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Delve into Hergiswil
Hergiswil in Nidwalden (Canton of Nidwalden) with it's 5,437 habitants is a city located in Switzerland about 41 mi (or 66 km) east of Bern, the country's capital town.
Current time in Hergiswil is now 12:24 AM (Saturday). The local timezone is named Europe / Zurich with an UTC offset of 2 hours. We know of 12 airports closer to Hergiswil, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in Switzerland is Buochs Airport in a distance of 4 mi (or 7 km), 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 is Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps in Austria at a distance of 21 mi (or 34 km). The closest in Switzerland is Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch in a distance of 36 mi (or 34 km), North. We saw 10 points of interest near this location. In need of a room? We compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Since you are here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Stans, Luzern, Ennetburgen, Sarnen and Kussnacht. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 14°C / 57 °F
Morning Temperature | 3°C / 37 °F |
Evening Temperature | 12°C / 54 °F |
Night Temperature | 5°C / 41 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 1% |
Air Humidity | 50% |
Air Pressure | 1006 hPa |
Wind Speed | Light breeze with 4 km/h (3 mph) from North |
Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 76% of sky |
General Conditions | Light rain |
Saturday, 27th of April 2024
17°C (62 °F)
8°C (46 °F)
Scattered clouds, gentle breeze.
Sunday, 28th of April 2024
18°C (64 °F)
10°C (51 °F)
Overcast clouds, light breeze.
Monday, 29th of April 2024
19°C (66 °F)
12°C (53 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, scattered clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
The Hotel Lucerne Autograph Collection
Seehotel Pilatus
Winkelried
Monopol
Renaissance Lucerne Hotel
Lucerne Radisson Blu Hotel
Continental-Park
Astoria
Cascada Swiss Quality Hotel
Seehotel Sternen
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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.
Lopper Tunnel
The Lopper Tunnel is a tunnel in Switzerland, and forms part of the Autostrasse A8. The tunnel is 1,562 metres long and has two lanes (one in each direction). There is no central reservation. It lies in central Switzerland. At times, the link to the A2 motorway may be undergoing roadworks.
International Hotel Management Institute Switzerland
IMI University Centre or International Hotel Management Institute Switzerland (IMI) is a private Swiss University located in Luzern teaching International Hotel, Tourism, Event, Restaurant, Hospitality, Health and Spa and European Culinary Management. In spring 2013 the new centre for International Culinary Arts will be opening on the campus in Kastanienbaum. IMI a Swiss Hotel School was founded in 1990. The teaching language of instruction is English.
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts is a Swiss public vocational university with campuses in Lucerne, Horw and Zug.
Mueterschwanderberg
Mueterschwanderberg (also Mueterschwandenberg) is a ridge forming the southern shore of Alpnachersee, just northwest of Stanserhorn and west of the village of Ennetmoos, Nidwalden, Switzerland. Its peak is at an elevation of 860 m (some 425 m above the lake surface). The peak is known as Drachenflue (Drachenfluh), with the Drachenloch cave nearby, named for the dragon which according to legend was slain here by Heinrich von Winkelried.
Hergiswil railway station
Hergiswil is a Swiss railway station in the municipality of Hergiswil in the canton of Nidwalden. It is at the junction of the Brünig line, which links Lucerne and Interlaken, and the Luzern–Stans–Engelberg line. Both lines are of metre gauge and owned by the Zentralbahn railway company. Hergiswil station is one of two stations to serve Hergiswil, the other being Hergiswil Matt, which is on the Brünig line some 1.5 kilometres to the north. The station is served by the following passenger trains:
Hergiswil Matt railway station
Hergiswil Matt is a Swiss railway station in the municipality of Hergiswil in the canton of Nidwalden. It is on the Brünig line of the Zentralbahn railway company, which links Lucerne and Interlaken, and is also used by trains of the Luzern–Stans–Engelberg line. Hergiswil Matt station is one of two stations to serve Hergiswil, the other being Hergiswil, which is on the Brünig line some 1.5 kilometres to the south. The station is served by the following passenger trains:
Horw railway station
Horw railway station is a Swiss railway station in the municipality of Horw. It is on the Brünig line of the Zentralbahn railway company, which links Lucerne and Interlaken, and is also used by trains of the Luzern–Stans–Engelberg line. The station is served by the following passenger trains:
Stansstad railway station
Stansstad is a Swiss railway station in the municipality of Stansstad in the canton of Nidwalden. It is on the Luzern–Stans–Engelberg line, owned by the Zentralbahn railway company, and is adjacent to the bridge that carries the line across the Alpnachersee arm of Lake Lucerne. The current railway station is the second to exist in Stansstad, having been built as a through station on the section of line opened in 1964 to connect the then Stansstad–Engelberg line to the Brünig line at Hergiswil.