Our fleet: SS Lötschberg
The jewel of Lake Brienz: the lake steamer in Switzerland where renovation work has kept most closely to the original. This is where you can experience romance and nostalgia live.
Key features
| Passenger capacity: | 800 persons |
| Catering capacity: | 144 banquet seats |
| Cabin: | yes |
| Built by: | Escher Wyss, Zürich |
| Built in: | 1914 |
| Major renovations: | 2000/01 |
| Catering capacity | Area | Banquet seats | with buffet |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open-air quarterdeck (main deck) | 15 m | ||
| Saloon (main deck) | 52 m | 52 | |
| Main deck (Rotunda/Stübli) | 58 m | 34 | |
| Open-air foredeck (main deck) | 63 m | ||
| Panorama restaurant (upper deck) | 57 m | 58 | |
| Smokers' saloon (upper deck) | 8 m | ||
| Open-air foredeck (upper deck) | 68 m | ||
| Number of seats | 144 | 122 |
Disabled WCs on the main deck, wheelchair-accessible main deck
Loudspeakers and music centres
| Public address system | yes |
| Cassette recorder | yes |
| CD player | yes |
Contact and information
BLS AG, Schifffahrt Berner Oberland
Lachenweg 19, Postfach,
CH-3601 Thun
Telephone +41 (0)58 327 48 11,
» e-mail
Ship charter: for quotes and bookings, please use our » online form
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Technical data
| Length over all | 56.50 m |
| Width over all | 12.60 m |
| Draught, max. load | 1.45 m |
| Displacement, loaded | 245 t |
| Propulsion | 2-cylinder compound engine: 330kW |
| Speed | 24 km/h |
| Onboard power supply | 230/400 V |
Power supply
| 400V sockets | J40 |
| 230V sockets | T13 |
| Connected load | 25kW / 2kW |
| Microphone sockets | Saloon 1st cl., entrance 1 cordless microphone |