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Kehlsteinhaus

Also known as Kehlsteinhaus (Eagle's Nest)

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The grey stone Kehlsteinhaus with its aerial mast sits on the very edge of a pale limestone cliff, seen from far below through golden larches and dark spruce under an overcast sky.
The Kehlsteinhaus sits on its rocky spur above the Berchtesgaden valley, its stone roof and aerial mast seen from the summit path with layered ranges behind.
The long vaulted stone tunnel that runs from the Kehlstein bus stop to the Eagle's Nest lift, two small figures silhouetted at the bright far end.
The long vaulted granite tunnel leading to the Kehlsteinhaus lift recedes into the distance, lit by hanging lanterns, with a few visitors at the far end.
A red shuttle bus rounds a cobble-edged hairpin on the Kehlsteinstrasse, with a lone larch and the snow-dusted Berchtesgaden Alps beyond.
A closer view of the Kehlsteinhaus with visitors filling its stone terrace and benches, the Berchtesgaden valley and its dark ridges far below.
A young man stands on the edge of the Kehlstein concrete platform high above the Königssee, with the Jenner cable-car pistes zigzagging down the far slope.
Stone steps with a weathered wooden handrail lead down the ridge from the Kehlstein summit to the Kehlsteinhaus, walkers strung out along the path.

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The Kehlsteinhaus (Eagle’s Nest) is a mountain building at 1,834 m above Obersalzberg, near Berchtesgaden, built in 1938 as a gift to Adolf Hitler. Now a mountain restaurant and one of the most visited WWII-related sites in Europe, it sits roughly 30 minutes from Salzburg.

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Berchtesgaden & Eagles Nest Tour

Full-day excursion to Berchtesgaden and Eagle's Nest (May-Oct). ~45 min to Berchtesgaden. Dokumentationszentrum Obersalzberg for WWII context. Salt mine as wet-weather/winter alternative. Panorama Tours Salzburg and Bobs Special Tours.

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