Tropenhaus Frutigen

The Tropenhaus in , 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.
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  • Type: Aquaculture
  • Description: geothermal greenhouse in Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Tropenhaus Fischzucht”
  • Address: Tropenhausweg 1a, Frutigen, 3714

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Frutigen railway station and St. Mauritius Frutigen.

Railway station
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Frutigen is a railway station in the and . 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. is situated 620 metres southwest of Tropenhaus Frutigen.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 780 metres southwest of Tropenhaus Frutigen.

Castle
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is a ruined castle in the in the in . is situated 2 km south of Tropenhaus Frutigen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Frutigen and Mülenen.

Photo: Chriusha, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town of 6,900 people in the Canton of Berne and the site of the northern portal of the Lötschberg-Base-Tunnel that opened for railway traffic in 2007.

Village
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is a village in the of the . The village is divided between the municipalities of and . , on the Lötschberg railway line, and… is situated 6 km northeast of Tropenhaus Frutigen.

Hamlet
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or Blausee-Mitholz is a village in municipality in the canton of Bern in , with 170 inhabitants as of 2020. Blausee-Mitholz is a station on the Lötschberg railway line. is situated 7 km south of Tropenhaus Frutigen.

Tropenhaus Frutigen

Latitude
46.59328° or 46° 35′ 36″ north
Longitude
7.65628° or 7° 39′ 23″ east
Wheelchair access
yes
Operator
Tropenhaus Frutigen AG
Open location code
8FR9HMV4+8G
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1190686456
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­aquaculture
Wiki­data ID
Q1690700
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In Other Languages

From Breton to Welsh—“Tropenhaus Frutigen” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Tropenhaus Frutigen”
  • French: “Tropenhaus Frutigen”
  • German: “Tropenhaus Frutigen”
  • Italian: “Tropenhaus Frutigen”
  • Korean: “트로펜하우스 프루티겐”
  • Swedish: “Tropenhaus Frutigen”
  • Welsh: “Tropenhaus Frutigen”

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