Engelberg
in Biel/Bienne District of Canton of Bern, Switzerland
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Grenchen Airport (12 mi) - Neuchatel Airport (18 mi)
- Bern Belp Airport (20 mi)
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Montbéliard-Courcelles Airport (32 mi) - EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (37 mi)
- Fontaine Airport (39 mi)
- Sion Airport (61 mi)
- Zürich Airport (69 mi)
- Colmar-Houssen Airport (70 mi)
- Geneva Cointrin International Airport (78 mi)
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Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport (123 mi) -
Malpensa International Airport (126 mi) - Torino / Caselle International Airport (133 mi)
- La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning (Unesco heritage, 16 mi)
- Old City of Berne (Unesco heritage, 17 mi)
- Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces (Unesco heritage, 47 mi)
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Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps (Unesco heritage, 50 mi) - Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch (Unesco heritage, 58 mi)
- From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt (Unesco heritage, 62 mi)
- Strasbourg – Grande île (Unesco heritage, 105 mi)
- Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy (Unesco heritage, 119 mi)
- Zoo Jurassien Siky-Ranch (zoo, (18 mi)
- Bärenpark Bern (zoo, (17 mi)
- Tierpark Dählhölzli Bern (zoo, (17 mi)
- Zoo Rothaus (zoo, (9 mi)
- Erlebniswelt Seeteufel (zoo, (7 mi)
- Papiliorama Kerzers (zoo, (8 mi)
- Johns kleine Farm (zoo, (6 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 47.104 and 7.179 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 47° 6' 13" and E 7° 10' 43"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Franc - CHF
- Spoken languages:
- German, French, Italian, Romansh
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 03:00 AM (Monday)
- Timezone: Europe/Zurich
- UTC/GMT offset: 1 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:16 am and 8:40 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -44.033 and -176.367 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Ouwenga - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 4,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to Switzerland.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Switzerland. Last Update: 2024-04-28 08:22:10
Explore Engelberg
Engelberg in Biel/Bienne District (Canton of Bern) is a city in Switzerland about 17 mi (or 27 km) north-west of Bern, the country's capital.
Local time in Engelberg is now 03:00 AM (Monday). The local timezone is named Europe / Zurich with an UTC offset of 2 hours. We know of 13 airports in the vicinity of Engelberg, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in Switzerland is Grenchen Airport in a distance of 12 mi (or 20 km), North-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in Switzerland is La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning in a distance of 16 mi (or 26 km), West. We found 7 points of interest in the vicinity of this place. If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Biel/Bienne, Neuchatel, Tafers, Fribourg and Delemont. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 16°C / 60 °F
| Morning Temperature | 7°C / 45 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 16°C / 60 °F |
| Night Temperature | 10°C / 49 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 2% |
| Air Humidity | 60% |
| Air Pressure | 1019 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Light breeze with 4 km/h (3 mph) from West |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 88% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Tuesday, 30th of April 2024
19°C (66 °F)
11°C (52 °F)
Broken clouds, light breeze.
Wednesday, 1st of May 2024
20°C (68 °F)
11°C (52 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Thursday, 2nd of May 2024
8°C (46 °F)
6°C (43 °F)
Moderate rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Schloessli Ipsach
Art Deco Elite
Mercure Plaza Biel
HOTEL TWANNBERG
Bären Twann
Fontana
City Hotel Biel Bienne
Dufour
Metropol
Hôtel Garni Villa Carmen
Videos from this area
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Magglingen DH 17.4.10
It's iust a ride... but nice.
Timelapse Fête Nationale Suisse (Lac de Bienne)
Timelapse effectué avec un Canon EOS 60D, Tokina 11-16mm, F2.8, ISO 2000. 880 images compilées.
Magglingen macolin 24-01-2015 sportzentrum on board camera
Magglingen 24-01-2015 on board camera with Nilox F60 EVO.
SUN afternoon ride - trip to the Chasseral - part 03 Lamboing - Kawasaki Ninja 250R
sunday afternoon trip to the Chasseral - part 03 - road to Lamboing - 03.03.2013.
Finale B, 60 m, Swiss Indoors 2011, Magglingen
Finale B, 60 m, Swiss Indoors 2011, Magglingen.
Funiculaire Bienne - Macolin (3)
Funiculaire Bienne - Macolin Standseilbahn Biel - Magglingen (canton of Bern, Switzerland)
Biel Trail Frühling 2012
a trip on the Chris Craft Super Catalina - zero to 50 kmh and back
www.supercatalina28.com Build 1976 in Fiumicino / Italy, 2 times small block 305K, moored in Switzerland.
Daniel Meister & Natalia Danomara cover Falling Slowly
Daniel Meister and Natalia Danomara perform a cover of Glen Hansard's track, Falling Slowly at Steiner Schernelz Village by Lake Biel. Visit Daniel's Website http://www.dood.ch.
Lac de Bienne 25.01.2009
Lac de Bienne 25.01.2009.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Lake Biel
Lake Biel or Lake Bienne is a lake in the west of Switzerland. Together with Lake Morat and Lake Neuchâtel, it is one of the three large lakes in the Jura region of Switzerland. It lies approximately at {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:47|5|N|7|10|E|type:waterbody_region:CH|| | |name=Lake Biel }}, at the language boundary between German & French speaking areas. The lake is 15 km long and up to 4.1 km wide. Its surface area is 39.3 km², the maximum depth 74 m.
St. Peter's Island
St. Peter’s Island is a peninsula situated in Lake Biel in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. It has a length of about 5 kilometres and a maximum width of 800 metres. Its highest point is 474 metres above sea level or 45 metres above lake level (429 m). It was formed in the last Ice Age, when the Rhône Glacier reached as far as the Jura mountains. It is a promontory of the Jolimont, above Erlach.
Twannberg meteorite
The Twannberg meteorite is a hexahedrite iron meteorite. It is the only meteorite of the IIG group found in Europe and the largest meteorite ever found in Switzerland.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Engelberg.
Vingelz: Bielersee − Südwest, Vingelz (source)
Magglingen › North-East: Aussichtsturm Lothurm in, Magglingen (source)
Twann: Lake Biel, Twann (source)
Magglingen › North-East: Restaurant End der Welt − 400-Rundbahn und Fussballplatz «End der Welt», Magglingen (source)
Biel/Bienne: Lake Biel, Biel/Bienne (source)
Magglingen › North: Aussichtsturm Lothurm in − Ausflug zur Weitsicht, Magglingen (source)
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