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Experience Switzerland – the open-air museum!
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age of the children:0 to 1 years1 to 2 years2 to 4 years4 to 6 years6 to 10 yearsover 10 yearsYoung people
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Destination is:a cultural institutiona museuma nature experiencea restaurant/inna petting zoo
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main topic:DiscoverStoryCultureLearnFairy taleHorsesPlayAnimals
- restaurant
- price level: moderate
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weather:Fair weatherRainy weatherwindChangeableCloudy
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stroller:mostly suitablemostly suitable
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dogs:allowedallowed
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Discover Switzerland with all your senses at the Ballenberg open-air museum
109 historic buildings from all parts of Switzerland, over 200 farm animals and old handicrafts: At Ballenberg you can experience Switzerland with all your senses. The spacious grounds of Switzerland's only open-air museum stretch between the communities of Hofstetten and Brienzwiler, above Brienz, in the heart of the Bernese Oberland.
Take a look into the living rooms, kitchens, pantries and bedrooms and immerse yourself in everyday life in times gone by. Over 30 different crafts enliven the Ballenberg workshops, numerous farm animals populate the pastures and stables and exciting exhibitions, hands-on stations and themed trails await you.
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Properties Destination Ballenberg, Freilichtmuseum der Schweiz
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Destination is:
a cultural institutiona museuma nature experiencea restaurant/inna petting zoo
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amusement park:
Adventure Park
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gastronomy:
child-friendly restaurant
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age of the children:
0 to 1 years1 to 2 years2 to 4 years4 to 6 years6 to 10 yearsover 10 yearsYoung people
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weather:
Fair weatherRainy weatherwindChangeableCloudy
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stroller:
mostly suitable
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dogs:
allowed
- Minimum age: no limit
- barrier-free
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- Information on opening hours: The Ballenberg Open Air Museum is open from mid-April to the end of October, daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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family cherries app
- price level: moderate
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main topic:
DiscoverStoryCultureLearnFairy taleHorsesPlayAnimals
- Number of existing animal species: 200
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Length of time:
half dayFull-timeseveral days
- restaurant
- snack
- WC
- changing table
- public transportation: on site
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reachable with:
- parking options
- Number of parking spaces: 9999999
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environmental focus:
countrylakeMountainForest
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semi-shady
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address
- Street: Museumsstrasse 100
- Postal code:
- City: Hofstetten bei Brienz
- Federal State: Bern
- country: Switzerland
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- Latitude : 46.751440
- Longitude : 8.078660
Contact
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address: Museumsstrasse 100 3858 Hofstetten bei Brienz Switzerland
- phone: +41 33 ... show
- fax: not specified
- To the card
- For directions
- Homepage: ballenberg.ch/de/
opening hours
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