The Swiss Kiwi Shoemaker Chalet

This newly renovated apartment with 2 sleeping rooms, living room with sofa bed & 2 bathrooms (only 1 with toilet) comes with a large full equipped kitchen. Ideal for 4-6 people. 8 on request. 1 free parking. The place has a balcony, access to a garden & is located in a tranquil area. Yet grocery shop, butcher, bakery, ATM and bus stop are only 50 meters away. In 10 minutes you reach the train station Interlaken Ost & down town Interlaken by bus. Within 5 minutes walking you are at lake Brienz. The tourism association charges us per adult/child from 16 years of age that we host CHF 3.50 tourist tax per night. You will be asked to leave the corresponding amount cash in a prepared envelope before your departure. The newly renovated apartment with WiFi comes with two king size beds and a fold out couch. You can also request a baby bed. All comes with bedlinen. There are plenty of drawers and shelfs to store your clothes, books etc. It has a fully equipped kitchen with a large dinner table and hang out area. In the kitchen you find coffee and tea as well as salt and pepper. One of the two modern bathrooms comes with a shower, a basin and a toilet the other with a shower and a basin, no toilet. There will be towels as well as shampoo and a blow dryer for you to use.  The apartment is located in an old Swiss house. It has its own entrance and access to a balcony with beautiful mountain view. You have also access to a beautiful garden across the alley with a seating area under an old walnut tree. There is free parking on the site. The apartment is all yours. This includes a balcony, a parking as well as access to a garden. The garden you share with us and other guests. Us or other guests will be living upstairs. We will be available for communication via e-mail and mobile phone. We do work long hours or maybe we are away. Therefore we will not be present personally at all times but we will always have someone around in case of an emergency. The house in which the apartment in is located in the middle of the old village. The fountain where in the old days the people used to get their water from is right around the corner of the place. The historic walk way that takes you to houses that are over 300 years old goes right by the place. The people of the neighborhood take good care of the surrounding area. There is lots of flowers, chopped wood and nice gardens that make the neighborhood looking as Swiss as it gets. The old wooden houses are all built very close to each other so we do have neighbors close by. We need to respect them and their privacy. The grocery shop, butcher, bakery and a bus stop are only 50 meters away. Within 10 minutes you reach the train station Interlaken Ost and down town Interlaken by the yellow public bus. Within 5 minutes walking you find yourself at lake Brienz. There is an area where the ferries stop, a tiny harbor for the boats of the locals as well as a beach and a swimming area. You can walk along the shore and enjoy the beautiful lake view with the mountains in the back ground. In the summer time there is so much to do in the area of Interlaken. Rafting, canyoning, bungee jumping, canyon swinging, paragliding, hang gliding, sky diving, hiking, biking, golfing, sea kayaking, stand-up paddling, climbing as well as awesome boat, ferry and train rides. There are also a bunch of bad weather options like visiting a chocolate factory, a brewery, the Beaten Caves, the mystery room, the bowling center, the movie theater, an indoor climbing hall, an indoor swimming pool or a spa. There is also a couple of very nice cafés and good restaurants with food from all over the world including the classic Swiss cuisine. In winter there is a number of world class ski fields that can be reached easily by train from Interlaken. Skis and snowboards can be rented. Activities like night sledding, snow shoe walking, ice climbing, ice skating or paragliding can be booked as well. All year around there are plenty of events taking place in the area. The famous rock festival Green Fields, Truckers Festival, the National Day Parade on 1st of August, openair movies and plays, the International Buskers Festival, the Jungfrau Marathon, the Ski World Cup race on Lauberhorn, Christmas markets and many more. For your stay we provide you with guest cards. These allow you to use the yellow public bus within the near by area for free. For their validity please make sure to write down your full name on the guests cards. From the very close by bus station the yellow public buses take you to Interlaken Ost train station and further to down town Interlaken. Or to lake Brienz - where you can hop on to ferries - and further to Iseltwald. Another picturesque village at the lake of Brienz. The buses run all day from 6 AM until 8PM every half an hour in both directions. Until 11 PM every hour. One free parking spot on site that you can use free of charge. HOUSE RULES: Please respect the general quiet times in Switzerland. Monday to Saturday from 10PM to 6AM and from 12AM to 1PM. Sunday all day. Please use water and electricity with thought to protect our planet. Only smoke (incl. capes and e-cigs) outside. There is an ashtray on one of the window ledges outside. Please use it. Do not accommodate any visitors unless previously agreed on with us. No drugs. We kindly ask you to eat at the kitchen bar or in the garden area. Please remember to leave the key in the key box before you depart. There is a CHF 250.- fee for a lost key.