Root
In vascular plants, the roots are the organs of a plant that are modified to provide anchorage for the plant and take in water and nutrients into the plant body, which allows plants to grow taller and faster.
In vascular plants, the roots are the organs of a plant that are modified to provide anchorage for the plant and take in water and nutrients into the plant body, which allows plants to grow taller and faster. They are most often below the surface of the soil, but roots can also be aerial or aerating, that is, growing up above the ground or especially above water.
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Worth seeing in and around Root
3 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.
1.8 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.
3.3 km · shopping mall in Ebikon, Switzerland · Wikipedia - 03Götzental 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.
2.7 km · castle in Dierikon in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland · Wikipedia
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Getting to Root
- Airports
- Zürich (ZRH), 40 km · EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL), 85 km · Bodensee Friedrichshafen (FDH), 105 km
- Stations
- Buchrain railway station, 3.4 km · Gisikon-Root railway station, 800 m · Root D4 railway station, 1.6 km
- Zurich → Root31 km · quickest by road, 50 min · CHF4–6
- Geneva → Root199 km · quickest by road, 3h 58m · CHF28–38
- Bâle / Mulhouse → Root105 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · €14–19
- 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 Root
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 Root. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inRigi rises up from the "Lucerne Riviera" on the eastern coast of Lake Lucerne (Vierwaldstattersee), so the most scenic way to get in from or via Lucerne is by ferry, which run from Lucerne Bahnhofquai (right next to the train station) roughly hourly.
- Get inThere are two primary gateways: Ferry to Vitznau (1 hour), then boarding the Rigi Railway up to Rigi Kaltbad (15 min) or Rigi Kulm.
- Get inWhile the ferry ride from Lucerne to Vitznau is about 20 min longer than to Weggis, the Vitznau ferry and rail stations are immediately next to each other and schedules are synchronized, making this the easier option.
- Get inFerry to Weggis (40 min), then walking about 15 min uphill to the Weggis-Rigi Kaltbad cable car (every 30 min).
- Get inRigi Railways tickets are valid for both train and cable car, which makes going up by train and down by cable car a popular combo.
From Wikivoyage: Rigi, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-07.
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Next door to Root
Root is 31 km from Zürich, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Dietwilmunicipality in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland3.8 km
- Inwilmunicipality in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland3.2 km
- Gisikonmunicipality in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland1.2 km
- Buchrainmunicipality in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland3.9 km
- Udligenswilmunicipality in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland2.8 km
- Dierikonmunicipality in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland2.4 km