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Lucerne Carnival (Luzerner Fasnacht)

Central Switzerland's Catholic carnival, opening with the 5am 'Urknall' and featuring Guggenmusik brass bands and three main parades.

When
Schmutziger Donnerstag through Ash Wednesday (early February)
Town
Lucerne
Type
Carnival

Source: luzern.com

47.0500° N 8.3000° E · LucerneRelief interpolated · not a survey mapOpen the full map

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Baran Robin, Rainer Lüthy, Berke Can, Abhishek Navlakha · Pexels · Pexels License

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