SwissCity Marathon - Lucerne

5 (7 Reviews)
Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland
26 Oct, 2025 (Sun)

Running

10 km, 21.1 km, 42.195 km

About the event

Embark on a breathtaking journey with the Swiss City Marathon in Lucerne, where the course guides you along the enchanting Lake Lucerne, framed by majestic, potentially snow-capped mountains. As you traverse this lush landscape, you'll find yourself weaving through the medieval streets of Lucerne, offering a truly magical experience. The marathon route begins at the Museum of Transport, skirting the scenic Horw peninsula and passing through the vibrant FC Lucerne football stadium. You'll then return to the heart of Lucerne, pass through the iconic KKL Lucerne and the charming old town, before reaching the triumphant finish back at the Museum of Transport.

Races offered by this event

You have 48 weeks to prepare

Marathon

26 Oct, 2025 (Sun)
Running
42.195 km
Solo
On site
Road
Flat
City
Music
Scenic
Stadium

CityRun 10K

26 Oct, 2025 (Sun)
Running
10 km
Solo
On site
Road
Flat
City
Music
Scenic
Stadium

Half Marathon

26 Oct, 2025 (Sun)
Running
21.1 km
Solo
On site
Road
Flat
City
Music
Scenic
Stadium

Course details

Course highlights

From 2025, the marathon route will become a “one-lap course” to Alpnachstad. The start and finish are at the Swiss Museum of Transport. Run past traditional luxury hotels and the Hofkirche church View of the Kappel Bridge and water tower Impressive mountain panorama of Central Switzerland Route along Lake Lucerne and around the Horw peninsula Wonderful view towards Obwalden along the shore of Lake Alpnach Horw atmosphere zone Run through the modern football stadium of FC Lucerne Run through the Lucerne Culture and Convention Center (KKL) Picturesque old town of Lucerne Finish at the Swiss Museum of Transport

Start address

Haldenstrasse 28, 6006 Lucerne, Switzerland

Finish address

Lidostrasse 5, 6006 Luzern, Switzerland

Route map

route map

What’s included in entry

These are included in your entry
Finisher medal
Massage
Custom bib number
Toilets
Goodie bag
Free public transport
Shuttle to Start Line
E-certificate/e-diploma
Nutrition Stations
Video Service
Expo entry
Drink Stations
Bag drop
Timing chip (single use)
Shower
Photo Service
Pre-race meal
Pacers
Dressing rooms
Medical Assistance

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Marco Genovese
Country flag of IT
Oct 2022
42.195 km

Perfectly organized marathon with excellent quality gadgets and t-shirts

The lakeside path is so beautiful and picturesque that at times you felt like stopping to take a picture. Great idea to include the half marathon on the second lap so it pushes you to go faster in the most difficult part of the marathon.

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Andrijana Ilic
Oct 2022
21.098 km

Great half marathon, organization is so good, the people was so happy and they cheered all over the route, I saw a deer and of course cows. It was great experience the finish line is prefect, red carpet is amazing. The rout it self has 3 hills before 10km, but after it is very good.

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Emma Green
21.098 km

Absolutely amazing, such a well organised event from start to finish. The set up was just incredible, never saw one queue for the portaloos even though 11k running, plenty of food and drink stations. Amazing scenic route, great crowd and great entertainment along the route (the music stations) absolutely loved it!

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rafal sobczak

Very pretty route taking you through the city and surrounding lake. Well organised and very friendly crowd. Super positive experience

21km of beautiful landscape

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Daniel Sean Kaiser

Tolle Route, perfekt organisiert (5 Sterne!) Viel besser geht es nicht mehr! Meine Top3 (Lauf-Events/Veranstaltungen) nebst New York & Palma de Mallorca.

2 interessante Laufrunden (Route: 2 x 21,1 KM) mit Schweizer Landschaftspanorama und einigen wenigen Wellen (Höhenmeter ca. 390) !

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Jostein Davidsen

Fantastic weather lake and mountains view , beautiful location and surroundings , cheerful crowded and very well organised

Was harder than expected , were two slow uphills before 10 km that became a challenge

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Tatyana Mishchenko
Country flag of CH

Great organization! the best marathon ever

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Results 2021: SwissCityMarathon - Lucerne

01 Nov, 2021 (Mon)

Marathon Brown T-roy grinded past more than 1385 runners to win in 02:29:21. He finished 5 minutes 23 seconds ahead of Vogelsang Luca. Rounding out the top three was Arnold Philipp with a time of 02:34:50. In the ladies race, Morceli Patricia took top spot in 02:59:30 . She bested Hofer Monique who crossed the finish line 37 seconds behind her. Rounding out the top three was Stasch Marieke with a time of 03:02:25. Top 5 Men 1 Brown T-roy BERN 02:29:21 2 Vogelsang Luca BÖSINGEN 02:34:44 3 Arnold Philipp CHAM 02:34:50 4 Albertin Ismael ST. GALLEN 02:37:36 5 Heron Dan OBERSCHAN 02:38:00 Top 5 Women 1 Morceli Patricia CHAM 02:59:30 2 Hofer Monique TSCHUGG 03:00:07 3 Stasch Marieke ZURICH 03:02:25 4 Huwyler-inauen Franziska UDLIGENSWIL 03:02:59 5 Suter Mena ZURICH 03:04:23 Complete results 1/2 Marathon Nydegger Michael outpaced more then 4927 runners to win in 01:10:16. Coming in second was Thalmann Sven (01:11:57). Polsini Tino got the third place in 01:14:32. In the women’s race, Müller Bettina finished first in 01:20:14 , followed by Aeschbacher Daniela who finished with a time of 01:22:46. Finishing third was Nagel-wallimann Doris (01:23:09). Top 5 Men 1 Nydegger Michael BERN 01:10:16 2 Thalmann Sven AARAU 01:11:57 3 Polsini Tino GELTERKINDEN 01:14:32 4 Kostyuchenko Nikita BINZ 01:14:45 5 Marti Sven BUOCHS 01:14:47 Top 5 Women 1 Müller Bettina OBERDORF 01:20:14 2 Aeschbacher Daniela BROW 01:22:46 3 Nagel-wallimann Doris HÜNENBERG 01:23:09 4 Leader Priska HINTERKAPPELEN 01:23:59 5 Rüegge Rahel ENNETMOOS 01:24:31 Complete results 5 Mile Run Peter Tobias took top honors by finishing the race in 00:29:59, followed by Nikolaius Algirdas who finished with a time of 00:30:24. Baumgartner Silvan got the third place in 00:30:28. In the women’s race, Bucher Gwen took top honors by finishing the race in 00:32:37 , ahead of Petersen Tatjana (00:36:41). Finishing third was Leutwiler Sara (00:37:13). Top 5 Men 1 Peter Tobias NEBIKON 00:29:59 2 Nikolaius Algirdas LUCERNE 00:30:24 3 Baumgartner Silvan KRIENS 00:30:28 4 Jutzet Yuri LUCERNE 00:30:43 5 Gisler Jonas BALLWIL 00:31:25 Top 5 Women 1 Bucher Gwen GUNZWIL 00:32:37 2 Petersen Tatjana RED CROSS 00:36:41 3 Leutwiler Sara USTER 00:37:13 4 Lustenberger Andrina SADDLE 00:37:44 5 Ulas Sinem HAMBURG 00:37:47 Complete results
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Results 2016: SwissCityMarathon - Lucerne

31 Oct, 2016 (Mon)

Credit : Matthias Bachmann Marathon Stefan Trummer grinded past more than 1464 runners to win in 02:30:23. He bested Michael Eggenberger who crossed the finish line 3 minutes 29 secondes behind him. Daniel Besse (02:35:47) made notched third place. In the women’s race, Susanne Rüegger won the race with a time of 02:40:23 . She bested Petra Eggenschwiler who crossed the finish line 9 minutes 19 secondes behind her. Finishing third was Claudia Bernasconi (02:52:45). Top 5 Men Top 5 Women Complete results 1/2 Marathon Christopher Zablocki outpaced more then 6347 runners to win in 01:05:42. Coming in second was Christopher Gmür (01:10:52). Howell Craske (01:11:25) made notched third place. In the women’s race, Sabine Hauswirth claimed victory with a time of 01:19:21 , ahead of Katrin Reischmann (01:20:49). Rounding out the top three was Simone Raatz with a time of 01:21:23. Top 5 Men Top 5 Women Complete results §staticmap(15150,5,800,200)
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Results: SwissCityMarathon - Lucerne

31 Oct, 2015 (Sat)

Marathon results Fabian Kuert (2:26:18.1) finished ahead of a field of more than 1,400 runners to win the Swiss City Marathon along Lake Lucerne in Switzerland. The only other runner to clear two and a half hours was Stephan Wenk (2:29:09.3). Heinz Bodenmann took third with a time of 2:32:10.7. For the women, it was Conny Berchtold (2:45:20.0) coming in first. Susanne Ruegger secured second with a time of 2:47:31.0. Claudia Bernasconi (2:49:54.9) finished seven and a half minutes ahead of fourth place. Photomarathon am #SwissCityMarathon – #Lucerne Geschichten zu Photos am #scml15 https://t.co/JGZKOaGzom pic.twitter.com/x3EVnFEQcK — Luzerner.ch (@Luzerner_ch) October 25, 2015 Top 10 Men 1 Fabian KUERT SUI 2:26:18.1 2 Stephan WENK SUI 2:29:09.3 3 Heinz BODENMANN SUI 2:32:10.7 4 Walter JENNI SUI 2:35:38.6 5 Thomas FRIEDEN SUI 2:36:04.9 6 Bernhard EGGENSCHWILER SUI 2:37:56.2 7 Patrick JEANNERET SUI 2:38:23.7 8 Philipp ARNOLD SUI 2:39:02.4 9 Stefan SCHMAUDER GER 2:40:00.7 10 Jose Manuel PERINO SUI 2:40:02.3 Top 10 Women 1 Conny BERCHTOLD SUI 2:45:20.0 2 Susanne RUEGGER SUI 2:47:31.0 3 Claudia BERNASCONI SUI 2:49:54.9 4 Nina ZOLLER SUI 2:57:26.0 5 Diana MULLER SUI 2:58:19.4 6 Simone HEGNER SUI 3:02:50.0 7 Aislinn OERI SUI 3:03:57.2 8 Franziska ETTER SUI 3:04:23.4 9 Simone HERTENSTEIN SUI 3:06:12.8 10 Samira SCHNURIGER SUI 3:07:52.9 Complete Results Half Marathon results Michael Ott (1:05:43.6) out ran almost 6,300 runners to win the Swiss City Half Marathon. Netserab Mesfun earned runner-up honors with a time of 1:09:14.4. Hirum Wandangi (1:10:08.0) finished just seconds ahead of Fabian Anrig (1:10:15.9) for third. For the women, it was Simone Raatz (1:18:46.0) taking the top spot in a tight one. Yvonne Kagi came in a close second at 1:18:57.7. Lisa Gubler (1:22.31.3) rounded out the top three. Top 10 Men 1 Michael OTT SUI 1:05:43.6 2 Netserab MESFUN ERI 1:09:14.4 3 Hirum WANDANGI SUI 1:10:08.0 4 Fabian ANRIG SUI 1:10:15.9 5 Andreas MEYER SUI 1:10:36.4 6 Elias GEMPERLI SUI 1:12:22.3 7 Nils MAKOS SUI 1:12:43.1 8 Manfred JAUCH SUI 1:13:02.0 9 Fabian KREIENBUHL SUI 1:13:43.4 10 Ivan GISLER SUI 1:14:05.2 Top 10 Women 1 Simone RAATZ GER 1:18:46.0 2 Yvonne KAGI SUI 1:18:57.7 3 Lisa GUBLER SUI 1:22.31.3 4 Mirjam NIEDERBERGER SUI 1:25:06.4 5 Patrizia KNUCHEL SUI 1:25:57.6 6 Evelyn MEIER SUI 1:26:20.3 7 Gabi TRICARICO SUI 1:26.29.5 8 Marlies BUTIKOFER SUI 1:27:30.4 9 Manuela JENNY SUI 1:27:30.5 10 Edith STEINMANN SUI 1:27:49.8 Complete Results 5k results Top 10 Men 1 Henrik LOFAS 29:00.7 2 Mirko BLATTLER 30:18.9 3 Benjamin LANG 30:27.2 4 Noah ENZMANN 30:58.1 5 Sven PUNTENER 31:13.0 6 Emanuel SCHONBACHLER 31:15.1 7 Daniel HELFENSTEIN 31:17.5 8 PASCAL HAAS 31:31.1 9 Renzo BASSETTI 31:39.1 10 Beat BLATTLER 31:41.6 Top 10 Women 1 Petra HERGER 33:14.9 2 Rahel BLATTLER 34:33.1 3 Brigitte GROB 35:22.4 4 Amy LEIBUNDGUT 36:06.2 5 Charline GONIN 37:44.7 6 Bernadette GISLER 37:56.3 7 Vreny PUNTENER 38:32.9 8 Helen KILCHMAN 38:36.3 9 Anita KEMPF 38:39.9 10 Michele BELJEAN 39:58.9 Complete Results
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