Places of Interest

Wunderbox - Souvenir Shop	Zug
The "Wunderbox" in the Old Town of Zug provides information about the town and the Canton as well as selling souvenirs that reflect the variety of articles available from the region.

Art Gallery	Zug
Since 1990 the baroque "village manor" has been the home of the Art Gallery. Five to six exhibitions are shown annually, dedicated to present-day and 20th century art. The main focus of the collection is on Swiss Surrealism and Phantastic, as well as art from Zug and Central Switzerland.

Burgbach Fountain	Zug
The fountain we see today on the playground of the Burgbach School was built in 1936 by Giovanni Salvadé, a sculptor from Caslano in Ticino.

Casino Theatre	Zug
Plays have been performed on this loveliest of lakeside spots since 1909: scene too of many other events. Two well-known Zug architects, Dagobert Keiser and Richard Bracher, designed the older part of the building, which reflects the baroque style of the old town nearby.

Clock Tower	Zug
This landmark is 52 metres high and rises above the other towers of the town. The lower part was built simply as a passage-way through the town wall. Hans Felder snr, from Bavaria, a master builder, who also built St. Oswald's Church, added the tower in 1478-1480.

Drinking Fountain at Railway Station	Zug
Ilya and Emilia Kabakov from the Ukraine & USA designed this unusual fountain (entitled "Drinking Fountain") in Carrara marble, for the opening of the new railway station in Zug in November 2003.

Gret Schell (Carnival)	Zug
Gret Schell comes alive once a year: on the Monday of Carnival Week. Accompanied by seven jesters, she carries her drunken husband home through the old town in a pannier on her back.

Gret Schell Fountain	Zug
It is thought that this fountain was erected at the end of the 18th or beginning of the 19th century in simple classical style.

Museum of Prehistory	Zug
This refurbished Museum appeals equally to children, teenagers and adults.

Ober-Altstadt Well & Fountain	Zug
For several years now a modern fountain has stood in the narrow street of the upper old town (Ober Altstadt), modern but with a historical past. A fountain stood on this spot in the 16th century - with a well that was of great importance to the inhabitants of the time.

Schwarzmurer Fountain	Zug
In the 16th century there was already a fountain on the spot where the Schwarzmurer fountain now stands. In 1548 a contract was signed in Lucerne for the erection of the fountain we see today, and in 1549 the Lucerne master Jörg Schlosser built it and laid the pipes.

St. Oswald's Church	Zug
On the 18th May 1478 the people of Zug, under the direction of Hans Felder, laid the foundation stones for this late-gothic church. The single-nave church was completed in five years and in the mid-16th century was extended to a three-nave basilica.