Gersau
in Bezirk Gersau of Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland
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Buochs Airport (6 mi) - Zürich Airport (33 mi)
- Bern Belp Airport (49 mi)
- Grenchen Airport (54 mi)
- St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (59 mi)
- Locarno Airport (60 mi)
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Donaueschingen-Villingen Airport (68 mi) - Lugano Airport (71 mi)
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Malpensa International Airport (95 mi) - Bergamo / Orio Al Serio Airport (107 mi)
- Linate Airport (113 mi)
- Stuttgart Airport (122 mi)
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Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps (Unesco heritage, 25 mi) - Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona (Unesco heritage, 35 mi)
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch (Unesco heritage, 41 mi)
- Abbey of St Gall (Unesco heritage, 50 mi)
- Old City of Berne (Unesco heritage, 51 mi)
- Monastic Island of Reichenau (Unesco heritage, 55 mi)
- Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona (Unesco heritage, 60 mi)
- Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes (Unesco heritage, 71 mi)
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy (Unesco heritage, 77 mi)
- Monte San Giorgio (Unesco heritage, 79 mi)
- Hammetschwand Aufzug (observation point, (6 mi)
- Hirschgarten Zug (zoo, (12 mi)
- Voliere Stansstad (zoo, (9 mi)
- Toni's Zoo (zoo, (15 mi)
- Natur- und Tierpark Goldau (zoo, (4 mi)
- Voliere Zug (zoo, (12 mi)
- Wildnispark Zürich Langenberg (zoo, (21 mi)
- Hirschpark Luzern (zoo, (12 mi)
- Fischottergehege Männedorf (zoo, (20 mi)
- Segelclcub Sihlsee (marina, (15 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 46.994 and 8.525 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 46° 59' 39" and E 8° 31' 29"
- 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: 08:31 PM (Friday)
- Timezone: Europe/Zurich
- UTC/GMT offset: 1 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:55 am and 8:49 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -44.033 and -176.367 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Ouwenga - References
- This place on Wikipedia
- 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: 2024-05-10 08:04:54
Explore Gersau
Gersau in Bezirk Gersau (Canton of Schwyz) with it's 1,983 inhabitants is a city in Switzerland about 51 mi (or 82 km) east of Bern, the country's capital.
Local time in Gersau is now 08:31 PM (Friday). The local timezone is named Europe / Zurich with an UTC offset of 2 hours. We know of 12 airports in the vicinity of Gersau, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in Switzerland is Buochs Airport in a distance of 6 mi (or 10 km), West. 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 25 mi (or 40 km). The closest in Switzerland is Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona in a distance of 35 mi (or 40 km), North-West. We found 10 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: Emmetten, Arth, Bauen, Ennetburgen and Kussnacht. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 21°C / 70 °F
| Morning Temperature | 10°C / 50 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 20°C / 69 °F |
| Night Temperature | 12°C / 54 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 50% |
| Air Pressure | 1019 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Light breeze with 5 km/h (3 mph) from South |
| Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 2% of sky |
| General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Saturday, 11th of May 2024
22°C (72 °F)
14°C (57 °F)
Scattered clouds, light breeze.
Sunday, 12th of May 2024
23°C (74 °F)
15°C (59 °F)
Heavy intensity rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 13th of May 2024
20°C (68 °F)
13°C (56 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Vitznauerhof
Boutique Hotel Schluessel
City Hotel
Seehotel Waldstätterhof Swiss Quality
Seehotel Riviera
Seeblick Höhenhotel
Rigi
FloraAlpina See- und Seminarhotel
Nidwaldnerhof
Seerausch Swiss Quality Hotel Beckenried
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
Paraglider landing in Emmetten
Landing with Michael Schulz as pilot and Kim Ludvigsen as passenger, August 1, 2007.
Gemeindeweekend 2015 Emmetten
Gemeindeweekend 2015 Emmetten.
Gleitschirm-Anflug Emmetten
Approaching Emmetten coming down from Niederbauen.
bike arena emmetten Woodtrail
Wood Trail Auf diesem Rundparcours auf dem Holzsteg beim Hotel SEEBLiCK steht die Geschicklichkeit und der Spass im Vordergrund. Im wechselweisem Auf und Ab führt dieser Trail - ähnlich...
Natural Bikepark Emmetten
Auf diesem 3 km kurzen Trail verrät der bekannte Extrembiker Lukas Stöckli fast sein ganzes Wissen, das er über Jahre auf seinen unzähligen Touren sammelte. 30 Schilder geben bei jedem...
first boat trip for fun 2010
short trip from gersau to weggis for coffe, then to ennetbürgen for lunch and back to gersau.
Manic Lips - Zwitserland 2013
De hoogtepunten van een week wintersport die de band Manic Lips doorbracht in Zwitserland, Emmetten.
Bigger Trigger in Gersau 2014
Bigger Trigger aus Brunnen ist das musikalische Highlight der Region. Gereift wie ein guter Schweizer Bergkäs und genauso lecker.
Paragliding teaching day
Thanks to Valdi Sabev for the track "We are free" Thanks to Patrick Aggeler - Flight instructor of Flugschule Emmetten Thanks to my Father for all the moments, pictures, movies.... Thanks to...
Alpensalamander
Im Kohltal bei Emmetten (Schweiz, Niedwalden)
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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.
Central Switzerland
Central Switzerland is the region of the Alpine foothills geographically the heart and historically the origin of Switzerland, with the cantons of Uri, Schwyz, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Lucerne and Zug. Central Switzerland is one of the NUTS 2 Statistical Regions. As such it includes the cantons of Lucerne, Uri, Schwyz, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Zug.
Rigi Railways
Rigi Railways is a group of railways on Mount Rigi, located between two of the arms of Lake Lucerne, in Switzerland. They include two standard gauge rack railways, the Vitznau-Rigi Bahn (VRB) and the Arth-Rigi Bahn (ARB), along with the Luftseilbahn Weggis-Rigi Kaltbad (LWRK) cable car. The Vitznau-Rigi Bahn is notable as the first mountain rack railway in Europe, and only the second in the world, after the Mount Washington Cog Railway in the United States.
DCT University Center – Switzerland
DCT University Center – Switzerland is a private university in the German-speaking part of Switzerland. The campus is located in a modern hotel building in the village of Vitznau, situated within the international tourism region of Luzern and directly on the shores of Lake Lucerne.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Gersau.
Gersau › South-East, Gersau (source)
Beckenried: Seelisbergtunnel Nord, Beckenried (source)
Gersau, Gersau (source)
Gersau: Seidenspinnerei Seesicht, Gersau (source)
Seeblick › North-East: Emmetten − Beckenried − Buochserhorn − Lake of Lucerne − Bürgenstock, Seeblick (source)
Emmetten › West, Emmetten (source)
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