Aareschlucht West
Aareschlucht West is a railway stop in Schattenhalb, Interlaken-Oberhasli, Canton of Bern. Aareschlucht West is situated nearby to Landeplatz Meiringen Du Pont, as well as near Aaresschlucht Westeingang.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Aareschlucht West railway station and Reichenbach Falls.
Aareschlucht West railway station
Railway stop
Photo: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aareschlucht West railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Meiringen, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is located on the 1,000 mm Meiringen–Innertkirchen line of the Meiringen-Innertkirchen-Bahn.
Reichenbach Falls
Waterfall
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Reichenbach Falls is a waterfall in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland, which drop a height of 250 metres. In literature, the upper Great Reichenbach Fall is the location of the final altercation between Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's hero Sherlock Holmes and his greatest foe, Professor Moriarty, in "The Final Problem". Reichenbach Falls is situated 1½ km southwest of Aareschlucht West.
Aare Gorge
Photo: Pazit Polak, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Aare Gorge is a section of the river Aare that carves through a limestone ridge near the town of Meiringen, in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Meiringen and Innertkirchen.
Meiringen
Photo: Thisisbossi, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Meiringen is a town in the Bernese Highlands of Switzerland. with a population in 2020 of 4666. It's a winter sports and mountain hiking resort, best known for the Reichenbach Falls, scene of the fictional death of Sherlock Holmes and his arch-enemy Professor Moriarty.
Innertkirchen
Village
Photo: Falk Lademann, CC BY 2.0.
Innertkirchen is a village and municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014, the former municipality of Gadmen was merged into the municipality of Innertkirchen. Innertkirchen is situated 3 km southeast of Aareschlucht West.
Lungern
Village
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Lungern is a municipality in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland. It encompasses Lake Lungern and, besides the village of Lungern, the settlements of Bürglen, Kaiserstuhl and Obsee. Lungern is situated 8 km north of Aareschlucht West.
Aareschlucht West
- Type: Railway stop
- Categories: transport stop and transportation
- Location: Schattenhalb, Interlaken-Oberhasli, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.72125° or 46° 43′ 17″ northLongitude
8.1986° or 8° 11′ 55″ eastOpen location code
8FRCP5CX+FCOpenStreetMap ID
node 292406448OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stop
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