Glacier Garden
Gletschergarten Luzern
A museum of glacial remains beside the Lion Monument, with glacier potholes, fossils of an ancient sea and a mirror maze.
The Glacier Garden was discovered by accident in 1872, when a house was being built. It contains 32 giant potholes carved by glacial meltwater about 20,000 years ago, along with beach fossils. Together they show how the Lucerne area changed from a subtropical seashore to an Ice Age landscape. The garden also has an exhibition on Lucerne's urban history, the Felsenwelt rock trail added in 2019, and an Arabian-style mirror maze left over from the 1896 Geneva Exhibition. Children especially enjoy the maze. Admission is about CHF 22, and the garden is right next to the Lion Monument.
Opening hours
Daily 09:00–18:00 (winter 10:00–17:00)
Nearby sights
- Lion Monument
- Bourbaki Panorama
- Lucerne Lakeside Promenade (Nationalquai)
- Church of St. Leodegar (Hofkirche)
- Musegg Wall
- Chapel Bridge
- KKL Luzern & Kunstmuseum
- Lucerne Old Town (Weinmarkt)