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Blitzingen Destination Guide

Touring Blitzingen in Switzerland

Blitzingen in the region of Valais with its 85 citizens is a city located in Switzerland - some 50 mi or ( 80 km ) South-East of Berne , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Blitzingen

Time in Blitzingen is now 01:00 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Zurich " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Zurich, Ulrichen, Steinhaus, Ritzingen, and Ried. Being here already, consider visiting Zurich . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Blitzingen ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

MGB - unterwegs von Oberwald nach Brig

3:44 min by PanGottardo
Views: 5088 Rating: 4.67

Kleine Reise entlang der Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn quer durchs Goms (Wallis, Schweiz). Join the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn on its journey through the Goms-region in Valais, Switzerland. ..

Goms - Wallis / Winter

5:36 min by denHartoghTV
Views: 4914 Rating: 5.00

Goms, Wallis, Switzerland. , Imagefilm Imagefilm produced by den Hartogh Productions AG CH 3900 Brig ..


Goms - Wallis / Sommer

5:56 min by denHartoghTV
Views: 3737 Rating: 5.00

Goms, Wallis / Valais - Switzerland. , Imagefilm Imagefilm produced by den Hartogh Productions AG CH 3900 Brig ..

alpes suizos

0:28 min by luna85c
Views: 1626 Rating: 5.00

sobrevolando los alpes suizos ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Biel, Valais

Biel is a village in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It was an independent municipality until 2001, when it merged with Ritzingen and Selkingen into the municipality Grafschaft.

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Located at 46.46 8.22 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Former municipalities of Valais, Villages in Valais

Fiesch derailment

The Fiesch derailment occurred on Friday, July 23, 2010, at 11:50 CET when a Glacier Express train, from Zermatt heading towards St. Moritz, derailed at low speed between the cities of Lax and Fiesch, Canton Valais, Switzerland. Two rear panorama cars were overturned while a third car derailed but remained on the track. A 64 year old Japanese woman was killed and a total of 40 people were injured and taken to hospital.

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Located at 46.40 8.13 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: 2010 in Switzerland, Railway accidents in 2010, Railway accidents in Switzerland

Fiesch railway station

Fiesch railway station is a metre gauge station serving the municipality of Fiesch, in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. The station forms part of the Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO), which connects Brig in Valais, via Furka Base Tunnel, Andermatt in Uri, with Göschenen, Uri, and Disentis/Mustér, Graubünden. Since 1 January 2003 (2003-01-01), the FO has been owned and operated by the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGB), following a merger between the FO and the Brig-Visp-Zermatt railway (BVZ).

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Located at 46.40 8.13 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn stations, Railway stations in the canton of Valais, Railway stations opened in 1914

Fiescher Glacier

The Fiescher Glacier (Fieschergletscher in German) is a valley glacier on the south side of the Bernese Alps in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. 16 km in length, it is the second longest glacier in the Alps. The glacier covers an area of 33 km . The starting point of the Fiescher Glacier is 4,000 m above sea level, on the eastern slope of the Fiescherhorn, it is flanked to the west by the Grünhorn and Gross Wannenhorn and to the east by the Finsteraarhorn.

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Located at 46.50 8.15 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Glaciers of Valais, Glaciers of the Alps

Lengenbach Quarry

The Lengenbach Quarry (LGB) is located in the Binn Valley and it is noted among the mineralogical community for its unusual sulfosalt specimens.

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Located at 46.37 8.19 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Economy of Switzerland, Geography of Valais, Mining in Switzerland, Quarries, Sulfosalt minerals, Surface mines in Switzerland

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