Lucerne Youth Hostel with a fresh new look

Lucerne Youth Hos­tel on the pic­turesque Lake Rot­see is a build­ing with a his­to­ry: Ever since its open­ing in 1978, it’s wel­comed a con­sid­er­able num­ber of guests and over­heard lots of sto­ries and adven­tures.

Now, this old lady has been revi­talised and made even more beau­ti­ful with impres­sive wall­pa­per.

The large pho­tos on the walls in the lounges and din­ing room are accom­pa­nied by a video obsta­cle course with rid­dling phone calls. It ulti­mate­ly leads you to the youth hostel’s defunct tele­phone box, where the solu­tion to the rid­dle is soon to be found.

Modern lounges and optimised food services

On the way to recep­tion, you’ll notice not only the pho­to wall­pa­per, but also the great design of the seat­ing and inte­ri­or spaces. Thanks to col­lab­o­ra­tion with Nad­er Inte­ri­or, the pic­tures and inte­ri­or design are per­fect­ly matched.
In the back­ground, the ren­o­va­tion project also aimed to improve stan­dards in the rooms and focused on repair­ing sur­faces. Food ser­vices work­flows were also opti­mised.

The fascination of technology and mobility

The idea behind the wall pho­tos is a cohe­sive pre­sen­ta­tion. It high­lights small sec­tions of large objects in high res­o­lu­tion. With­out giv­ing too much away: All pho­to sub­jects are pop­u­lar wit­ness­es of the past of Swiss mobil­i­ty tech­nol­o­gy and real exhibits at the Swiss Muse­um of Trans­port in Lucerne.

To the delight of the keen row­ers who train on Lake Rot­see espe­cial­ly, the din­ing room also fea­tures a real, around 50-year-old skiff to go with the wall­pa­per.

Where to go?

What does the Swiss Muse­um of Trans­port have to do with the youth hos­tel – or vice ver­sa? That’s sim­ple: Lucerne Youth Hos­tel is plan­ning a change in loca­tion and has found just the right part­ner: the Swiss Muse­um of Trans­port.

The muse­um premis­es include a high-rise office build­ing from the 60s. Fol­low­ing a com­plete ren­o­va­tion, the youth hos­tel will relo­cate there, offer­ing not only a post­card panora­ma, but also an unpar­al­leled loca­tion.

Until then: enjoy Lake Rotsee!

As long as the hostel’s cur­rent loca­tion guar­an­tees prox­im­i­ty to Lake Rot­see, you should enjoy that ben­e­fit to the fullest. Because Lake Rot­see, also called «Göt­tersee» (Lake of Gods) among row­ers, has plen­ty of aces up its sleeve.

The shore areas are a con­ser­va­tion area and are home to ver­sa­tile flo­ra and fau­na. Two-and-a-half kilo­me­tres in length, the lake is ide­al for row­ing regat­tas.

But the water also invites you to take a nice dip or sun­bath, as the rolling hills pro­vide pro­tec­tion from the strong wind. If you’re lucky, maybe the lake will even freeze over in win­ter, trans­form­ing into a nat­ur­al ice field. And walk­ers will find a slow-paced loop trail with a play­ground and sec­tions of for­est.