Wengen Question: Location of accomodation when traveling with kids

A snowHead

2 families travelling with 5 children in mid-Jan - Children aged 7, 6, 5, 4, 3.....

Booking accomadation independently. This accomodation ACHILLEA / Mutti looks ideal locationwise. It is situated in the middle of Wengen. The shops, children's playground and Maennlichen station are only 80 m respectively 100 m away and the train station is nearby.
One line in the description is slightly worrying "The south facing house has noise prevention due to the closeness of the train (the tracks are just a couple of meters below the house).

IS this a concern?

Considering we have a number of young children is this better than somewhere like ROOSSI / Apt. I which is located at the south edge of the village in a calm surrounding. On foot it takes you 5-7 minutes to the railway.

Opinions and local knowlewdge appreciated.

A snowHead

I'm not sure I'm afraid but I think a quick skim through this thread http://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=433 should give you the answer. wink

Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

train noise is not a problem as they stop around midnight and start back up at 7am ish.
I don't know where achillea is, saying that finding the silberhorn is hard work for me.
The roosi apartments are alright, had family stay there once. It is quiet down there and it's just behind the main street.

Be aware that I sometimes get places mixed up but I'm sure the roosi is where I think it is, no way it's 5-7 minutes to the train though, unless you have one leg I suppose.
When I get home next week I'll double check on the names, I really am crap with place names, unless you have a map for me to see?

You need to Login to know who's really who.

ado, Ok the Rossi Appartments are on the road to InnerWengen definately a quiet location and under the right circumstances possible to ski back to, however it will take you a good 5 minutes to walk up the hill from there in the morning, longer if you are wearing ski boots, I know because as a child I used to stay in a chalet just up the road from there.

The Achillea is as you say right in the center, I wouldn't worry to much about the trains, they're pretty quiet anyway and I suspect with added sound insulation you will hardly notice them, the biggest plus is that you have no distance really to walk to get anywhere in the village a great bonus with young kids

Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.

I've stayed in the Achillea building a few times. The noise is not a problem - in fact your kids will love watching the trains rattle past. The noise insulation works very well - the trains actually pass well below the apartment (bottom of a little embankment).

The location couldn't be more perfect. The Achillea and it's sister apartments (Krokus, Primula etc) are on a path (no traffic - not even electrowagens) that runs parallel to the main street. It's just a 100 metre walk to the ski-school meeting place and the station.

You can ski back to within about 200 metres of the apartment - make that 100 metres if you use the nursery slope for the last bit.

It's really one of the very best locations in the village. Stick with it.

Achillea is one of the 3 small buildings on the right of the picture:

You'll need to Register first of course.

Ado,

Wengen is a quiet location and the electric trains are very quiet - not to be confused with a big diesel mainline train. Night time noise isn't a problem in Wengen. Any of the locations you mentioned are suitable for kids. I agree with Telford Mike however that the Achillea might be easier as you have less walking to do etc.

I hope that you have a great holiday. The character of the place is great.