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Two new funiculars in Interlaken !

I am sure you don’t know this information… since July 28, 2007 there are two new funiculars in Interlaken, the Swiss Village!

Two funiculars and a train were built to access the tourist resort which is located in the mountain.

Deux nouveaux funiculaires Ă  Interlaken!

Je suis sĂ»r que vous n’ĂȘtes pas encore au courant mais depuis le 28 juillet 2007 il y a deux nouveaux funiculaires Ă  Interlaken, le village suisse!
Deux funiculaires et un train ont été construit pour accéder à ce complexe touriste qui est situé en pleine montagne.


Interlaken, the Swiss Village
Interlaken, le village suisse


The main entrance of the Interlaken Village.
L’entrĂ©e principale du village Interlaken


The typical Swiss Royal parade in the main street of Interlaken!
La parade Royale dans la rue principale du village suisse d’Interlaken!

Well… it’s time to tell you the truth…

All what i wrote is the truth and it’s real!

Interlaken is a village which is part of the OCT (Overseas China Town) East resort located at Da-Mei-Sha, suburbs of Shenzhen in China, north of Hong-Kong.
Shenzhen is a big city which wants to compete with its famous neighbour Hong-Kong.

What is this new resort? Let’s see what the resort says about it.
OCT East resort is a national ecological resort featuring tourism culture, aims at providing visitors with an opportunity to escape from the bustle of city life and return to the nature. OCT East resort has three major theme parks: Knight Valley, Tea Stream Valley and Wind Valley. It has many culture travel functions like ecological tourism, vacation, outdoor sports etc., indicating the harmony relationship between human and the nature.
Interlaken Swiss Village (D on Google Map): The wonderful integration between building features in European mountain area and beautiful nature landscape, by incorporating a vast array of concepts and elements such as the style of the Alpine Town of Interlaken in Switzerland, flowers in Sermeter, color painting in Sheffield. This combination creates a vast array of theme districts such as classical forest train, elegant resort hotel, spa center, theater, waterfront golf course and tennis court, etc. This is a mountain town, a world of fairy tales nestled among valleys.

Bon…. il est temps que je vous dise la vĂ©ritĂ©…
Et bien tout ce que je viens de vous dire est… vrai!
Interlaken est un village qui fait partie du parc d’attractions OCT (Overseas China Town) East resort qui est situĂ© Ă  Da-Mei-Sha, une station balnĂ©aire en banlieue de Shenzhen (Chine).
Shenzhen est une grande ville qui a pour ambition de concurrencer sa célÚbre voisine, Hong-Kong.
Qu’est-ce que c’est que ce parc d’attractions? reprenons ce que le parc dit de lui-mĂȘme.
OCT Esat Resort est un parc national Ă©cologique Ă  vocation touristique et culturelle. Les objectifs sont de proposer aux visiteurs une opportunitĂ© d’Ă©vasion de la vie effervescente des grandes villes avec un retour Ă  la nature. OCT East Resort est composĂ© de trois grands parcs Ă  thĂšme: Knight Valley, Tea Stream Valley and Wind Valley. Il a plusieurs fonctions comme le tourisme Ă©cologique, les vacances, les activitĂ©s sportives de plein air, etc toutes montrant l’harmonie entre l’homme et la nature.

Interlaken, le village suisse (D sur Google Map): c’est la magnifique harmonie entre l’architecture des rĂ©gions montagneuses d’Europe et ses paysages magnifiques, et en y intĂ©grant un grand nombre de concepts comme le style de la ville alpine d’Interlaken en Suisse, des serres, des champs multicolores. Cette combinaison crĂ©e un grand ensemble de zone Ă  thĂšme comme le classique train forestier, un luxueux ensemble hĂŽtelier, un centre de balnĂ©othĂ©rapie, un théùtre, un golf, des courts de tennis, etc. C’est une village de montagne, un lieu fĂ©erique nichĂ© au milieu des vallĂ©es.

The 2 Jungle funiculars (A and B on Google Map)

To reach the Interlaken village, you need to take two funiculars which were built by POMA.
One is going from the Knight Valley Waterfall to the Peak Ribe funicular transfert station where you are to take the second funicular whoch goes to the Great Turn transfer station. There you take a 6km forest train to the new Interlaken village!

Les 2 funiculaires de jungle (A et B sur Google Map)

Pour atteindre le village d’Interlaken, il faut prendre deux funiculaires construits par POMA (sur plus de 2 km).
Le premier va de la cascade de la Knight Valley Ă  la gare de correspondance des funiculaires Ă  Peak Ribe. Da lĂ  avec le deuxiĂšme funiculaire vous arrivez Ă  la gare de Great Turn une autre gare de correspondance avec le train forestier long de 6km qui mĂšne au village d’Interlaken!


The first Jungle funicular. It is real traditional funicular with two opened carriages and a passing loop.
Le premier funiculaire de jungle. C’est un vrai funiculaire traditionnel avec deux voitures ouvertes et panoramiques ainsi qu’un Ă©vitement central.


The passing loop of the first funicular. Note that there is only one cable.
L’Ă©vitement central du premier funiculaire. Remarquez qu’il n’y a qu’un seul cĂąble. Pas de deuxiĂšme cĂąble tendeur.


Knight Valley Cable Car Station. The bottom station of the first funicular.
La gare basse du premier funiculaire de Knight Valley .


Cloud Tribe Station. The top station of the first funicular.
Cloud Tribe Station. La gare haute du premier funiculaire.


Cloud Tribe Station at Peak ribe transfert station.
Cloud Tribe Station Ă  Peak Ribe, la gare de correspondance des deux funiculaires.

The forest train (C on Google Map)

The Forest train integrates sightseeing, participation and transportation, it is the best route connecting the Team Stream Valley and the Knight Valley. The track expands up to 6 kilometers and running cross valley, forests, lakes, flower field, it is a marvelous tour for expedition and sending you back to the nature.

Le train forestier (C sur Google Map)

Le train forestier intĂšgre ballade touristique, participation et transport. C’est le meilleur moyen de relier la Team Stream Valley avec la Knight Valley. La voie s’Ă©tend sur 6km Ă  travers vallĂ©es, forĂȘts, lacs, champs de fleurs… c’est un merveilleux voyage pour vous faire un retour vers la nature.


Not really looking like Swiss mountain trains…
Pas vraiment ressemblant aux trains suisses…


A Forest train but built on pillars over the forest!
Un train forestier construits sur des piliers!

Photos OCT East resort, bennychoi, vegol

Google Map of the OCT East resort


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A-Jungle funicular 1
B-Jungle funicular 2
C-Forest Train
D-Interlaken Station

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Guangzhou Twin Towers project, by Hervé Tordjman

Guangzhou (ex Canton ), China. July 2004.Hervé Tordjman, a young French architect, was chosen among the 15 candidates invited to present their architectural project for the Guangzhou Twin Towers ( West Tower ).What a beautiful breathtaking project!

The twin towers will be the highest towers in the world with 514.8 meters!

Each tower has a helical edge which turns around the tower at a 180° angle like a DNA structure.

A funicular will run inside the helical edge, it is composed of two rotating ‘capsules’ which can transport 20 passengers each. It will take 6′ to reach the top of the tower.

If this project wins the competition, the funicular will be the steepest inclined lift with a 420% slope!


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