Tropenhaus Frutigen
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.Photo: Abaddon1337, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Phzh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Aquaculture
- Description: geothermal greenhouse in Switzerland
- Also known as: “Tropenhaus Fischzucht”
- Address: Tropenhausweg 1a, Frutigen, 3714
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Frutigen railway station and St. Mauritius Frutigen.
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 620 metres southwest of Tropenhaus Frutigen.
St. Mauritius Frutigen
Church
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.
St. Mauritius Frutigen is a church, which is situated 780 metres southwest of Tropenhaus Frutigen.
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. Tellenburg Castle is situated 2 km south of Tropenhaus Frutigen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Frutigen and Mülenen.
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.
Mülenen
Village
Photo: NAC, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mülenen is a village in the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district of the Swiss canton of Bern. The village is divided between the municipalities of Reichenbach im Kandertal and Aeschi bei Spiez. Mülenen station, on the Lötschberg railway line, and… Mülenen is situated 6 km northeast of Tropenhaus Frutigen.
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 7 km south of Tropenhaus Frutigen.
Tropenhaus Frutigen
- Categories: botanical garden and agriculture
- Location: Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.59328° or 46° 35′ 36″ northLongitude
7.65628° or 7° 39′ 23″ eastOperator
Tropenhaus Frutigen AGOpen location code
8FR9HMV4+8GOpenStreetMap ID
way 1190686456OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=aquacultureOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata 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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