Marathon Lucerne
Marathon Lucerne starts and finishes at the Swiss Transport Museum, placing runners beside one of Lucerne's most familiar public landmarks. This road marathon, first held in 2007, was formerly known as the Swiss City Marathon. The event also features a half marathon and a 13 km "try-out marathon" for those seeking a shorter distance. The Lucerne Marathon Association organizes the race, with Coop as the primary sponsor. The marathon course utilizes a half-marathon circuit, meaning full marathon runners complete the loop twice. The route proceeds along Haldenstrasse, passing the chapel royal and Lucerne’s historic luxury hotels. It crosses the pier from Schwanenplatz, offering views of Chapel Bridge, the Water Tower, and the Old Town, before continuing past Jean Nouvel’s Culture and Congress Centre. The course then circles the Horw peninsula, follows Lake Lucerne with the Central Swiss Alps visible, passes the 13 km finish in Horw, goes through the Allmend stadium area, and returns to the pier and the museum. Its inaugural event had 5,594 finishers, the largest debut for a running event in Switzerland, and Viktor Roethlin, a prominent Swiss marathon runner, acts as race ambassador.
