Hergiswil has the only glass factory in Switzerland.
You can watch the glass being blown, and glass sculptures being formed. The tour starts in the museum “shaped by fire”.
Afterwards we can see the glassblowers at work, and for CHF 15.–. you can actually blow our own glass ball to take home with us. We will visit the Glass Archive and the Priceless Glass exhibition.
After the tour the entrance to the Glass Labyrinth can be found at the reception.
After lunch we can visit the two shops on site, one is selling the original glass objects and one is a seconds shop.
Price: CHF 5.–. For the tour
Members should get their own train tickets. There is a varied menu for lunch at your own cost.
Where: Meet at the Basel SBB at the bottom of the escalator at 08:45
Train Leaves Basel at 09:17 arriving in Hergiswil at 10:54 (Change in Lucerne)
For people coming from other regions please be at the entrance to the glass factory by 11.00 hours.
Reservations to: Angela Meier-Jones, e-mail angiemeier@gmx.ch or tel: 079-322-4452
Please send your application and any questions by the 10 April 2018.