Zug

Zug is a town of 31,345 people (2021) in the Zurich region of Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zug. This article also covers the neighbouring town of Cham (population 17,042 in 2020).

Zug
There are trains every half an hour from Zurich, Brunnen or Lucerne. It is also easily reachable from the Canton of Ticino.

Cham
The town of is a 7-minute train ride from Zug.

Get around
The town is small enough to be discovered on foot.

Buy
In Zug the best things you can buy is food respectively pastry:
 * The famous Zuger Kirschtorte (a cake filled with kirsch). Places to buy: Konditorei Meier, Konditorei Treichler/Heini
 * Speckli (pastry with almond-taste). Places to buy: Konfiserie Speck (speck.ch).
 * Bsetzi Stei (small chocolates with a bit of alcohol flavour). Places to buy: Aeschbacher Chocolatier
 * Chriesiblüete (something like a little Kirschtorte coated with chocolate)

Eat