Casino d'Interlaken

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Le casino d'Interlaken est un bâtiment situé sur le territoire de la commune bernoise d'Interlaken, en Suisse. Il s'agit d'un casino de type B dont les mises et gains sont plus restreints.

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Interlaken Monastery

Interlaken Monastery was a convent of the Augustinian Canons Regular from about 1133 until 1528 at Interlaken in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

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Bödeli

Bödeli is the tongue of land between Lake Thun and Lake Brienz in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland. Lake Thun and Lake Brienz were not yet separate after the last ice age. The rivers Lütschine from the south and the Lombach from the north brought enough debris to cause a partitioning over the millennia. Now Lake Brienz has a water level about 2 metres higher than Lake Thun and the river Aare flows from one lake to the other through the Bödeli. On the Bödeli are situated the villages and towns of Unterseen, Interlaken and Matten, which form a closed settlement area, and at the southern border are the villages of Wilderswil and Bönigen. From the south a hill range, the Ruuge, rises up.

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Interlaken Ost railway station

Interlaken Ost or Interlaken East is a railway station in the resort town of Interlaken in the Swiss canton of Bern. The station was previously known as Interlaken Zollhaus. The town has one other station, Interlaken West. Interlaken Ost is an important railway junction at the meeting point of three railway lines, the Thunersee line of the BLS AG, the Brünig line of the Zentralbahn, and the Bernese Oberland railway. In addition to trains operated directly by the owners of these lines, the station is also reached by passenger trains of the Swiss Federal Railways, Deutsche Bahn, all of which operate over the Thunersee line. The station provides an interchange with the local bus network provided by PostBus Switzerland and the regional bus line to Thun provided by Verkehrsbetriebe STI. Ships of the BLS-owned fleet on Lake Brienz serve a quay at Interlaken Ost, which they access via a navigable reach of the Aar river.

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Interlaken West railway station

Interlaken West is a railway station in the resort town of Interlaken, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is on the Thunersee line of the BLS AG, and is one of two stations in the town, the other being Interlaken Ost. In addition to trains operated directly by the BLS, the station is also reached by passenger trains of the Swiss Federal Railways and Deutsche Bahn. The lines through the station are standard gauge and are electrified at 15 kV AC. There are two tracks, narrowing to a single track at either end of the station, and each track is served by a side platform. The station building is situated on the eastern platform. The station also provides an interchange with the local bus network provided by PostBus Switzerland and the regional bus line to Thun provided by Verkehrsbetriebe STI. Ships of the BLS-owned fleet on Lake Thun serve a quay at Interlaken West, which they access via the 2.75-kilometre long Interlaken ship canal.

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Unterseen

Unterseen is a historic town and a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Unterseen literally means Lower Lake, which is correct, since Unterseen is located on the flat area on the eastern shore of Lake Thun between the two creek Lombach below the Chienberg to the north and the Aare to the south, which both flow into Lake Thun. The historic town however is mainly found at the northern bank of the Aare, which flows here from Lake Brienz to Lake Thun. Just across the Aare is the town of Interlaken. Both municipalities are located on the flat alluvial land among steep mountains, which is also called the Bödeli. Unterseen belongs to the Small Agglomeration Interlaken with 23,300 inhabitants. Along with Interlaken, Unterseen is an important tourist center in the Bernese Highlands, and from the town one can see the mountains Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau.

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En 1858, 33 personnes achètent à la commune un terrain de 14 hectares situés sur la rive sud de l'Aar, sur l'emplacement d'un ancien couvent augustin qui avait été détruit lors de l'instauration de la Réforme protestante. L'année suivante, un sanatorium de lactosérum ouvre sur les lieux, ainsi qu'un Kursaal et un centre offrant des espaces de lecture, de restauration, de musique et de sport. Le kursaal est cependant fermé un mois après son ouverture, à la suite de la publication d'une loi sur l'interdiction des jeux de hasard ; le sanatorium fermera à son tour en 1898 et ne sera jamais remis en service. Les installations sont alors utilisées pendant quelque temps par une fabrique de bière avant qu'un nouveau concept d'investissement ne voit le jour, présenté par la société Kurhaus Interlaken qui avait été fondée quelques années plus tôt. Entre 1899 et 1910, les anciens bâtiments sont convertis en une salle de concert et un théâtre, premiers éléments d'un futur centre de congrès. Le nouveau centre subira cependant de plein fouet la crise du tourisme provoquée par la Première Guerre mondiale et devra attendre les années 1920 pour lentement redémarrer. Lors de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, les bâtiments seront utilisés par l'armée suisse comme entrepôts, puis totalement rénovés progressivement dès 1946. En 1980, le congrès déménage dans un nouveau bâtiment et l'ancien kursaal est inscrit comme bien culturel suisse d'importance nationale avant d'être à son tour totalement rénové. Le 24 octobre 2001, dans le cadre de la nouvelle loi sur les jeux d'argent, le Conseil fédéral accorde une licence B à Interlaken, permettant ainsi au nouveau casino d'ouvrir ses portes le 3 juillet 2002.

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