Zug was included in our road trip program out of pure curiosity! Because Zug is the richest city in Switzerland! Switzerland's prosperity is well known to the world, and Zug is actually the leader of the rich! So I was curious to see how the rich people here lived, how was the environment, how was the accommodation, what was the price? 从花城卢塞恩（又叫做琉森）前往楚格其实只有27分钟的车程，但我们经停了卢塞恩湖畔的玫瑰小镇维吉斯（关于卢塞恩和维吉斯的游记也会专篇介绍，敬请关注），由于维吉斯太迷人了，以致于耽误了不少时间！ So it was late afternoon when we arrived in Zug. But to be honest, the evening is also the most charming time for Zug! 从这个意义上来说，我们正赶上楚格的黄金时刻！
Zug is the third smallest canton in Switzerland: the canton of Zug, the capital! 楚格州仅比巴塞尔州和内阿彭策尔州大。 楚格的地理位置十分优越，地处苏黎世和卢塞恩之间，依楚格湖而建，距这两大著名城市几乎是等距离，一个为27分钟车程，另一个为32分钟！ With an average elevation of 417 meters above sea level and a maximum depth of about 200 meters, The lake is long and narrow, with a total length of about 9 miles and a width of about 2.1 miles. Among switzerland's many well-known lakes, Zugsee should be said to be unknown! It has neither the grandeur of Lake Zurich, Lake Geneva and Lake Lucerne; Nor is there the petite delicacy of Lake Interlaken and Lake Thun! (About Lake Lucerne, Lake Geneva, Interlaken and Lake Thun) but it nourishes the soil and water of The Zug side and nurtures the people of Zug! Therefore, it occupies a very important place in the history of Zug!
Zug is very economically developed, is one of the richest cities in Switzerland, there is no one! 其人均国民生产总值远高于瑞士平均水平，居全国首位。 The canton has its own tax rate, preferential tax policy for enterprises, and the personal income tax borne by residents is only 1/4 to 1/2 of that of other cantons, which is the lowest tax in Switzerland. More than 30,000 companies have settled here, and many of the world's most prestigious companies have their headquarters here.
楚格之名，原意来自一个捕鱼的用词，中世纪时，楚格是一个拥有可以用渔网来捕鱼特许的城镇。 The old town of Zug, built along the mountains of Lake Zug, still retains the streets, patterns, buildings and churches formed in the medieval period. 城市的街巷结构如同鱼骨状，城中的主要街巷沿着山的轮廓平行展开，有些则正向对着湖面延伸。
The city of Zug has a population of about 30,000. 官方语言为德语，但其实通用的还有一种称为阿勒曼尼语的瑞士本地德语。
Before the 19th century, Zug was predominantly agricultural production. In 1834, Zug had its first cotton mill and joined the process of industrialization in Europe. In 1866, Zug built the first condensed milk factory in Europe, which was later incorporated into nestlé. 二战以后，得益于瑞士的中立，从而躲过了第二次世界大战，楚格发展迅速，逐步成为瑞士国家以及国际金融贸易中心。
传说13世纪初叶，来自kyburg的伯爵们建立了楚格城，城中高达52米的钟塔其历史就可以追溯到那个时代。 Originally only an entrance to the walls of the Old City, over the long centuries, the bell tower grew taller and more complex in structure, eventually forming its current style, with windows floating out of the building and towering sloped roofs pointing straight up to the sky. Ascend to the top of the tower and you will find the unique Old Town, the majestic Zug Peak and the sparkling Zug Lake. In 1574, the construction of the huge clock was completed, and the clock tower got its name. There is also an astronomical clock with four hands under the main clock, which can indicate the day, phase and month changes and leap years. The Old Town also houses the late Gothic town hall built in 1505 and the St. Oswald Cathedral, completed in the same era.
Keys can be borrowed to enter the interior of the bell tower at the Intermezzo restaurant at the foot of the Zug Bell Tower or at the reception of the nearby city police station (a passport for one person is required as collateral). Inside, you can see the operation of this four-sided astronomical clock dating back to 1574 and take a nap at a height of 52 meters for a spectacular view of the Canton of Zug.
在游了楚格之后才发现楚格是我在瑞士比较偏爱的瑞士小城之一。 瑞士好山好水，仅湖泊就有1500多个，湖光山色已是寻常景色。 Zug is neither as unique as The Jungfrau, europe's highest peak (jungfrau' travels will also be featured), nor as zurich as an international financial center, like most of Switzerland's lesser-known towns, quietly located on the shores of the lake, surrounded by mountains and rivers, where cities and nature coexist in harmony, and people are rich and unassuming. In this way, Zug has the universality and representation of Swiss cities.
Zug is one such Swiss city. There is a long history, as early as the Paleolithic period of more than 14,000 years BC, there are traces of human activity on the shores of Lake Zug. Archaeologists believe that the lakeside settlements of that time depended on nomadic hunting for their livelihood. The lake not only provided domestic water, but also a place for the ancients to fish. By the Neolithic age around 4000 BC, the population of the lake had grown to a certain size and formed settlements. In the later Bronze Age and Iron Age, there have always been places for human beings to live and live on the shores of Lake Zug. By the 13th century, the city of Zug began to appear in the literature.
Like many European cities, the prosperity of the medieval period laid the urban fabric of Zug's old town. The old city and the natural harmony of the landscape and the water, strolling everywhere, the scenery is just at hand, everywhere is like a very ceramic glaze painting. Through the crossing buildings and alleys, you will see the layers of mountains in the distance, and the turquoise lake will be seen from time to time.
Our guesthouse is located on the Zug Hill, and after settling in, we can't wait to go down the hill, and when the car slowly drives down the hill, the bird's eye view of the city, the houses are stacked on top of each other, and the wooden sloped roof glows with a deep red, reflecting the turquoise of the lake, and the two colors of red and green are crisp. The sun is shining, and the various colors are translucent, like glazing. When you reach the water's edge, the lake is pushed away without a glance, and the layers of mountains on the other side of the lake are beautiful and soft hills nearby, and there are also tall and magnificent snow-capped mountains in the distance. The wooden boardwalk that juts out does a deep and shallow reflection on the surface of the lake. Looking back, the city is on the hill, the beige stone walls are reflected in the lush old green of the trees, and from time to time there are playful roofs that protrude from the green furry skyline and paddle towards the blue sky. There are clouds in the sky, and they are like smoke, so beautiful that people can't bear to blink. Such landscape paintings are not static in Zug.
In a small town like Zug, the city flourished and the old town remained well preserved. In addition to development, the Swiss never exhaust the fish, but try to protect nature and live in harmony with nature. Despite the continuous construction of new urban areas, the Canton of Zug still retains nearly 36% of its agricultural land, about 38% of which is forested and only about 24% of which is used for construction, including houses or roads. About 2% of the remaining are rivers, glaciers or mountains. Relying on the old city, the new urban area gradually expanded northward, and the city's commercial, financial and industrial districts were built, adjacent to and independent of the old city. There are many modern buildings in reinforced concrete in the new town, but there is also no shortage of high-rise buildings. For example, the Zug railway station is a new building built in 2004. 火车站是重要的交通驿站，是连接楚格和瑞士各城市的枢纽。 The railway station has a construction area of 6,500 square meters, a simple shape, and fine details and nodes made in Switzerland. It is worth mentioning that the lighting of the building was written by the famous artist James Turrell. In 2005, the building also won the Brunel Award.
Many of the buildings in The New Town of Zug are the headquarters of companies in Switzerland, Europe and around the world. At the same time, many wealthy people also registered their addresses in Zug to obtain legal and reasonable tax avoidance. Switzerland itself is also a relatively low country in Europe, such as Germany, which accounts for nearly 40% of the income of ordinary residents, and Switzerland, which accounts for about 20%, which is much less than germany. Different tax policies reflect different government functions. Under Germany's high-tax system, the government provides more services, for example, nurseries are very cheap, and some dental treatment is also included in health insurance. In Switzerland, nurseries are expensive and dentists are not included in health insurance. Even in Switzerland, the tax policies of different cantons vary, and taxes in the French-speaking region are generally higher than in the German-speaking regions. Zug, on the other hand, is characterized by its urban development by relying on low taxes to attract a large number of companies and people. On the one hand, this injects vigorous vitality into the ancient city, and on the other hand, it increases the total amount of urban tax revenue.
The perfect Swiss public transport also creates opportunities for small towns like Zug. 楚格分布在苏黎世的南侧，苏黎世州的南线与楚格州的北线接壤。 Thanks to Switzerland's easy public transport, the train ride from Zurich to Zug takes only half an hour. From zurich train station to the south, you will drive along the narrow Lake Zurich for a pleasant ride. Along the way, you will pass by a place called Rapperswil, which means city of roses, and then stop for a while in Barr and enter the canton of Zug. In this way, Zug became a satellite city of the cosmopolitan city of Zurich. It is still very convenient for the company to have its headquarters in Zug, and the construction of the headquarters building will not only obtain relatively low land prices, but also effectively avoid taxes. People working in Zurich travel to and from Zug, commuting is very convenient, they can get lower house prices than Zurich, there are attractive tax policies, and people are willing to live and live in Zug. In addition, Zug itself has beautiful lakes and mountains, pleasant scenery, and the commercial, catering and other infrastructure of its old city, which makes Zug an ideal place to work and live.
Zug's high quality of life is an important part of its urban attractiveness. Zug's local dining promotes locally produced food. For example, in cheese salad, instead of sprinkling cheese powder or putting a few slices of cheese on the vegetable salad, the whole dish is a good cheese. The cheese is cut into the shape of pasta and tossed with salad dressing, accompanied by lettuce and tomatoes as a side dish. For the Swiss who love cheese, it is a great treat. For immigrants who do not like cheese, there is also the favorite local veal, accompanied by golden potato cakes, fresh beans, carrots, white radish and other side dishes, fresh and authentic. Zug produces cherry wine and has been an excellent brandy estate since ancient times. The local dessert cherry wine cake is famous. A round cake wrapped in sliced almonds, sprinkled with white powdered sugar, divided into diamond-shaped lattices. Sprinkle with an appropriate amount of cherry wine before eating, there are some unevenness and smudges, the aroma is fragrant, dig a spoonful of cake into the mouth and melt, and have the afterscent of cherry wine in the mouth. In addition to the busy life, people often enjoy food and wine on the lakeside and enjoy life.
Also worth mentioning is the Aeschbach chocolate, which came out in 1972 and is now an important member of the Swiss chocolate family. The Aeschbach factory was founded with the success of the cherry culture of the Canton of Zug to amaze Switzerland, and later launched the "Gold Chocolate" that is now popular in the world.
Since the day we arrived in Zug happened to be a weekend, the zug lake was extremely lively and the restaurants were almost full! Especially the open-air restaurants and bars on the lake are overcrowded! Men are all in suits and shoes, and most of the women are also professional clothes, and at a glance, they know that they are directly from the work of the unit after the lake party pastime. It is said that hard work can make you rich, but in my opinion, the Swiss are not industrious at all! 他们十分悠闲、洒脱，在一杯啤酒中、在一杯咖啡中、在不知不觉中，就把世界的钱装进了自己的口袋中！ This is the highest state of making money!
In the summer, Zug Lake is also a place for people to swim, dive and row, and is a part of people's lives, and does not mechanically keep the lake in captivity because of the need to protect nature. People also love nature in the process of enjoying nature. When the weather is nice, locals will drag their families and wear swimsuits to sunbathe on the grass by the lake or have a picnic. From time to time, someone climbed onto the springboard and jumped into the lake. People diving have different postures, and people watching laugh. There are swimmers in the lake, but also people who play with rowing, windsurfing, sailing and yachting, sharing the water with fish, ducks and swans. Looking deep in the middle of the lake, many white sails rise and leisurely adjust the direction of travel with the wind. Most of the time, boats, lakes, mountains, and the sky are like still pictures, and only people swim on the water. Occasionally, speedboats flew by quickly, causing a splash of water. The municipal facilities and management of the lakeside are also very complete, in order to ensure safety, children have protective shallow water areas, and lifeguards are also sitting on the shore. After leisure, there are also showers and changing places provided by the municipality by the lake for people to bathe and change clothes.
Perhaps, an ideal way of living would be to own a house on the mountain side of Zugsee with its own small pier. There is a track on the dock that extends towards the houseboat. Usually the boat is parked at home, on weekends or when the weather is good, they open the houseboat, and the family pushes the boat down to the lake, or swims or dives or sunbathes, enjoying life.
Today's Zug, like the one we remember, overlooks an old city surrounded by mountains and waters, bathed in the soft light of the setting sun, the lake sparkling, and the church minarets drawing a towering skyline. Not far away there is a modern complex of buildings that are full of life. Among the lakes and mountains, on one side is the poetic medieval city, on the other side is the modern new city. Nature, history and modernity shine together.
There is also a zoo on the Lakeside Avenue in downtown Zug! You can see a variety of cute little animals, including snow cats, red African birds, reindeer, and other rare animals. In the small zoo, the shelter of various animals is restored to the maximum to the natural conditions of their habitat.
Zug, which represents a model of development: that is, the city does not pursue scale and speed, and the history and modernity coexist well, using and protecting the natural environment. It conveys an attitude to life, quiet and energetic, enjoyable and restrained, nostalgic for the past and looking forward to the future!
Zug, the city is small, but the energy is huge!
Nordic Yubo's Zug Travels 2022.06.14 Denmark