Bürgenstock is just a halt on the famous "Round Trip" of Lucern but if you get out the boat at Kerhsiten you have this choice climb the breathtaking cliff or get in the old timer red wooden cabin of the Bürgenstock Bahn which is waiting for you just on the pier with an elevator operator with red livery.

The Bürgenstock is a dark peak in the middle of the Lake of the Four Cantons. At the top are the three famous Bürgenstock Hotels which own the funicular and also the Hammetschwandlift which is a vertical lift first built in 1905 and known as the "fastest external lift in the world". From the top of the Hammetschwand the 360° view is really great: the Lake of the Four Cantons, the Rigi, the Titlis, the Stanserhorn, and the Pilatus.

The Bürgenstock Bahn was opened in 1888 and it was a water-ballast funicular with Abt cog. Today the funicular is electric and automatic but the cabin are the same as in 1888.