Buchrain
Buchrain is a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.
Buchrain is a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.
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Worth seeing in and around Buchrain
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Rooterberg
The Rooterberg is a mountain north of the Alps, located between Root and Udligenswil in the canton of Lucerne. The mountain lies north of Lake Lucerne and west of Lake Zug, at the foothills of the Alps.
3.4 km · mountain in Switzerland · Wikipedia - 02Mall of Switzerland
The Mall of Switzerland is the biggest shopping mall in Central Switzerland. It is located in Ebikon.
900 m · shopping mall in Ebikon, Switzerland · Wikipedia - 03Rathausen Abbey Church
The Rathausen Abbey was a Cistercian convent for women located in the municipality of Ebikon in the Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. Founded in 1245 and dedicated to the Virgin Mary and Saint George, it was part of the Diocese of Constance and later the Diocese of Basel from 1819.
3.6 km · church building in Ebikon in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland · Wikipedia - 04Götzental Castle
Götzental Castle is a castle in the municipality of Dierikon of the Canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
2.2 km · castle in Dierikon in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland · Wikipedia
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Getting to Buchrain
- Airports
- Zürich (ZRH), 43 km · EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL), 84 km · Bodensee Friedrichshafen (FDH), 108 km
- Stations
- Emmen Air Base, 3.6 km · Ebikon railway station, 1.8 km · Buchrain railway station, 900 m · Root D4 railway station, 1.9 km · Waldibrücke railway station, 2.5 km
- Zurich → Buchrain34 km · quickest by road, 53 min · CHF4.5–6
- Geneva → Buchrain195 km · quickest by road, 3h 53m · CHF28–37
- Bâle / Mulhouse → Buchrain105 km · quickest by road, 2h 23m · €13–18
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Buchrain
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Buchrain. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inSchifffahrtsgesellschaft Vierwaldstättersee operates roughly hourly scheduled ferries to Schwyz, Flüelen, Weggis (for Rigi), and runs various themed dinner cruises etc all year around.
- Go nextRigi, the "Queen of Mountains", less than an hour away by ferry.
From Wikivoyage: Lucerne, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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If you know how people move in Buchrain – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Buchrain
Buchrain is 33 km from Zürich, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Ebikonmunicipality in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland1.9 km
- Adligenswilmunicipality in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland3.5 km
- Inwilmunicipality in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland2.4 km
- Udligenswilmunicipality in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland4 km
- Dierikonmunicipality in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland1.7 km
- Rootmunicipality in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland3.6 km