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Park
Höhematte
Lawn in the center of Interlaken, between the Höheweg and the historic hotels, protected from development since 1864. It has views of the Jungfrau and is a landing spot for paragliders.
Berna · Switzerland
Interlaken
In the destination Interlaken and the Jungfrau.
In the photo: Höhematte Park and Jungfrau, Interlaken
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The city
What to expect from Interlaken.
Town between the Thunersee and the Brienzersee, at 568 m, which has relied on tourism since the 19th century. It has the Höhematte, a lawn with views of the Jungfrau, the Harder Kulm funicular, boats on both lakes and trains to the valleys. In the surroundings are the Schynige Platte, the St. Beatus-Höhlen, Brienz, the Giessbachfälle, the Ballenberg and the Brienzer Rothorn, and the GoldenPass Express passes through it.
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The local experience
What to see in Interlaken
Observation deck
Harder Kulm
Viewpoint at 1,322 m above Interlaken, served by a funicular opened in 1908. It has a restaurant and the Zweiseensteg, a glass-floored platform over the slope with views of both lakes.
Lake
Thunersee
Lake west of Interlaken, 17.5 km long, served by BLS boats from Interlaken West to Thun, with stops at the St. Beatus-Höhlen, in Spiez and in Oberhofen.
Lake
Brienzersee
A green-blue lake east of Interlaken, about 14 km long, served by BLS boats from Interlaken Ost to Brienz, with stops at Iseltwald and the Giessbachfälle.
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Mountain
Schynige Platte
Viewpoint at 1,967 m, reached by a rack railway opened in 1893 from Wilderswil. Beside the station is an alpine botanical garden with about 800 species.
Cave
St. Beatus-Höhlen
Caves on the north shore of the Thunersee, with about 1 km of lit galleries, underground lakes and stalactites. Legend says the monk Beatus lived there and drove out a dragon.
Village
Brienz
Village at the eastern tip of the Brienzersee, a center of woodcarving in Switzerland, with wooden houses on the Brunngasse, a carving school and the Schweizer Holzbildhauerei Museum.
Waterfall
Giessbachfälle
Waterfall in 14 tiers that descends the slope to the Brienzersee, beside a large 19th-century hotel. A funicular from 1879 connects the pier to the hotel, and a trail passes behind one of the falls.
Museum
Ballenberg, Freilichtmuseum der Schweiz
Open-air museum near Brienz, opened in 1978, featuring more than 100 rural houses brought from various regions of Switzerland, about 200 farm animals and demonstrations of traditional crafts.
Mountain
Brienzer Rothorn
Mountain rising 2,350 m above Brienz, reached by the Brienz Rothorn Bahn, a rack railway from 1892 usually hauled by steam locomotives up to the Rothorn Kulm station at 2,244 m.
Panoramic train
GoldenPass Express
Panoramic train between Interlaken Ost and Montreux, passing through Spiez, Zweisimmen, Gstaad and Château-d'Oex, in about 3 h 15 min, with no train change despite the gauge change.