Wengen BE

Population 1,116 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

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Daylight 8 h 35 in Dec, dark by 16:41 · 15 h 49 in Jun
  1. January: 8 h 58 of daylight
  2. February: 10 h 20 of daylight
  3. March: 11 h 51 of daylight
  4. April: 13 h 33 of daylight
  5. May: 15 h of daylight
  6. June: 15 h 49 of daylight
  7. July: 15 h 29 of daylight
  8. August: 14 h 14 of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 36 of daylight
  10. October: 10 h 58 of daylight
  11. November: 9 h 26 of daylight
  12. December: 8 h 35 of daylight
Tourist office · 50 m Wengen Tourismus

Getting there

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Where you can go from Wengen BE

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  • 5 h +

From Wengen BE's stations on a Tuesday at 08:00, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.

2 to 3 hours· 1

From published timetables, as of 19 October 2026. Only cities with a page here, in the countries we have timetables for.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Lauberhorn

    January

    Lauberhorn is the premier ski race, held in January. The scary-fast run is from the Lauberhorn summit at 2317 m, over 4.27 km (a one km descent) into Wengen.

  2. Eiger Ultra

    July

    Eiger Ultra see Grindelwald#Do for this 101 km ultra-marathon, held in July and passing through Wengen and Kleine Scheidegg

  3. Mendelssohn Musikwoche Wengen

    August

    Mendelssohn Musikwoche Wengen is a classical music week in August, with the next on 20-27 Aug 2022.

3 events here have no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Wengen BE); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

All 3 places to eat

Getting around

More train stations: Zweilütschinen 3.4 km, Wengernalp 3.6 km, Kleine Scheidegg 3.8 km, Lütschental 4.0 km, Mürren Bahnhof 5.1 km, Mürren 5.1 km, Schynige Platte 5.2 km, Burglauenen 5.2 km, Eigergletscher 5.3 km

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