Well, I don’t know Lauterbrunnen specifically, but you have to be aware of the (...

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Well, I don’t know Lauterbrunnen specifically, but you have to be aware of the (high) cost of living in Switzerland, especially in touristic places. Check Property for sale in Lauterbrunnen to have an idea.

PLUS : selling to foreigners is limited to 1500 homes/year for whole Switzerland (“Lex Kohler”) and selling for secondary home (=if you don’t live there …) is forbidden in places with over 20% of secondary homes (“Lex Weber”), which is the case in Berner Oberland. So believe me : the hardest is to find a home that you are allowed to buy (and can afford.) Renting is much less of a problem.

Switzerland is a small country, or rather a wide city : you have pretty much the same facilities everywhere. You can go anywhere by train, so Lauterbrunnen is 20 mins from Interlaken, 1h20 from Bern and 3h from Zürich airport.