Which municipality in canton Zug is the best connected?

Zug: just 54 minutes by public transport to the nearest major centre (2025) – the lowest value in canton Zug. Source: ARE (NPVM).

What does "best connected" mean?

It is the shortest modelled public-transport travel time to the fastest-reachable of the six major centres (Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano, Zurich). The centres themselves and their immediate suburbs reach the best values. Computed by ARE in the National Passenger Transport Model, {year} timetable.

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Ranking · Data 2025 · Source: BFS

The best-connected municipalities in canton Zug

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Zug is the best-connected municipality in canton Zug: just 54 minutes by public transport to the nearest of the six major centres (Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano, Zurich). Baar (58 min) and Steinhausen (58 min) follow. Source: ARE, National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM), 2025.

Ranking

ARE · NPVM · 2025

Rank	Municipality	PT travel time	Residents
1	Zug	54 min	32'160
2	Baar	58 min	25'519
3	Steinhausen	58 min	10'449
4	Risch	60 min	11'830
5	Neuheim	61 min	2'523
6	Walchwil	63 min	4'013
7	Menzingen	66 min	4'824
8	Cham	71 min	18'518
9	Hünenberg	71 min	8'985
10	Unterägeri	72 min	9'527
11	Oberägeri	94 min	6'670

National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 28.08.2026

How we measure this

ARE · NPVM

Modelled public-transport travel time from the municipality to the fastest-reachable of the six major centres Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano and Zurich, in minutes (including access and egress). Basis: the ARE National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM), reference state 2025. A lower value means better connectivity; the list runs from the shortest travel time upward. It is the same figure as the remotest-municipalities ranking, read from the other end.

Frequently asked questions

Which municipality in canton Zug is the best connected?: Zug: just 54 minutes by public transport to the nearest major centre (2025) – the lowest value in canton Zug. Source: ARE (NPVM).
What does "best connected" mean?: It is the shortest modelled public-transport travel time to the fastest-reachable of the six major centres (Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano, Zurich). The centres themselves and their immediate suburbs reach the best values. Computed by ARE in the National Passenger Transport Model, {year} timetable.