Zugora

Lake and water

Seeufer Walchwil

Walchwil · 415 m above sea level

Translation This English text is a draft translation of the German original and has not been reviewed yet.

Lakeshore at Walchwil
Photo: Pascal Schnyder, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons · Photo · CC BY-SA 4.0

Walchwil lies on the eastern shore of Lake Zug on the southern slope of the Zugerberg and is often called the «Zug Riviera». Sweet chestnuts, figs and grapes thrive in this sheltered spot; scheduled boats call at the boat station in the village.

Facts

  • Nickname «Zug Riviera»
  • Sweet chestnuts, figs, kiwis and grapes
  • Many cherry trees for Zuger Kirsch
  • Walchwil boat station

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More information

Coordinates (LV95): 2,681,525 / 1,217,078

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.