Merlen
in Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland
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Hohenems-Dornbirn Airport (32 mi) -
St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (33 mi) - Buochs Airport (38 mi)
- Zürich Airport (41 mi)
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Friedrichshafen Airport (44 mi) - Samedan Airport (49 mi)
- Locarno Airport (65 mi)
- Lugano Airport (75 mi)
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Bergamo / Orio Al Serio Airport (100 mi) - Malpensa International Airport (102 mi)
- Stuttgart Airport (112 mi)
- Linate Airport (113 mi)
- Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona (Unesco heritage, 11 mi)
- Abbey of St Gall (Unesco heritage, 25 mi)
- Monastic Island of Reichenau (Unesco heritage, 44 mi)
- Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps (Unesco heritage, 49 mi)
- Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes (Unesco heritage, 50 mi)
- Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona (Unesco heritage, 62 mi)
- Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair (Unesco heritage, 67 mi)
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch (Unesco heritage, 68 mi)
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy (Unesco heritage, 76 mi)
- Monte San Giorgio (Unesco heritage, 83 mi)
- Greifvogelpark Buchs (zoo, (14 mi)
- Zoo Bad Ragaz (zoo, (15 mi)
- Vivarium Tablat (zoo, (28 mi)
- Erlebniszoo Rheintal (zoo, (24 mi)
- Tier- und Freizeitpark Chur (zoo, (21 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 47.075 and 9.199 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 47° 4' 31" and E 9° 11' 55"
- 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: 05:19 PM (Saturday)
- Timezone: Europe/Zurich
- UTC/GMT offset: 1 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:12 am and 8:29 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: 2024-04-27 08:23:39
Explore Merlen
Merlen in Canton of St. Gallen is a city in Switzerland about 83 mi (or 134 km) east of Bern, the country's capital.
Local time in Merlen is now 05:19 PM (Saturday). The local timezone is named Europe / Zurich with an UTC offset of 2 hours. We know of 12 airports in the vicinity of Merlen, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest is airport we know is Hohenems-Dornbirn Airport in Austria in a distance of 32 mi (or 51 km). The closest airport in Switzerland is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport in a distance of 33 mi (or 51 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 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona in a distance of 11 mi (or 18 km), South. We found 5 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: Amden, Glarus, Schmerikon, Balzers and Herisau. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 14°C / 58 °F
| Morning Temperature | 3°C / 37 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 12°C / 53 °F |
| Night Temperature | 6°C / 43 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 54% |
| Air Pressure | 1009 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from North |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 56% of sky |
| General Conditions | Broken clouds |
Sunday, 28th of April 2024
19°C (66 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Broken clouds, gentle breeze.
Monday, 29th of April 2024
20°C (68 °F)
11°C (52 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Tuesday, 30th of April 2024
23°C (73 °F)
12°C (54 °F)
Overcast clouds, gentle breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Römerturm
Lofthotel
Knobelboden Sporthotel Restaurant
Arvenbüel
Lihn Seminarhotel
AmdenLodge Bienenheim Naturhostel
Sidonie - Amden Dorf
Videos from this area
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Seerenbach Falls
Swiss mtb trip 09-may-2014.
Sailing on Wallensee, Switzerland. Yacht H Class Aotearoa
Ray and Ruedi sailing on Wallensee. The yacht is a 26 foot H Class day sailer. Check out sailing in New Zealand. www.aclasssailing.co.nz.
Walensee Raststatte A3, Switzerland, Public Toilet Sink
Trickle.
MTB in obstalden
Ich und mein Kollege biken durch unseren trail Musik: Maklemore make that money.
Swiss Alps Haus Robmen Murchenstock
Just look around this lovely location. We could hear the cowbells from the summer grazing cows. It's 1700 metres above sea level. We walked to the nearby farm and bought butter and milk, still...
Bahnübergang Mühlehorn und Schotterwerk
Bahnübergang Mühlehorn und Schotterwerk. Ein kleines Vorbild für die grosse Modelleisenbahn. Zu sehen ist hier ein kleines Schotterwerk am Bahnhof Mühlehorn, direkt am Walensee.
Eingleisiger Abschnitt Murg-Mühlehorn, Walensee und Churfirsten
Eingleisiger Abschnitt Murg-Mühlehorn Auf der Doppelspurstrecke Zürich-Chur gibt es am Walensee noch einen kurzen Abschnitt mit eingleisiger Verkehrsführung. Wie man sieht ist in dem Bereich...
Biking at the Walensee - Day 18 of the bicycle trip
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Züge entlang dem Walensee
Züge entlang dem Walensee Aufnahme in Teufwinkel - Mühlehorn.
S-Bahn St. Gallen S4 Ringbahn am Walensee
am Walensee zwischen Mühlehorn und Murg.
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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.
Walensee
The Walensee is one of the larger lakes in Switzerland, for about 2/3 of its surface in the Canton of St. Gallen and for 1/3 in the Canton of Glarus. It is also known as Lake Walen or Lake Walenstadt, after Walenstadt. Other towns and villages at the lake include: Weesen, Quinten, Quarten, and Murg. The three main rivers leading to this lake are the Seez, Murgbach, and Linth. The latter continues its course from Walensee to Lake Zurich.
Murgseen
Murgseen are a group of lakes in Murgtal (Murg valley) in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. The three lakes are drained by Murgbach, which empties into Lake Walen at Murg in the municipality of Quarten. The three lakes are: Oberer Murgsee (or "Ober Murgsee", Upper lake) at an elevation of 1820 m; the largest, with a surface area of 20 ha Mittlerer Murgsee (or "Mittlerer Murgsee") at 1808 m Unterer Murgsee (or "Unter Murgsee", Lower lake) at 1682 m
Kerenzen-Mühlehorn
Kerenzen-Mühlehorn is a former municipality in the canton of Glarus, Switzerland. It ceased to exist in 1887, when it was split into the three new municipalities Filzbach, Mühlehorn and Obstalden.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Merlen.
Murg: am Walensee − Segelschule, Murg (source)
Mühlehorn: Tiefenwinkel (Blick nach Nordwesten Richtung Wesen), Mühlehorn (source)
Seebenalp: Flumserberg − Ost, Seebenalp (source)
Obstalden: Vue en direction de Walenstadt, Obstalden (source)
Quarten: Walensee, Quarten (source)
Leist: Flumserberg, Leist (source)
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This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Merlen
