Two things decide a short trip: how much free time your arrival and departure times really leave you — something no guide can work out for you — and which area is the best base for you.
Tell us when you arrive and when you leave. We will tell you how many hours you really get to enjoy the city, day by day, once the transfers and your own breaks are set aside.
These are free hours, not a list of sights. We do not know your flight, the queues, opening times or how long it takes to get from one place to another.
Rank what matters most to you, from one to three things, and tick anything you want to avoid. We compare the areas the guide describes and explain why each one fits, catch included.
It sorts what the guide says; it does not score neighbourhoods. It does not look at hotels, today’s prices, safety or accessibility, and it only knows the areas the guide describes.
Every rating comes from what the guide’s table says in words, and the sentence is shown next to it. What the guide does not say is not scored.
Who each one is for and what the catch is, in the guide’s own words.
First visits and short stays: trains to every valley, the lakes, restaurants and the most choice of hotels.
The catch: A town without the mountain views of the villages, and busy with tour groups.
The valley of waterfalls, at the foot of the cliffs, with trains up to Wengen and cable cars to Mürren.
The catch: Crowded with day visitors, and in a deep valley that sees little sun in winter.
Car-free villages on the cliffs, with the peaks in front and silent evenings.
The catch: Reached only by train or cable car, with few shops and dear rooms.
A lively mountain village under the Eiger, with walks, cable cars and the Eiger Express to the Jungfraujoch.
The catch: Busy and spread out, and forty minutes from Interlaken by train.
How much daylight there is in Interlaken each month
Sunrise and sunset in Interlaken, on its own clock and with the seasonal time change already applied. It is what decides how much fits into a day, and it swings far more than people expect.
The longest day is in June — 15 h 49 min of daylight — and the shortest in December, with 8 h 35 min. That is a 7 h 14 min swing between them.
3–4 days in June / July / August / September come to roughly 37 h 51 min to 63 h 16 min of daylight, depending on the month you pick and how long you stay.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 08:09 | 17:06 | 8 h 57 min |
| February | 07:33 | 17:52 | 10 h 18 min |
| March | 06:42 | 18:32 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 06:42 | 20:14 | 13 h 33 min |
| May | 05:54 | 20:54 | 15 h |
| June | 05:34 | 21:23 | 15 h 49 min |
| July | 05:49 | 21:19 | 15 h 30 min |
| August | 06:25 | 20:40 | 14 h 15 min |
| September | 07:05 | 19:42 | 12 h 37 min |
| October | 07:45 | 18:43 | 10 h 58 min |
| November | 07:30 | 16:56 | 9 h 26 min |
| December | 08:06 | 16:41 | 8 h 35 min |
Worked out for Interlaken from its position and its time zone (Europe/Zurich). The times are approximate — the sun shifts a couple of minutes from one year to the next — and they leave out twilight, which adds some light before and after. Each month is worked out from its 15th, the day that looks most like the month as a whole.
Give it the days you have just worked out and Joru builds the whole trip: what to see each day, in what order, and how long it takes to get between them. With real places and real forecasts, not invented ones.
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