You’ve never experienced Interlaken like this before

Ever thought about spend­ing your next hol­i­day in Inter­lak­en? The beau­ti­ful vil­lage is the gate­way to a fan­tas­tic moun­tain world and has every­thing else you need for an unfor­get­table stay. Don’t you think so? Here are our tips:

1. Flying high with panoramic views

Inter­lak­en is THE paraglid­ing Mec­ca par excel­lence. Around 60,000 flights are car­ried out every year. After a short ride up the Beat­en­berg and an intro­duc­tion by the guides from Paraglid­ing Inter­lak­en, it’s time to sit back and enjoy the view. The 15-minute flight offers views of the majes­tic Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau moun­tains and turquoise Lake Thun and Lake Brienz. Short­ly before you land safe­ly and gen­tly on the Höhe­mat­te in the mid­dle of Inter­lak­en, you’ll do some loops with your tan­dem bud­dy. Do you dare?

2. Lunch with a view

Did you know that Inter­lak­en has a local moun­tain? Hard­er Kulm is locat­ed direct­ly behind Inter­lak­en Ost sta­tion. The mod­ern funic­u­lar rail­way takes you up to 1,322 metres above sea lev­el in around ten min­utes. After a short walk, you reach Hotel Hard­er Kulm, which looks like a cas­tle. There you will find juicy burg­ers, fish bites and fon­due – with a view of the breath­tak­ing moun­tain scenery. A sou­venir pho­to on the view­ing plat­form is also a must.

3. Dive deep

Ever thought about explor­ing a gorge? Try canyon­ing and you can climb and jump off steep rock faces into thun­der­ing rivers. Not for the faint of heart! On this adven­tur­ous excur­sion, accom­pa­nied by pro­fes­sion­als, you will see how incred­i­bly strong the water can be. You should have good basic fit­ness – and not be afraid of dark places or water. And don’t for­get to have fun!

4. Top of Europe

What would a vis­it to Inter­lak­en be with­out a trip to the Jungfrau­joch? It takes less than an hour and a half to reach the Top of Europe by train from Inter­lak­en Ost. This is main­ly thanks to the brand-new Eiger Express. Once you reach the top, you’ll get a breath of fresh air while expe­ri­enc­ing unpar­al­leled views of moun­tains, glac­i­ers and eter­nal ice. On the way back, make sure you return via Lauter­brun­nen and com­plete a cir­cu­lar trail. You won’t regret the extra miles.

5. How about some leisure?

There are two beau­ti­ful lakes in the imme­di­ate vicin­i­ty of Inter­lak­en: the turquoise-blue waters of Lake Brienz and the deep-blue waters of Lake Thun. Nat­u­ral­ly, a leisure­ly ship cruise is a must! There are numer­ous board­ing and dis­em­bark­ing points where you can leave the ships and treat your­self to a deli­cious ice cream, for exam­ple. Alter­na­tive­ly, you can eas­i­ly explore the waters and their sur­round­ings on a kayak or stand-up pad­dle­board.

6. Not just there, but right in the middle of it

The ques­tion is, of course, where to spend the night. Inter­lak­en Youth Hos­tel is a two-minute walk from Inter­lak­en Ost rail­way sta­tion and is the ide­al start­ing point for your adven­tures. You can either wake up with a view of the quin­tes­sen­tial blue Aare or watch the pedes­tri­ans on the prom­e­nade. A sub­stan­tial break­fast buf­fet is also avail­able, and in the evening the chefs will spoil you with deli­cious dish­es. You can even look into their pots while they’re being pre­pared in the open kitchen.

Even more Interlaken

Pro­fes­sion­al snow­board­er Sina Can­dri­an explored the hol­i­day region by bike.

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