Our next destination from Interlaken was Lauterbrunnen Valley. From the Interlaken OST train station, you can take a 20 minute train ride directly into Lauterbrunnen. I recommend downloading the SBB Mobile app to look for routes and time tables! We also used our flex Swiss Travel Pass to get around (see the Interlaken post for details!)

Lauterbrunnen

Once we arrived in Lauterbrunnen station, we headed to our hotel - Hotel Silberhorn. The hotel is super close to the station, about 150m away! We booked the Superior Room, but due to the time we arrived we were given a room facing the valley in the building across from the main building. The view was absolutely stunning, so no complaints there.

View from our room

View from the breakfast room

Dinner at the hotel restaurant

Dinner at the hotel was also pretty good. It's all local Swiss food, and the menu states where all ingredients are sourced from. Make a booking at front desk to ensure a spot, as there are limited dining options in Lauterbrunnen!

After dropping off our luggage we headed towards Stabbauch Falls. Along the way we came across Airtime Cafe, which became our go-to rest and lunch spot for the rest of our time there. The cafe is known for it's vegan options, and personally I thought they had great hot chocolate! 


Inside the cafe 

A warm chickpea, cheese and spinach dish!

Super delicious hot chocolate! 

Stabbauch Falls was a short 11 minute walk from our hotel. The falls are a tall, but small waterfall to visit. We finished visiting the site within an hour.


Almost to the falls!

In front of Stabbauch Falls

Trümmelbach Falls

Afterwards, we headed towards Trümmelbach Falls. It's a 15 minute bus ride away, on the 141 bus line. To walk to the falls, there's a long path where you can see the view of the valleys - quite stunning.



Trümmelbach is a UNESCO world heritage site, and it drains the meltwater of the glaciers from the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau! The falls includes 10 glacial waterfalls inside a mountain. Lauterbrunnen Valley is known as the valley of 72 waterfalls, so it's really quite impressive!

Because most of the falls are underground and in the mountain, unfortunately I did not get that many great photos to share. I did take some videos, which I'll share below. The falls also have paths, lifts, and steps to make it easy for people to navigate. Personally, I found it a bit strenuous in some parts, so be prepared!

Mürren

The next day we went up to Mürren, so we could visit Schilthorn. Since Mürren is car-free, we took the Grütschalp cable car directly behind our hotel. 

View of Lauterbrunnen Valley from the Grütschalp cable car

After taking the cable car to Grütschalp, we took a small train to the Mürren BLM train station, located north of the village. 


Some sights along the way :)

From the train station, we walked 15 minutes to the cable car station at the other end of the village. This cable car will take you to Birg, the midway point. At Birg, there is a Skyline Walk and Thrill Walk you can explore. There is also a lovely bistro where you can take a break and grab some food.
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From Birg, we took the final cable car up to Schilthorn. Schilthorn is 2970m high and provides a 360 degrees view of the Bernese Oberland! One of the older Bond movies was filmed here, so when you reach Schilthorn, you'll see a lot of Bond related merch and signage.

Schilthorn

I highly recommend checking the weather forecast before visiting. Unfortunately the morning we went, it  was super foggy, so we didn't get to see the 360 views of the Bernese Oberland properly. Nevertheless, it's still a site I recommend checking out on better weather. :)




Wengen

We finished visiting Schilthorn in the early afternoon, so for the rest of the day we decided to do a hike. We chose the Wengen->Lauterbrunnen hike, a 2 mile hike. To get to Wengen, we took the train directly from Lauterbrunnen station to Wengen. It's an 11 minute ride - short and easy. 

Wengen

I chose this hike as it said online it's good for all levels. However, if you have bad knees, I don't recommend this hike as it can be quite steep going down. Once at Wengen station, we followed signs along that way that said "Lauterbrunnen".



Signs you see along the way, leading you down

A good part of this hike was in the woods, so the best parts of this hike were at the beginning and the end. 😅 I would not do this hike again. It took four hours and you can get a much prettier view of Lauterbrunnen valley via the train down. 

Some cute Swiss Cows :)


Along the way...

The end of the trail!

And this concludes our 2-day trip to Lauterbrunnen Valley! The next destination is Grindelwald - stay tuned!