Hi, I just read in another post that all the shops are closed in Lucerne on Saturday and Sunday. Is this accurate?

It's been a while since my last trip, so better wait for some more info, but shops are open on Saturdays but closed on Sundays, from my recollection. A few tourist-oriented, mostly souvenir shops, were open on Sundays.

General shopping hours throughout Switzerland at weekend are 8.30 or 9 am to 12 noon (some shops open to 5pm) and closed all day Sunday. Sunday closing is sacrosanct and there are few exceptions, such as those at train stations, airports, attached to service stations and a few souvenir shops (but most of them are closed).

> General shopping hours throughout Switzerland at weekend are 8.30 or 9 am to 12 noon (some shops open to 5pm)

Throughout Switzerland? Where did you get that? Or perhaps you meant "shopping hours" when people do their weekend shopping and not actual opening hours? I live in Geneva and most (not some) shops are open till 17:00 and actually some till 18:00 like a few big Coop & Migros supermarkets.

It seems a big stores such as Globus (department stores) and Bucherer (watches, expensive ones to Swatches) in Lucerne are open till 16:00 and I suppose many follow that.

You are right about Sunday though.

From the Lucerene.com website:

General opening hours in Lucerne

Monday through Wednesday 9 am - 6.30 pm

Thursday and Friday 9 am - 9 pm
Saturday 9 am - 4 pm

Sunday In summer a few shops open at 11 am.


The shops in the train station are most often open daily until 8 pm.

Sorry, that should be the Lucerne.com website.

BettyK is right. Shops are nowadays open during lunch as well. Things have changed over the past twenty years!

Ok great. Phew! I just booked a weekend trip to Lucerne and was concerned that everything would be closed. Not that I plan to spend a ton of time shopping, but I like to have it as an option. Thanks for all the help!

We were in Luzern this Sept. Sunday will find only the stores in the train station open. You will find a few apparel shops there.

Shops in Lucerne are closed in Thursday! And during Saturdays, it is open till 9.30pm!

What price is it for the train to Lucerne from Zurich Airport?

Hey! The cheapest watch in Lucerne(Rolex) at Bucherer is about CHF 4000!

>Shops in Lucerne are closed in Thursday! And during Saturdays, it is open till 9.30pm!<

Not true. See BettyK's post for opening times.

Luzern is a Old City!