Brig
in Brig District of Canton du Valais, Switzerland
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Sion Airport (32 mi) - Locarno Airport (44 mi)
- Bern Belp Airport (47 mi)
- Buochs Airport (49 mi)
- Lugano Airport (49 mi)
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Aosta Airport (50 mi) - Malpensa International Airport (59 mi)
- Grenchen Airport (65 mi)
- Torino / Caselle International Airport (79 mi)
- Zürich Airport (84 mi)
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch (Unesco heritage, 13 mi)
- Old City of Berne (Unesco heritage, 50 mi)
- Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona (Unesco heritage, 50 mi)
- Monte San Giorgio (Unesco heritage, 53 mi)
- Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces (Unesco heritage, 60 mi)
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy (Unesco heritage, 62 mi)
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Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps (Unesco heritage, 67 mi) - Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona (Unesco heritage, 73 mi)
- La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning (Unesco heritage, 77 mi)
- Residences of the Royal House of Savoy (Unesco heritage, 87 mi)
- Tierpark Aletsch (zoo, (10 mi)
- Alpenvogelpark Grindelwald (zoo, (23 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 46.317 and 7.983 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 46° 19' 0" and E 7° 58' 59"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Franc - CHF
- Spoken languages:
- German, French, Italian, Romansh
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 12:22 AM (Friday)
- Timezone: Europe/Zurich
- UTC/GMT offset: 1 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:30 am and 4:54 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -44.033 and -176.367 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Ouwenga - References
- This place on Wikipedia
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 4,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to Switzerland.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Switzerland. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Discover Brig
Brig in Brig District (Canton du Valais) with it's 5,000 citizens is a place in Switzerland about 50 mi (or 81 km) south-east of Bern, the country's capital city.
Current time in Brig is now 12:22 AM (Friday). The local timezone is named Europe / Zurich with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 10 airports near Brig, of which 3 are larger airports. The closest airport in Switzerland is Sion Airport in a distance of 32 mi (or 52 km), West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in Switzerland is Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch in a distance of 13 mi (or 21 km), North. We encountered 2 points of interest in the vicinity of this place. If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Visp, Raron, Trasquera, Antronapiana and Antrona Schieranco. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 9°C / 48 °F
| Morning Temperature | 2°C / 35 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 6°C / 43 °F |
| Night Temperature | 5°C / 41 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 55% |
| Air Pressure | 1023 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Light breeze with 4 km/h (3 mph) from East |
| Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 4% of sky |
| General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Friday, 15th of November 2024
13°C (56 °F)
8°C (46 °F)
Scattered clouds, light breeze.
Saturday, 16th of November 2024
15°C (58 °F)
7°C (45 °F)
Sky is clear, light breeze, clear sky.
Sunday, 17th of November 2024
11°C (52 °F)
7°C (44 °F)
Few clouds, gentle breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Ambassador
Alex
Schlosshotel Art Furrer
Chavez Restotel - Ried-Brig
Hotel Europe Garni
Hamilton Lodge & Spa
Nicole I (Felder) - Blatten
Hotel de Londres
du Pont - Brig
Hotel Restaurant Massa
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
Swiss Rail at Brig, Valais - 2013
A windy afternoon at the once major transfer station of Brig in the Valais region of southern Switzerland. Since the Lötschberg Base Tunnel opened several years, Visp (less than 10 minutes...
Swiss Trains: Brig
An hour on the morning of Wednesday 4 November 2009 at Brig main station. For a small town there is a lot of rail action since it acts as a staging post in the upper Rhone valley for major...
BLS - SBB BRIG 08 1 : de la neige en gare ...
BRIG.
Swiss railways - Glacier Express Brig Bahnhof
Looking for broadcast footage? Don't shoot! Contact http://www.stockshot.nl/ © - Brig is deep in the Rhone valley and a well-known rail junction. Trains from all directions pass through...
Suisse, 28 et 29/05/2002, Brig et Glacier-Express (part) (DV)
Lors d'un voyage spécial, organisé par le GTF en Suisse au mois de mai 2002. - Vues depuis la chambre d'hôtel sur la gare de Brig, arrivée du train " Glacier-Express ", manoeuvres et...
Guggenmusik Pampers - Holiday
Sebastiansplatz 10.02.2013 Guggenmusik Pampers - Holiday (Greenday) http://www.guggenmusik-pampers.ch/
Brig (brig-belalp.ch)
http://www.brig-belalp.ch.
(Sonder)Zugfahrt nach Brig (CH) Okt. 2014
Brig - Visp- Helicam / Aero / Flugaufnahmen
Brig, Visp, Aletschgebiet, Wallis, Switzerland, Schweiz, Sonne, Wein, Stockalperschloss, Lonza, Bahnhof, Simplontunnel, Simplonpass, Sempione, Autoverlad, Zermatt, Saas Fee, SBB, BLS, MGB,...
MGB Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn in Brig -Zug,trainfart,train
MGB Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn in Brig Meinen Kanal findest du hier: http://www.youtube.com/user/trainfart Wenn du kein Video mehr verpassen möchtest kannst du mich gern hier abonnieren....
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Simplon Tunnel
The Simplon Tunnel is a railway tunnel that connects Brig, Switzerland and Domodossola, Italy, through the Alps, but not under Simplon Pass itself. It is straight except for shore curves at either end. It actually consists of two single-track tunnels built nearly 20 years apart. The first to be opened is 19,700 meters long, the second is 19,824 meters long, making it the longest railway tunnel in the world until the opening of the Daishimizu Tunnel in 1982.
Brig (district)
The district of Brig is a district in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It has a population of 25,137 (as of 31 December 2011).
Stockalper Palace
The Stockalper Palace is a castle in Brig-Glis, Switzerland. It was built between 1658 and 1678 by Kaspar Stockalper, a silk merchant of Brig. The Stockalper Palace was the largest private construction in Switzerland at the time. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. Today, the castle is uninhabited and visitors may only enjoy access by guided tour. Tours take place during May to October at 9.30, 10.30, 13.30, 14.30, 15.30 and 16.30*.
Brig railway station
Brig railway station is an important railway junction in the municipality of Brig-Glis, in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. Opened in 1906, it is adjacent to the northern portal of the Simplon Tunnel, and is served by three standard gauge lines and two metre gauge lines.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Brig.
Blatten: Hotel Massa − Aussicht, Blatten (source)
Brig: Stockalper Palace, Brig (source)
Blatten: Hotel Blattnerhof mit Belalpbahn und Altes Dorf von, Blatten (source)
Belalp › South-East: Tschuggen, Belalp (source)
Brig › South-East: Stockalper Palace, Brig (source)
Termen › West, Termen (source)
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This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Brigue, Brig, Бриг, Brigue-Glis, ZDL, Briga-Glis, ブリーク
