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Engelberg Abbey
A Benedictine monastery founded in 1120, with a baroque church and a cheese dairy you can watch at work.
- Open
- Every day; guided tours of the abbey at set times
- Price
- Free; paid for tours
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Benediktinerkloster, 6390 EngelbergDirections
- Getting There
- In the village center, a 5-minute walk from the station.
Why Go
The monks have lived here for nine centuries, and the bright baroque church, rebuilt in the 1730s, holds one of the largest organs in Switzerland. In the abbey's show dairy, cheese is made by hand behind glass.
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