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| Brig-Glis | ||
| Canton | Valais | |
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| Residents | 13.109 (2017) | |
| height | 691 m | |
| Tourist info | 41 (0)27 921 60 30 brig-belalp.ch | |
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Brig-Glis (often just Brig) is a city and an important traffic junction in Canton Valais in the Switzerland.
Here trains come from the Lötschberg base tunnel from Bern and from the Simplon tunnel Domodossola at. Various trains of the Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn (MGB) and post buses also run from here to the surrounding regions.
background
The community consists of the four districts Brig and Glis as well as the thermal spa Brigerbad and the village Chamois. Brig was founded by the Bishop of Sion in 1215 and has had historical market rights ever since, which is why the city center with its historic houses looks like a medieval old town. In 1973 the four districts merged to form today's municipality. Brig-Glis is located on the Saltina river, which formed the old border between Brig and Glis and flows into the Rhône in the municipality.
getting there
By plane
Brig is from the airports airport Zurich
(IATA: ZRH), Geneva airport(IATA: GVA) and EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg(IATA: BSL, MLH, EAP) Easily accessible by train in around two and a half hours.
The nearest airport is in Sion, if you want to try it yourself.
By train
The 1 Brig station is a hub station, as the Rhônetal, Simplon and Lötschberg lines meet here. The Glacier Express, which runs through the station of the Matterhorn Gotthard Railway Zermatt With St. Moritz over the Goms, Furka tunnel, Oberalppass and Disentis connects.
By bus
On the station forecourt, the Postbuses drive into the surrounding side valleys, including to Saas-Fee from.
In the street
Through the Rhône Valley on the A9 motorway. Or you drive from Bern on the A6 motorway to Spiez and then take the main road to Kandersteg. There you load your car onto the train to reach Goppenstein through the Lötschberg tunnel, from there the main road leads into the Rhône valley.
Onward travel to Italy is possible either via the Simplon Pass or by car transport through the Simplon Tunnel.
The journey through Goms with the car train through the Furka tunnel is also possible all year round.
By bicycle
- Rhone route: Andermatt - Genève
mobility
The old town can easily be explored on foot, the rest of the sights and the surrounding area are connected to a good bus network.
Tourist Attractions
Churches
- Collegiate Church Spiritus Sanctus
- Urseline Church
- St. Antonius Eremita Chapel
- Supersaxo Chapel, in Glis.
Castles, chateaux and palaces
- Stockalperpalast
Buildings
- Peter Stockalper's house
- railway station
Monuments
- Fountain. Fountain in honor of Geo Chavez, who was the first to fly over the Alps in an airplane in 1910.
Museums
- 1 Stockalper Castle Museum, Alte Simplonstrasse 28, 3900 Brig.
Streets and squares
Parks
- Stockalpergarten
various
activities
- In the neighboring village Brigerbad there is a thermal bath complex.
- Hike a part of the Stockalperweg along the from Brig over the Simplon Pass leads to Gondo.
shop
- Since you often have to change trains at Brig train station, the local bakery is recommended.
kitchen
Cheap
medium
Upscale
nightlife
Cheap
medium
Upscale
accommodation
Cheap
- 1 Schoenstatt House, Kettelerstrasse 27, CH-3900 Brig. Tel.: 41 (0)27 9211666, Email: [email protected]. This is a seminar and family hotel run by nuns. It is a bit outside of the center in Brig, but has its own bus stop, which is generally approached every half an hour. The house is open all year round.Open: Check-In: 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., Check-Out: 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Reception / shop / cafeteria: 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. Restaurant by appointment only.
medium
Upscale
Learn
Work
security
health
- Brig Hospital (Wallis Hospital GNW), Spitalstrasse 7, 3900 Brig. Tel.: 41 (0)27 970 33 33.
Practical advice
trips
- A trip to the saffron village mouth.
- A hike along the Lötschberg south ramp.
literature
Web links
- http://www.brig-glis.ch - Brig-Glis official website
- Tourism site of the region
- Tourism site
