Lucerne Youth Hostel with a fresh new look

What’s new at Lucerne Youth Hostel? In this article, you’ll learn what benefits the renovation offers our guests as well as the secret behind the large wall photos.

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.

Impres­sive wall pho­to with a small video screen for the video obsta­cle course. © Andrea Solter­mann

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.

«Hel­lo, who’s there?» It all begins with a mys­te­ri­ous call out­side Lucerne Youth Hos­tel. © Swiss Youth Hos­tels

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.

Lucerne Youth Hos­tel fol­low­ing ren­o­va­tions. © Andrea Solter­mann

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.

Fas­ci­nat­ing per­spec­tives in the lounge area and the din­ing room. © Andrea Solter­mann, Matthias Schnegg

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.

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Bird’s‑eye view of the Swiss Muse­um of Trans­port and the high-rise office build­ing. © Verkehrshaus/Swiss Muse­um of Trans­port

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.

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Sun and pure nature at Lake Rot­see. © Swiss Youth Hos­tels

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