Switzerland 🇨🇭 | A beautiful town in the Jungfrau region 🏘️ - Lauterbrunnen
Address - 3822 Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland
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Transportation
1 | Public transportation
If you are in other cities in Switzerland, you must first take a train to Interlaken.
From Interlaken OST, take the local train to Lauterbrunnen, which takes 24 minutes. The train runs every half an hour.
Fee: CHF7.60 (half-price card: CHF3.80; Swiss Travel Pass: free)
2 | Self-driving
Tourists can drive to Lauterbrunnen by themselves. After arriving in the town, you can park your car in the parking lot. The parking lot is near the Lauterbrunnen train station and is charged. After parking the car, go to the ticket machine to pay, and then display the printed parking ticket in the car. Although Lauterbrunnen can be reached directly by car, there are many places in the town where vehicles are prohibited, so it is best to get off the car and explore on foot after parking the car.
Personal experience
The main area of Lauterbrunnen is not large, and most places can be reached on foot. Since it is a must-go place to many villages and towns, many tourists will choose to stay here, so there are many different types of hotels and B&Bs here. In addition, other restaurants, shops, post offices and banks can be found in the town, and there is even a supermarket at the entrance of the town. Tourists who want to bring their own food have no problem 🤙🏻
Background
Lauterbrunnen (or Lauderbrunnen) is located in a spectacular through valley in the Alps, with huge rocks and peaks on both sides. 72 deafening waterfalls, deep valleys, colorful alpine meadows and remote mountain village hostels make up the Lauterbrunnen Valley, one of the largest nature reserves in Switzerland.
Description
The name "Lauter Brunnen" ("many fountains") hints at the majesty of the local scenery. There are 72 waterfalls in the valley, the most famous of which are the Staubbach Falls. These waterfalls cascade down from a 300-meter-high cliff and are one of the highest free-falling waterfalls in Europe. In 1779, German writer Goethe visited the Lauterbrunnen Valley and was inspired by these waterfalls, which led him to write the famous poem "Spirit song over the waters (Gesang der Geister über den Wassern)".
Another deafening natural wonder is the Trümmelbach Falls. It is located in the "Black Monk" mountain, hidden behind a majestic rock mass, where 20,000 liters of water per second flow down from a height of more than 200 meters along ten glacial waterfalls. It can only be seen in summer by taking the tunnel lift in the mountain.
Winter
The mountain railway provides quick and easy access to the vast ski areas of Wengen-Kleine Scheidegg and Mürren-Schilthorn. The Jungfrau region has 45 transport systems, a total of 213 kilometers of ski slopes, many playgrounds, 100 kilometers of winter hiking trails and 50 kilometers of toboggan runs. The Lauterbrunnen valley also has many cross-country ski trails.
Summer
The small town of Lauterbrunnen (795 meters above sea level) in the valley is the starting point for the Jungfrau region and many exciting travel destinations. A rack railway connects Lauterbrunnen with Wengen and Kleine Scheidegg. Wengen is located on the east side of the Lauterbrunnen valley and has sunny slopes; Kleine Scheidegg is a station where passengers change to the train to the Jungfraujoch.
From Lauterbrunnen or Stechelberg, you can reach the resort of Mürren on the other side of the valley. From Stechelberg, the cable car goes all the way to the Schilthorn at an altitude of 2,971 meters, which is famous for the filming of the James Bond classic "On Her Majesty's Secret Service".
Along the narrow mountain path, you can reach Isenfluh, a quiet mountain village a few kilometers away from Lauterbrunnen. This small mountain village is located on a steep rocky slope at an altitude of 1,024 meters. From there, you can walk to the romantic and pleasant Saustal valley. Further ahead are the Mürren and Lobhorn mountains.
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