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Interlaken
Coat of arms of Interlaken
Coat of arms
Country Switzerland
Canton Berne
District Interlaken-Oberhasli
Area
 • Total 4.3 km2 (1.7 sq mi)
Elevation 568 m (1,864 ft)
Population (Dec 2015 )
 • Total 5,692
 • Density 1,324/km2 (3,430/sq mi)
Postal code 3800
Surrounded by Bönigen, Därligen, Matten bei Interlaken, Ringgenberg, Unterseen
Twin towns Scottsdale (USA), Ōtsu (Japan), Třeboň (Czech Republic)

Interlaken is a town and municipality in the administrative district of Interlaken-Oberhasli in the canton of Berne in Switzerland. It is an important and well-known tourist destination in the Bernese Oberland region of the Swiss Alps, and the main transport gateway to the mountains and lakes of that region.

Images for kids

  • View of Interlaken 1821

    View of Interlaken, 1821

  • 2011-07-21-Interlaken (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 050

    The New Castle was built in 1746-50 on the site of the monastery's west wing

  • Höhenweg der Aarmühle nach Interlaken 1830

    Höhenweg der Aarmühle nach Interlaken painting of Aarmühle by Jules-Louis-Frédéric Villeneuve from 1823

  • Interlaken 1904

    Bond of the Einwohnergemeinde Interlaken, issued 30. June 1904

  • Sommer, Giorgio (1834-1914) - n. 13176 INTERLAKEN & Jungfrau

    Photograph of Interlaken and the Jungfrau from the late 19th century

  • Hotel Park Interlaken na druku firmowym

    Parc-Hotel in Interlaken

  • Interlaken aer

    Aerial view of Interlaken (as seen from the west)

  • Interlaken Street

    Jungfraustrasse

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    Hotels on the Höheweg; roughly a quarter of all jobs in Interlaken are in hotels or restaurants

  • 2011-07-21-Interlaken (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 055

    Catholic and Protestant churches

  • 2011-07-21-Interlaken (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 021

    One of Interlaken's two primary schools

  • View from Hoheweg

    View of Jungfrau from the Höhematte

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    Berner Oberland train at Interlaken

  • Interlaken 02

    Lake Brienz ship Jungfrau at Interlaken

  • Unspunnenfest Interlaken 2006 Dance

    Unspunnenfest in 2006

  • Interlaken 01

    Hotel Victoria-Jungfrau

  • 2011-07-21-Interlaken (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 011

    Interlaken

  • WasserwehrInterlaken

    Bödeli

  • 2011-07-21-Interlaken (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 034

    Victoria-Jungfrau

  • Interlaken Bahnhoff 02

    Interlaken Ost

  • Interlaken West railway station

    Interlaken West


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