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Brienz, Switzerland
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Cruise Lake Brienz and other Swiss lakes on motor vessels and historic paddlewheelers. The boats often stop near railway stations, and you can travel free with your Swiss Pass.

Swiss Official Timetable switzerlandforvisitors.com
Train, funicular, cablecar, boat, and bus schedules are packaged in a convenient (if bulky) three-volume set that you can buy at any Swiss railroad station.

Tourism links

Brienz-Axalp-Schwanden-Hofstetten-Oberried
Interlaken's tourist office presents a limited array of visitor information in English.

Region Brienz
This site for local residents is in German, but you can translate with Google if you're curious.

Lust auf... Brienz
If you can read German or make educated guesses, the business listings on this site may come in handy (although many of them are for other towns in the Interlaken region).

Swiss Open-Air Museum, Ballenberg
The Freilichtmuseum is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 1998. It has more than 80 buildings, 250 farm animals, and demonstrations of historical crafts in an 80-hectare (200-acre) site.

Also see:

Haslital Berner Oberland
This English-language tourist-information site covers the area between Lake Brienz and four mountain passes: the Grimsel, Susten, Grosse Scheidegg, and Brünig.

Transportation

BLS Schifffahrt
Cruise on Lake Brienz or nearby Lake Thun. You can also book private sailings for weddings, conventions, and other special events. In German; translate with AltaVista.

SBB Brünig
The Brünigbahn's scenic route connects Interlaken and Lucerne via Brienz, Meiringen, and Lungern. Check the "Snow 'n' Rail" ski packages in winter.

Brienz-Rothorn Bahn
Switzerland's oldest steam railway has been ascending the Rothorn, 15 km from Interlaken, since 1892. The cogwheel ttrains run from the end of May until late October.

Photos

Brienz aerial photo
Pilot-photographer André Locher's photo is small, but it shows the town's layout.

Music

Brienzersee Rockfestival
This festival takes place near Brienz, in the Bernese Oberland, in early August. A free shuttle bus runs to the festival site from the Brienz railroad station.

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