Sonnenberg Tunnel
The Sonnenberg Tunnel is a 1,550 m long motorway tunnel, constructed between 1971 and 1976 and located in Lucerne, Switzerland. At its completion it was also the world's largest civilian nuclear fallout shelter, designed to protect 20,000 civilians in the eventuality of war or disaster.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Cooper, Public domain.
- Type: Museum
- Description: Swiss tunnel and fallout shelter
- Also known as: “Sonnenberg nuclear fallout shelter” and “Zivilschutzanlage Sonnenberg”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kapellbrücke and Schlössli Schönegg.
Kapellbrücke
The Kapellbrücke is a covered wooden footbridge spanning the river Reuss diagonally in the city of Lucerne in central Switzerland. Named after the nearby St. Kapellbrücke is situated 1 km northeast of Sonnenberg Tunnel.
Schlössli Schönegg
Photo: Luca.dall, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Schlössli Schönegg is situated 460 metres north of Sonnenberg Tunnel.
Jesuit Church, Lucerne
Church
The Lucerne Jesuit Church is a Catholic church in Lucerne, Switzerland. It is the first large Baroque church built in Switzerland north of the Alps. The Jesuit order, founded by Ignatius of Loyola in 1534, were active participants in the Counter-Reformation, the Catholic fight against the birth of Protestantism. Jesuit Church, Lucerne is situated 780 metres northeast of Sonnenberg Tunnel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kriens and Littau.
Kriens
Town
Photo: Tilman-AB, Public domain.
Kriens is a city and a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. The municipality lies at the foot of the mountain Pilatus, and is a western suburb of Lucerne.
Littau
Suburb
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Littau is a former municipality, and now part of the city of Lucerne, in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2010 the municipality of Littau merged into the municipality of Lucerne. Littau is situated 3 km west of Sonnenberg Tunnel.
Horw
Town
Photo: Chrisaliv, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Horw is a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. Horw is situated 3½ km south of Sonnenberg Tunnel.
Sonnenberg Tunnel
- Categories: road tunnel, fallout shelter, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Lucerne, Lucerne District, Canton of Lucerne, Central Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.04646° or 47° 2′ 47″ northLongitude
8.29664° or 8° 17′ 48″ eastOpen location code
8FVC27WW+HMOpenStreetMap ID
node 4147507221OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q2301859
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Sonnenberg Tunnel” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “索嫩山隧道”
- French: “tunnel du Sonnenberg”
- French: “Tunnel du Sonnenberg”
- German: “Sonnenbergtunnel”
- Japanese: “ゾンネンベルク・トンネル”
- Korean: “소넨베르크 터널”
- Russian: “Зонненберг”
- Ukrainian: “Тунель Зонненберг”
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Highlights include Bruchmatt Tobel Park and Bergli Park.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sonnenberg Tunnel”. Photo: Cooper, Public domain.