Light trails and light shows in the canton of Zug 2026
Beyond New Year: Cham and Zug (Zugerberg), until 6 January.
✓ Checked at the source · as of 12 October 2026
Light trails and shows in the canton of Zug
3 places, each with dates and a checked source
📅 3 light events 2026/27 — when they shine
- Start
- 18:30
- Opening hours
- “Lights on” on Friday 27 November 2026 at 6.30 pm · then daily from about 5 to 10 pm, Fri and Sat until 11 pm, on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve until 12.30 am
- Meeting point
- Kapelle Wishalden am Fuss der Baarburg (Parkplätze bei der ehemaligen Spinnerei)
- Organiser
- Verein Lichterweg Baar
Almost 2,000 LED lamps along about 1.5 kilometres at the foot of the Baarburg: left to the Heiligkreuz chapel, right to the forest kindergarten's “forest sofa” with a fire — and on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve it stays lit until 12.30 am.
Good to know- The 2026/27 programme is published as a draft “still without guarantee”. It includes: Samichlaus at the forest sofa on 8 Dec (5 pm), open singing on 9 Dec, a legends walk on 13 Dec (adults CHF 15, children free), “lights off” on 3 or 10 January 2027.
- No booking, no admission fee. Good footwear recommended.
Source: lichterweg-baar.ch · checked on 12 October 2026
- Start
- 17:15–21:00
- Opening hours
- Saturday 28 November 2026 to Friday 1 January 2027 inclusive · lit daily from 5.15 pm to about 9 pm, depending on how long the candles burn
- Meeting point
- Brunchplatz im Hirsgarten, Cham
- Food and drink
- Stand «Engelwy» täglich mit Glühwein, Rieslingsuppe und Wein (nicht am 24.12. und 1.1.); samstags zusätzlich Bratwurst, Hotdog, Bratkäse, Kaffee und Kuchen
- Organiser
- OK Chomer Liechtliweg mit Cham Tourismus
Real candles instead of LEDs: volunteers light the lanterns every evening, four “elves” a night — the organisers speak of 132 elves — and they then run like a string of lights along the lake from the Hirsgarten through Villette Park.
Good to know- Opening on Sat 28 Nov at 6 pm with the mayor and the Schlossgruess yodel club; music on Saturdays 5, 12, 19 and 26 Dec at 6 pm; on 5 Dec at 5 pm the Samichlaus visits the Villette. Closing on 1 Jan 2027 at 6 pm with free mulled wine “while it lasts”.
Source: liechtliweg.ch · checked on 12 October 2026
- Start
- 16:30
- Opening hours
- 6 December 2026 to 6 January 2027 · candles from about 4.30 pm · Zugerberg funicular every 15 minutes from 5 to 8 pm
- Meeting point
- Bergstation Zugerberg
- Destination
- Zugiblubbi Haus mit der beleuchteten Krippe
- Organiser
- Zugerberg Bahn AG
1.2 kilometres by candlelight from the top station to the lit nativity scene at the Zugiblubbi house: you can write in the book of lights there — and, new this year, drop off a wish card picked up at the top station.
Good to know- The path is not fully passable with a pram or wheelchair; the Zugerberg Bahn route map shows alternatives. The funicular itself is wheelchair-accessible.
Everything on Zug · Zugerberg→
Source: zbb.ch · checked on 12 October 2026
🕐 Lighting times and closed days
When the lanterns burn and the shows run, as the organisers published them for 2026/27. Where a time is missing, we do not invent one.
“Lights on” on Friday 27 November 2026 at 6.30 pm · then daily from about 5 to 10 pm, Fri and Sat until 11 pm, on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve until 12.30 am
Saturday 28 November 2026 to Friday 1 January 2027 inclusive · lit daily from 5.15 pm to about 9 pm, depending on how long the candles burn
6 December 2026 to 6 January 2027 · candles from about 4.30 pm · Zugerberg funicular every 15 minutes from 5 to 8 pm
🏘️ 3 municipalities with organiser
3 places in 3 municipalities of the canton of Zug. 3 of them have their own page with times, route and source.
- Baar — Lichterweg Baar, Verein Lichterweg Baar, from 27 November 2026.
- Cham — Chomer Liechtliweg, OK Chomer Liechtliweg mit Cham Tourismus, 28 November 2026.
- Zug · Zugerberg — Lichterweg Zugerberg, Zugerberg Bahn AG, 6 December 2026.
📍 Start & getting there — where it begins
Where the route starts and how to get there, as the organisers describe it.
- Meeting point
- Kapelle Wishalden am Fuss der Baarburg (Parkplätze bei der ehemaligen Spinnerei)
- Meeting point
- Brunchplatz im Hirsgarten, Cham
- Meeting point
- Bergstation Zugerberg
- Destination
- Zugiblubbi Haus mit der beleuchteten Krippe
🔦 Good to know before you go
Prams, weather, tickets, a torch: what the organisers announce themselves.
- Good to know
- The 2026/27 programme is published as a draft “still without guarantee”. It includes: Samichlaus at the forest sofa on 8 Dec (5 pm), open singing on 9 Dec, a legends walk on 13 Dec (adults CHF 15, children free), “lights off” on 3 or 10 January 2027. · No booking, no admission fee. Good footwear recommended.
- Good to know
- Opening on Sat 28 Nov at 6 pm with the mayor and the Schlossgruess yodel club; music on Saturdays 5, 12, 19 and 26 Dec at 6 pm; on 5 Dec at 5 pm the Samichlaus visits the Villette. Closing on 1 Jan 2027 at 6 pm with free mulled wine “while it lasts”.
- Food and drink
- Stand «Engelwy» täglich mit Glühwein, Rieslingsuppe und Wein (nicht am 24.12. und 1.1.); samstags zusätzlich Bratwurst, Hotdog, Bratkäse, Kaffee und Kuchen
- Good to know
- The path is not fully passable with a pram or wheelchair; the Zugerberg Bahn route map shows alternatives. The funicular itself is wheelchair-accessible.
📊 Days compared within the canton
Documented lights in the canton of Zug run from Friday, 27 November 2026 to Wednesday, 6 January 2027.
🗺️ 4 cantons compared
13 per cent of all the lights we have verified across Switzerland shine in the canton of Zug: 3 of 23.
For the canton of Zug we list 3 light trails, shows and illuminations in 3 municipalities, 3 of them with a published 2026/27 date. The rest are listed as open. We never write a date we have not read at the source.
| Canton | Events | date set | First date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bern | 4 | 4 | 17 October 2026 |
| Valais | 3 | 2 | 29 November 2026 |
| Zug | 3 | 3 | 27 November 2026 |
| Zurich | 3 | 3 | 5 November 2026 |
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