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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.6253,Lat: 46.9667
Elevation	738 meter above sea level
Local time	18:43:59pm
Name province/region	Bern
Name Subregion	Bern-Mittelland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Walkringen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Walkringen	2 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Littewil	3.1 km	West
3 Wikartswil	3.2 km	SouthWest
4 Hämlismatt	3.5 km	SouthEast
5 Obergoldbach	3.7 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	14 km	West
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	145 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	314 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 295 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Aare, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Wohlensee (3.2 km² at a height of around 480 meter above sea level) at a distance of 15.8 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Bern with a height of 540 meter (at a distance of 14 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 54.8 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 77 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 51%, moderate high mountains: 49%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Stark geformte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines au relief prononcé

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 70 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bern Belp Airport (at a distance of 11 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

23.9 km2

30.5%

Nature

2.1 km2

2.7%

Agriculture

51.1 km2

65.1%

Urban area

1.3 km2

1.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Bigenthal in country Switzerland

Bigenthal at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	13 km	West
2 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	56 km	NorthEast
3 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	61 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Bigenthal
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Walkringen

Type of weather in Walkringen	broken clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1001 mb
Humidity:	40 %
Daylength at 1 May 2024:	14 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :	06:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:39 Europe/Amsterdam