Berner Oberland

Berner Oberland is an area in Switzerland and has an elevation of 1,040 metres. Berner Oberland is situated nearby to the locality Kanderbrück, as well as near Inner Schwandi.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Frutigen railway station and Tellenburg Castle.

Frutigen railway station

Railway station

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Frutigen is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Bern and municipality of Frutigen. The station is located on the Lötschberg line of the BLS AG, and is the junction point where the routes via the older Lötschberg tunnel and the more recent Lötschberg base tunnel diverge.

Tellenburg Castle

Castle

Photo: Chriusha, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tellenburg Castle is a ruined castle in the municipality of Frutigen in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

St. Mauritius Frutigen

Church

Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.

St. Mauritius Frutigen is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Frutigen and Mitholz.

Frutigen

Photo: Chriusha, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Frutigen is a town of 6,900 people in the Swiss Canton of Berne and the site of the northern portal of the Lötschberg-Base-Tunnel that opened for railway traffic in 2007.

Mitholz

Hamlet

Photo: Draemmli, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mitholz or Blausee-Mitholz is a village in Kandergrund municipality in the canton of Bern in Switzerland, with 170 inhabitants as of 2020. Blausee-Mitholz is a station on the Lötschberg railway line. Mitholz is situated 6 km south of Berner Oberland.

Mülenen

Village

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Mülenen is a village in the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district of the Swiss canton of Bern. The village is divided between the municipalities of Reichenbach im Kandertal and Aeschi bei Spiez. Mülenen station, on the Lötschberg railway line, and… Mülenen is situated 7 km north of Berner Oberland.

Berner Oberland

Type: Area
Also known as: “Oberland”
Location: Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.58333° or 46° 35′ north

Longitude

7.66667° or 7° 40′ east

Elevation

1,040 metres (3,412 feet)

Open location code

8FR9HMM8+8M

GeoNames ID

2661548

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