?php /** * Slow Switzerland — Credentials * Copy this file to credentials.php and fill in your values. * NEVER commit credentials.php to git. */ // Database define('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); // e.g. localhost define('DB_NAME', 'switzerland_slow'); // e.g. slowswitzerland define('DB_USER', 'switzerland_slow'); // e.g. db_user define('DB_PASS', 'AfTLqz9dWDcPDwE525b4'); // your database password // Anthropic API define('ANTHROPIC_API_KEY', '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'); // your Anthropic API key // Admin credentials define('ADMIN_USER', 'admin'); define('ADMIN_PASS_HASH', '$2y$10$.hRzuLeq26fZ1V68t1ajCeRwkSwqggosZdeoD4zvl61C1DyH88w0K'); // generate with: php -r "echo password_hash('yourpassword', PASSWORD_DEFAULT);" // Site URL (optional — defaults to https://slowswitzerland.com) // define('SITE_URL', 'https://slowswitzerland.com'); Lucerne — Slow Travel Guide — Slow Switzerland
Lucerne, Switzerland

Lucerne

Where the Alps meet the lake.

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I lived in Lucerne for a semester, in a tiny room overlooking the rooftops. Every morning I walked along the Reuss, past the Chapel Bridge, and every morning the light was different. This is a city that reveals itself slowly — in the mist rising off the lake, in the sound of church bells crossing the water, in the way the mountains appear and disappear behind the clouds. You don't visit Lucerne. You settle into it.

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What makes Lucerne slow travel perfect

Lucerne is the kind of city that doesn't announce itself. There's no grand arrival, no overwhelming skyline. You step off the train and the lake is just there — wide and calm and impossibly blue. The Chapel Bridge is wooden and old and completely unpretentious. The mountains surround you but they don't tower. They cradle. This is a city built for mornings that stretch into afternoons, for walks that have no destination, for sitting by the water until you forget you were going somewhere. The old town is small enough to get lost in and beautiful enough that you won't mind. The restaurants don't rush you. The views don't require a ticket. Everything worth seeing in Lucerne is free, if you give it time.