Destination guide

Lauterbrunnen

Switzerland

Lauterbrunnen is a village in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland, with a population of 2290 in 2018. It lies in a dramatic sheer-sided U-shaped valley, with scores of waterfalls - its name means "clear springs" but is often rendered as "loud springs" for their roar in spate.

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Getting around

Lauterbrunnen straggles along Fuhren its main street. You can walk from the station to Staubbach Falls, and by a longer hike to Trümmelbach.

Transport notes from Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What to see

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Staubbach Falls

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Also recommended by Lonely Planet

A 297-meter waterfall drops almost directly off the cliff face above the village, inspiring Goethe to write a poem about it in 1779.

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Staubbachfall

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Also recommended by Lonely Planet

A 297m veil of spray falling directly above the village that inspired Goethe's 1779 poem 'Song of the Spirits over the Water'; a steep short path lets you walk behind the curtain of water.

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Trümmelbach Falls

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Also recommended by Switzerland Tourism

The only glacier waterfalls in Europe accessible from inside the mountain, where up to 20,000 litres per second thunder through ten cascades reached via lifts and tunnels cut into the rock.

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What to do

Schilthorn / Piz Gloria

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Also recommended by Switzerland Tourism

A cable car from Mürren climbs to the revolving Piz Gloria restaurant made famous in the James Bond film 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service', with a museum devoted to the shoot at the summit.

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Birg Skyline Walk and Thrill Walk

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Also recommended by Switzerland Tourism

At the Schilthorn cable car's middle station, a glass viewing platform and an open-mesh metal walkway extend over a sheer drop for those wanting an adrenaline stop en route to the summit.

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Valley of 72 Waterfalls trail (Lauterbrunnen–Stechelberg)

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Also recommended by Switzerland Tourism

A gentle valley-floor walk past the vertical cliff faces that give the village its name (Lauter Brunnen, 'loud springs'), taking in waterfalls up to 400m high without technical hiking.

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What to eat

Hotel Restaurant Silberhorn

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Also recommended by Rick Steves' Europe

A valley-floor restaurant recommended by Rick Steves' guidebook for its straightforward, affordable cheese fondue.

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Camping Jungfrau restaurant

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Also recommended by Switzerland Tourism

A Switzerland Tourism-recognised, family-friendly campsite restaurant sitting directly beneath the 300m Staubbach Waterfall, serving Swiss specialities and pizza to campers and day visitors alike.

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