Switzerland

Things to do in Interlaken & Jungfrau

28 places16 stories2 routes

Sightlore has 28 places to explore in Interlaken & Jungfrau, and 16 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.

Interlaken & Jungfrau's must-sees

The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.

1
Schynige Platte
The Schynige Platte (Scheinige Platte on the old Siegfried Map) is a small mountain ridge and a viewpoint in the Bernese Highlands and belongs to the Schwarzhorn group.
2
Harderkulm
The Harderkulm (also referred to as Harder Kulm, since the top station of the funicular is called that way) is a funicular station at 1,322 metres (4,337 ft) in the Berner Oberland region of Switzerland, overlooking the towns of Interlaken and Unterseen.
3
Trümmelbach Falls
Trümmelbach Falls are a series of ten waterfalls within a mountain in the Lauterbrunnen Valley of the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland.
4
Unspunnen Castle
Unspunnen Castle is a castle, now in ruins, located in the municipality of Wilderswil in the Bernese Highlands of Switzerland. The castle, likely constructed in the early 12th century, overlooks the city of Interlaken.
5
Staubbach Falls
Staubbach Falls (German: Staubbachfall (sing.), lit.: dust creek fall) is a waterfall in Switzerland, located just west of Lauterbrunnen in the Bernese Highlands.
6
Reichenbach Falls
Reichenbach Falls is a waterfall in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland, which drop a height of 250 metres (820 ft).
Read its story →
7
Open-air Museum Ballenberg
Ballenberg is an open-air museum in Switzerland that displays traditional buildings and architecture from all over the country.
8
Mürren
Mürren is a traditional Walser mountain village in the Bernese Highlands of Switzerland, at an elevation of 1,638 m (5,374 ft) above sea level. It cannot be reached by public road.
9
Former Monastery Buildings
Interlaken Monastery was a convent of the Augustinian Canons Regular from about 1133 until 1528 at Interlaken in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
10
St. Beatus Caves
System of dripstone caves below Beatenberg near Interlaken, on the northern shore of Lake Thun.

Discovery routes in Interlaken & Jungfrau

Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.

Jungfrau region: waterfalls and summits
From Harder Kulm and Schynige Platte to the Staubbach Falls in Lauterbrunnen, from Mürren and the Schilthorn to the Trümmelbach Falls, then Kleine Scheidegg and the Jungfraujoch.
By car · 10 h · 48.7 km · 8 stops
Around Lakes Thun and Brienz
From Thun Castle and Oberhofen Castle to the St. Beatus Caves, from Unspunnen Castle and Interlaken Monastery to the Giessbach Falls, then the Ballenberg Open-Air Museum and the Reichenbach Falls.
By car · 7 h · 66.4 km · 8 stops

Places to visit

Historic sites

Mürren
Mürren is a traditional Walser mountain village in the Bernese Highlands of Switzerland, at an elevation of 1,638 m (5,374 ft) above sea level. It cannot be reached by public road.
Has a story
Thun Castle
Thun Castle is a castle in the city of Thun, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It was built in the 12th century, today houses the Thun Castle museum, and is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
Has a story
Oberhofen Castle
Oberhofen Castle is a castle in the municipality of Oberhofen of the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
Has a story
Unspunnen Castle
Unspunnen Castle is a castle, now in ruins, located in the municipality of Wilderswil in the Bernese Highlands of Switzerland. The castle, likely constructed in the early 12th century, overlooks the city of Interlaken.
Has a story
Resti castle ruin
The Restiturm, or Burgruine Resti, is a ruined castle in the municipality of Meiringen in the Swiss canton of Bern. The original castle was built in the 13th century and has been rebuilt several times.
Weissenau Castle
Weissenau Castle is a ruined castle in the municipality of Unterseen of the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

Museums

Open-air Museum Ballenberg
Ballenberg is an open-air museum in Switzerland that displays traditional buildings and architecture from all over the country.
Has a story
Heimwehfluhbahn
The Heimwehfluhbahn (DIH) is a funicular at Interlaken in the Swiss Canton of Bern. It runs to the top of the nearby Heimwehfluh hill at an altitude of 680 metres (2,230 ft) above sea level.

Places of worship

Former Monastery Buildings
Interlaken Monastery was a convent of the Augustinian Canons Regular from about 1133 until 1528 at Interlaken in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
Has a story
Reformed Church with annexes
Reformed church in the Hasli valley; beneath the Baroque hall church of 1684 lie several earlier churches.
Reformed church with clergy house
12th-century church in Gsteigwiler, a protected monument since 1965.
Ringgenberg Castle
Ringgenberg Castle is a castle in the municipality of Ringgenberg of the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

Nature

Harderkulm
The Harderkulm (also referred to as Harder Kulm, since the top station of the funicular is called that way) is a funicular station at 1,322 metres (4,337 ft) in the Berner Oberland region of Switzerland, overlooking the towns of Interlaken and Unterseen.
Has a story
Schynige Platte
The Schynige Platte (Scheinige Platte on the old Siegfried Map) is a small mountain ridge and a viewpoint in the Bernese Highlands and belongs to the Schwarzhorn group.
Has a story
Staubbach Falls
Staubbach Falls (German: Staubbachfall (sing.), lit.: dust creek fall) is a waterfall in Switzerland, located just west of Lauterbrunnen in the Bernese Highlands.
Has a story
Schilthorn
The Schilthorn is a mountain in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, Europe.
Has a story
Trümmelbach Falls
Trümmelbach Falls are a series of ten waterfalls within a mountain in the Lauterbrunnen Valley of the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland.
Has a story
Kleine Scheidegg
The Kleine Scheidegg is a mountain pass at an elevation of 2,061 m (6,762 ft), situated below and between the Eiger and Lauberhorn peaks in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland.
Has a story
Jungfraujoch
The Jungfraujoch is a saddle connecting two major 4000ers of the Bernese Alps: the Jungfrau and the Mönch. It lies at an elevation of 3,463 metres (11,362 ft) above sea level and is directly overlooked by the rocky prominence of the Sphinx.
Has a story
St. Beatus Caves
System of dripstone caves below Beatenberg near Interlaken, on the northern shore of Lake Thun.
Has a story
Giessbach
Mountain stream in Brienz that falls in cascades into Lake Brienz.
Has a story
Reichenbach Falls
Reichenbach Falls is a waterfall in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland, which drop a height of 250 metres (820 ft).
Has a story
Lake Brienz
Lake Brienz is a lake just north of the Alps, in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It has a length of about 14 kilometres (8.7 mi), a width of 2.8 kilometres (1.7 mi) and a maximum depth of 260 metres (850 ft).
Eiger
The Eiger is a 3,967-metre (13,015 ft) mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland, just north of the main watershed and border with Valais.
Jungfrau
The Jungfrau ( YOONG-frow), at 4,158 m (13,642 ft) is one of the main summits of the Bernese Alps, located between the southern canton of Bern and the northern canton of Valais, halfway between Interlaken and Fiesch.
Mattenbach Falls
Cascade of several waterfalls in the Lauterbrunnen Valley with a total height of about 840 metres.
Oeschinen Lake
Oeschinen Lake is a mountain lake in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, located above the village of Kandersteg.
Lake Thun
Lake Thun is an Alpine lake in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland named after the city of Thun, on its northern shore. At 48.3 km2 (18.6 sq mi) in surface area, it is the largest Swiss lake entirely within a single canton.