Things to do
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Harder Kulm
The one viewpoint that shows why Interlaken is called what it is: both lakes and the Jungfrau in a single frame.
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Lake Thun and Lake Brienz Steamers
The region's oldest form of transport, and still the only way to see the two lakes from the water.
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Unterseen Old Town
The one part of greater Interlaken that predates tourism, five minutes from the promenade.
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Lake Brienz
The eastern of the two lakes, turquoise from glacial rock flour and steeper sided than Lake Thun, with the Giessbach falls dropping into it on the south shore beside a funicular of 1879. Boats run the length of it to Brienz.
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Höhematte
A nineteenth century civic decision to buy a view, and the reason central Interlaken still has one.
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Schynige Platte
A Victorian rack railway that ends in an alpine garden with the whole Jungfrau wall behind it.
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St. Beatus Caves
A kilometre of lit river cave under a cliff, with the length of Lake Thun waiting outside the door.
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Victoria-Jungfrau Grand Hotel and Spa
The house on the Hoehematte since 1865, facing the meadow that was kept open by law so the Jungfrau would stay in view. It has the largest spa in the region and it is the reason this town looks the way it does.
