel and gardens of the Seeburg hotel. The festive season
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This week-end will be a great opportunity to embrace the rural side of Luzern by enjoying the Alpabzug, which is the traditional returning of cows from the Alps to their winter digs. Here are three of the main ones: Engelberg has their Alpabzug from 10:00
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Nölliturm, Männliturm, Luegisland,Wachtturm, Zyturm, Schirmerturm, Pulverturm, Allenwindentrum, Dächliturm; every Luzerner can rattle off the names of the 9 towers that are part of Luzern’s scenery and also known as the Museggtürme. Back in the 15oos they were the very defined border to the town and
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