Chomer Liechtliweg 2026/27: real candles on Lake Zug — lit by 132 elves, four a night
✓ Checked at the source · as of 12 October 2026
In Cham the Liechtliweg does not shine with LEDs but with candles. Every evening four volunteer “elves” light the lanterns, the organisers speak of 132 in all, and then the string of lights runs along the lake from the Hirsgarten to the lido and through Villette Park. It shines for as long as the candles burn.
📅 Lit days 2026/27 — date and status
35 days in a row, 5 weekends included.
Chomer Liechtliweg
✓Saturday, 28 November 2026 – Friday, 1 January 2027 · 35 days
- Organiser
- OK Chomer Liechtliweg mit Cham Tourismus
Source: liechtliweg.ch · checked on 12 October 2026
🕐 Lighting times and closed days
A period does not yet tell you whether the light is on your evening.
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
🗓️ Is it lit today?
35 days with something on, 10 of them on a Saturday or Sunday – enter your day and the check tells you what is open.
📅 Visit-day check
Pick the day you are free — the answer comes from the verified ConvivaPlus dataset, not from a run you have to work out in your head.
| Session | Run | Opening hours | Date set? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chomer Liechtliweg | Sat 28 Nov – Fri 1 Jan35 days | 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 | confirmed |
Calculated from the ConvivaPlus dataset — every row with its own source above.
📍 Start & getting there — where it begins
- Meeting point
- Brunchplatz im Hirsgarten, Cham
🔦 Good to know from the organiser
- 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
- 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”.
✨ What to expect
The heart of it is the candles: volunteers light them every day, families, singles, long-time residents and newcomers. Each evening needs four elves; the organisers speak of 132. For this teamwork the municipality honoured the Liechtliweg with its “CHAMpion” award, and the artist-designed Cham bear sits at the cash stand this Advent.
It opens on Saturday 28 November 2026 at 6 pm with mayor Georges Helfenstein and the Schlossgruess yodel club. On the Saturdays after that, brass players, alphorns and a horn quartet from the music school play, and on 5 December the Samichlaus comes to the Villette. At the close on New Year's Day there is free mulled wine while it lasts.
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🎯 Tips for the evening
Candles, music, a stand at the Brunchplatz. What to know beforehand.
- 1For early planners: 8 of the 16 events with a fixed date start later than this one.
- 2Saturdays at 6 pmOn the Saturdays in Advent and on 26 December there is music at 6 pm at the Brunchplatz in the Hirsgarten.
- 3Engelwy at the standDaily mulled wine, riesling soup and wine at the Engelwy stand, except 24 December and 1 January. On Saturdays also sausages, hot dogs, grilled cheese, coffee and cake. Cash or TWINT.
- 4From 17:15It only starts at 17:15 – an evening outing.
📊 Lit days compared with the neighbours
On 31 days Zurich is on as well – two places in one outing.
Each bar is one light, dark this one, pale the nearest ones.
🗺️ Nearby — more lights
In the same canton the Baar light trail shines with nearly 2,000 lamps and, from St Nicholas Sunday, the Zugerberg light trail. All three are on the canton page.
All 23 verified lights in Switzerland in the overview.
More light trails and shows in the canton of Zug
All of the canton of Zug→Just across the canton border
❓ FAQ — in short
Answers from the verified dataset — no date is carried over from the previous year.
People also ask
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Yes, nearly 2,000 lights at the foot of the Baarburg.
Yes, 1.2 kilometres by candlelight to the nativity scene.
The ConvivaPlus verdict
Cham is the light trail with the most village in it: candles instead of power, volunteers instead of technology, yodellers and brass on Saturdays. To see it while all the lanterns burn, come early.
Freshness note: Programme and times read at the source on 12 October 2026. The source's homepage says “1 January 2026”; the programme on the same site says 1 January 2027, the only date that matches the weekday.
Check the latest: ConvivaPlus light trails dataset 2026/27 – Cham →
- ◆A bear at the till: the artist-designed Cham bear sits at the cash stand this Advent and watches the bustle.
🗓️ At the same time in the canton of Zug
How we check
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