Le Locle

Tucked into a high valley in the Swiss Jura near the French border, Le Locle is a town whose character is shaped by its cool upland climate and centuries of precision craft. Together with neighbouring La Chaux-de-Fonds, it forms the UNESCO-listed Watchmaking Town Planning site, recognised for an urban layout developed around the needs of horological production. Watch workshops made this part of the canton of Neuchâtel an international centre of Swiss watchmaking. The Musée d’horlogerie du Locle, housed in Château des Monts, traces that tradition through its collections. Regularly planned streets still reveal the close relationship between homes, light-filled workspaces and manufacture. Browse additional webcams from the surrounding area to extend your view of the Neuchâtel Jura.

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