Sarnen is a small historic town, a municipality, and the capital of the canton of Obwalden situated on the northern shores of Lake Sarnen (German: Sarnersee) in Switzerland. It has a population of just over 10,000 and is surrounded by countryside and mountains. Sarnen is located 20 km south of Lucerne.
The official language of Sarnen is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect.
Distance between:
Geneva to Sarnen111 Miles / 179 Kms Lucerne to Sarnen13 Miles / 21 Kms Zürich to Sarnen36 Miles / 57 Kms Basel to Sarnen56 Miles / 90 Kms Bern to Sarnen37 Miles / 59 Kms Lausanne to Sarnen79 Miles / 127 Kms