Obers Ischmeer

Places of Interest

Eiger

Peak

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The Eiger is a 3,967-metre mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland, just north of the main watershed and border with Valais.

Mönch

Peak

Photo: Espandero, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Mönch at 4,110 metres is a mountain in the Bernese Alps, in Switzerland. Together with the Eiger and the Jungfrau, it forms a highly recognisable group of mountains, visible from far away.

Eismeer railway station

Railway stop

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Eismeer railway station is an underground railway station bored into the mountain Eiger on the Jungfrau Railway, which runs to the Jungfraujoch from Kleine Scheidegg.

Places in the Area

Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch

Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch is a protected area and a UNESCO World Heritage Site between the Valais and the Bernese Highlands in the Swiss Alps. It was known as Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn until its name was changed in 2007.

Wengen

Photo: Nikolai Karaneschev, CC BY 3.0.

Wengen is an Alpine resort in the Bernese Highlands of Switzerland. It's at 1,274 m above sea level, reached by cog railway and with no vehicle access, on the route up towards the Eiger and Jungfrau.

Lauterbrunnen

Photo: Edwin Lee, CC BY 2.0.

Lauterbrunnen is a village in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland, with a population of 2290 in 2018. It lies in a dramatic sheer-sided U-shaped valley, with scores of waterfalls - its name means "clear springs" but is often rendered as "loud springs" for their roar in spate.

Obers Ischmeer

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