Lucerne & the Chapel Bridge
Swans on the Reuss, the wooden Chapel Bridge and Alps on the horizon: Lucerne on a live webcam.
About this view
Lucerne's essentials in one frame: the Reuss flowing out of the lake, swans patrolling, and the Kapellbrücke, the flower-decked wooden bridge first raised around 1365 and faithfully rebuilt after a devastating 1993 fire, with Pilatus rising 2,000 metres behind the rooftops.
Watch the water traffic change with the seasons: belle-époque paddle steamers in summer, hardy swans year-round. The bridge's flower boxes are a civic institution, replanted to bloom continuously from spring to autumn.
In February, Lucerne's Fasnacht, Switzerland's wildest carnival, sends masked bands through the old town at dawn. On a live cam that runs 24/7 the rest of the year, Swiss punctuality extends to the light: golden hour on the lake, right on schedule.
