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A tiny village on Lake Brienz made world-famous by the Netflix series Crash Landing on You, with a photogenic jetty extending into turquoise waters.
8 km · about 15 min drive
Bern, Switzerland · Europe
Interlaken works well as a base: 10 minutes from Därligen, 9km from Lake Brienz.
Interlaken is a town located in Bern, Switzerland. With a population of 5,067, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Interlaken sits in Switzerland, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Zurich time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Interlaken to your route.
Interlaken (Swiss Standard German: [ˈɪntərlaːkn̩]; lit.: between lakes) is a Swiss town and municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern. It is an important and well-known tourist destination in the Bernese Oberland region of the Swiss Alps, and the main transport gateway toRead more
the mountains and lakes of that region.
The town is located on flat alluvial land called Bödeli between two lakes, Brienz to the east and Thun to the west, and alongside the river Aare, which flows between them. Transport routes to the east and west alongside the lakes are complemented by a route southwards into the near mountain resorts and high mountains, e.g. the famous high Alpine peaks of Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau, following upwards the Lütschine.
Interlaken is the central town of a small agglomeration with the same name of 23,300 inhabitants.
The official language of Interlaken is German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect, Bernese German.
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Interlaken is located in Bern, Switzerland, Europe. The coordinates are 46.6839 latitude, 7.8664 longitude.
Interlaken has a population of approximately 5,067 people, making it a town in Switzerland.
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landmark
A tiny village on Lake Brienz made world-famous by the Netflix series Crash Landing on You, with a photogenic jetty extending into turquoise waters.
8 km · about 15 min drive
natural wonder
A dazzling turquoise lake in the Bernese Oberland, fed by glacier meltwater and famed for the Giessbach waterfalls on its southern shore.
9 km · about 15 min drive
waterfall
A free-falling 297-meter waterfall in the Lauterbrunnen Valley that inspired Goethe's poem 'Song of the Spirits over the Waters.'
11 km · about 20 min drive
natural wonder
A breathtaking glacial valley with 72 waterfalls cascading from sheer cliffs, said to have inspired Tolkien's Rivendell.
11 km · about 20 min drive
waterfall
The only glacier waterfalls in Europe accessible inside a mountain, draining the Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau glaciers.
14 km · about 25 min drive
scenic viewpoint
A 2,970-metre peak with a revolving restaurant made famous as a Bond villain's lair in On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
14 km · about 25 min drive
scenic viewpoint
An iconic Swiss Alpine village beneath the Eiger's north face, with the First cliff walk, gondola, and adventure playground above.
15 km · about 30 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Europe's highest railway station at 3,454 metres, offering views of the Aletsch Glacier and an ice palace carved inside the mountain.
18 km · about 20 min drive
April to October
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