Zugora

Museum and art

Bahnhof Zug mit Lichtinstallation von James Turrell

Zug · 424 m above sea level

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Zug station with the light installation by James Turrell
Photo: Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons · Photo · CC BY-SA 3.0

From dusk onwards, Zug station, reopened in 2003, is lit by the light installation «light transport» by the artist James Turrell. Fluorescent tubes behind the southern glass front create changing colours of red, green and blue.

Facts

  • New station opened on 28 November 2003
  • Lit from dusk until 23:00
  • Brunel Award 2005 for the light installation and architecture
  • Sometimes switched off during long cold spells

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More information

Coordinates (LV95): 2,681,607 / 1,225,317

Sources and rights

  • Terrain, relief, municipal boundaries, buildings and hiking trails: © swisstopo
  • Playgrounds and family places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License (ODbL); the derived database of places (JSON file to download) is also available under the ODbL.
  • Photos of the places of interest: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence with each photo.
  • Position of the sun after the NOAA formulas; shade values from swissSURFACE3D and swissALTI3D (calculated by the zug-family project).
  • Tips link to Zug Tourismus; only name and location are taken over.