Usser Schwandi

Usser Schwandi is a locality in Reichenbach im Kandertal, Frutigen-Niedersimmental, Canton of Bern and has an elevation of 816 metres. Usser Schwandi is situated nearby to the locality Rubis, as well as near Hallere.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Reichenbach and Frutigen railway station.

Reichenbach

Aerodrome

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Reichenbach is an aerodrome.

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.

Tropenhaus Frutigen

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The Tropenhaus in Frutigen, Switzerland, is a commercial project using geothermal energy from hot water flowing out of the Lötschberg base tunnel for the production of sturgeon meat, and caviar and formerly exotic fruit in a tropical greenhouse in the Swiss alps.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Frutigen and Mülenen.

Frutigen

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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.