Aare Route, Stage 3/7

National route No. 8, Stage 3: Spiez – Bern

Description

National route: No. 8 (Oberwald (Gletsch) – Koblenz)
Length: 50 km
Ascent • Descent: ↑ 260 m • ↓ 340 m
Lowest point • Highest point: 496 m • 635 m


Fitness level: medium

National route No. 8: Aare Route: Stages; 0. Solothurn – Aarau; 0. Spiez – Bern; 0. Meiringen – Spiez; 0. Bern – Nidau; 0. Gletsch – Meiringen; 0. Nidau – Solothurn; 0. Aarau – Koblenz

From the Oberland to the Mittelland. From Lake Thun into the Aare Valley. Past interesting alluvial zones, open fields, and flying airplanes – to one of Switzerland’s most beautiful cities: Berne, the nation’s capital, famous for its arcades and listed as a Unesco World Heritage site.