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Lucerne Basics
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Transportation, contacts, and events for exploring Lucerne 

Evening in Lucerne
Population: 57,000
Altitude: 439 Meters, 1440 feet

Tourist Information: Administrative Offices: Luzern Tourismus AG, CH-6002 Luzern, Bahnhofstrasse 3, tel. +41/041/227 1717, fax 227 1718, email:luzern@luzern.org, web: www.luzern.org 

Driving Distances:

  • Bern: 111 km, 69 miles
  • Frankfort: 422 km, 262 miles
  • Geneva: 264 km, 164 miles
  • Interlaken: 68 km, 42 miles
  • Munich: 368 km, 228 miles
  • Vienna: 801 km, 497 miles
  • Zurich: 56 km, 35 miles

Events:

  • Lucerne hosts the World Rowing Championships, August 18-26.
  •  One of Europes top music events, the Lucerne Festival is August 15-September 15. The festival schedule lists 80 separate performances
  • The citys 4th annual piano festival, Piano 2001 takes place November 20-25, 2001 and features pianists Radu Lupu, Arcadi Volodos, Evgeny Kissin, plus top jazz musicians and a number of young pianists, at the Lucerne Culture and Convention Centre.
  • For more info on these events contact the Lucerne tourist office.

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