Bifigen
Bifigen is a hamlet in Kandergrund, Frutigen-Niedersimmental, Canton of Bern and has an elevation of 803 metres. Bifigen is situated nearby to the locality Guldeli, as well as near Wyssa Zun.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tellenburg Castle and Gehrihorn.
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.
Gehrihorn
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Abaddon1337, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Gehrihorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Frutigen in the Bernese Oberland. It lies at the northern end of the range between the Kandertal and the Kiental. Gehrihorn is situated 3 km east of Bifigen.
Frutigen railway station
Railway station
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. Frutigen railway station is situated 3 km north of Bifigen.
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 4½ km south of Bifigen.
Kandersteg
Kandersteg is a village in the Bernese Highlands in Switzerland. Located in the heart of the Alps, Kandersteg is the perfect location to explore the mountains and observe the traditional Swiss alpine lifestyle and it is also on the edge of the Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch UNESCO world heritage site.
Bifigen
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Kandergrund, Frutigen-Niedersimmental, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.56445° or 46° 33′ 52″ northLongitude
7.65733° or 7° 39′ 26″ eastElevation
803 metres (2,635 feet)Open location code
8FR9HM74+QWOpenStreetMap ID
node 11426112258OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
11465337
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In Other Languages
“Bifigen” goes by many names.
- German: “Bifigen”
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