Murten Light Festival 2027: light art in the old town — and wishes floating on the lake
✓ Checked at the source · as of 13 October 2026
For 12 nights, from 20 January 2027 to 31 January 2027, light art takes over Murten's old town, every evening from 6 to 10 pm. Buy by 19 January and you pay 8 francs instead of 12; under-16s get in free but still need a ticket. Out on the lake float lanterns carrying visitors' wishes.
📅 Lit days 2026/27 — date and status
12 days in a row, 2 weekends included.
Murten Licht-Festival / Morat Festival des Lumières
✓Wednesday, 20 January 2027 – Sunday, 31 January 2027 · 12 days
- Organiser
- Murten Licht-Festival (Region Murtensee)
Source: murtenlichtfestival.ch · checked on 13 October 2026
🕐 Lighting times and closed days
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20 to 31 January 2027, daily 6–10 pm
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📍 Start & getting there — where it begins
- Meeting point
- Altstadt (Stedtli) Murten
🔦 Good to know from the organiser
- Advance tickets until Tuesday 19.01.2027: CHF 8 per adult; after that CHF 12. Free for under-16s, but they need a ticket.
- All installations are included in the ticket; only the show in the German Church needs a separate ticket (6.10, 6.50, 7.30, 8.10 pm, plus 8.50 and 9.30 pm on Fridays and Saturdays).
- Murten station is a 7-minute walk from the festival; from Neuchâtel there is the LNM boat. The organiser recommends weekdays and Sunday evenings, when it is quieter.
- Every evening from 6 to 9 pm, personal lanterns float on the lake, each with a wish that a visitor wrote or drew on it.
- 2026 edition: 73,000 visitors, 20 arteplages (the organiser's programme archive).
✨ What to expect
Every evening from 6 to 9 pm, lanterns float on Lake Murten, each carrying a wish a visitor wrote or drew on it. In the old town behind them stand the arteplages: 20 in 2026, with 73,000 visitors, according to the organiser's archive, which goes back to 2016.
All installations are included in the ticket. Only the show in the German Church has its own: at 6.10, 6.50, 7.30 and 8.10 pm, plus 8.50 and 9.30 pm on Fridays and Saturdays.
What would you write on your lantern?
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🎯 Tips for the evening
A planned evening costs less. What to know before you go.
- 1Late in the seasonA date for late deciders: 15 of the 16 events with a fixed date have already started before.
- 2Come on a weekdayThe organiser recommends weekdays and Sunday evenings. By the lake and in the museum it is often less crowded.
- 3From 18:00It only starts at 18:00 – an evening outing.
- 42 weekendsThe period spans 2 weekends – miss one and there is still a second.
📊 Lit days compared with the neighbours
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- MurtenMurten Licht-Festival / Morat Festival des Lumières
🗺️ Nearby — more lights
At the same time Lucerne shines with Lilu, with a free walk. Murten already has its Christmas market in Advent and the boat trip with St Nicholas.
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❓ FAQ — in short
Answers from the verified dataset — no date is carried over from the previous year.
People also ask
Related questions from our magazine
Yes, Lilu in Lucerne, from 14 January 2027 to 24 January 2027, free walk.
Yes, on the Advent trip with St Nicholas.
The ConvivaPlus verdict
Murten is the light festival for a planned evening: ticket bought by 19 January, a weekday visit, the church show added on. Turn up on a Saturday without a plan and you pay more and meet the biggest crowds.
Freshness note: The organiser's tickets, practical info and programme archive, read on 13 October 2026.
Check the latest: ConvivaPlus light trails dataset 2026/27 – Murten →
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