Photos from Lucerne, North-West, Switzerland, Europe - page 2

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Waiting for the bus in Kriens

A very pleasant way to travel

A slow descent with 360 degree views

Now onto the smaller cable cars

Not good for people with vertigo

Quite a setting

Church on a hilltop seen from the gondola

They look like model trains from a distance

Looking down at the train and gondola stations from one of view points

The trio of alphorns

View across the valley

View of another train arriving at the summit

Alpine cows with bells as seen from the cog railway

Not a bad place to live 😉

A few of the beautiful views from the boat journey ….

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and lots of example of intricate metalwork

and another angle 👍

There are lots of beautiful murals in Lucerne….

The Swiss do love an ornate fountain

Chapel bridge from a different angle 😉

Impressive wooden side door entrance of the church

View of the Chapel bridge with its water tower

Making friends with the locals

Map of the circular top from Lucerne to Mt. Pilates and back again

Inside the impressive Hofkirche St. Leodegar

The Lion Monument is a memorial to Swiss Guards killed in the French Revolution

Towers on city wall

Intricate wooden roof and paintings on the Chaple bridge

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