Which municipality in canton Obwalden is the remotest?

Kerns: 132 minutes by public transport to the nearest major centre (2025) – the highest value in canton Obwalden. Source: ARE (NPVM).

How is the travel time measured?

It is the modelled public-transport travel time to the fastest-reachable of the six major centres (Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano, Zurich), computed by ARE in the National Passenger Transport Model. It includes access, egress and transfers, refers to the {year} timetable, and measures connectivity, not straight-line distance.

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Ranking · Data 2025 · Source: BFS

The remotest municipalities in canton Obwalden

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Kerns is the remotest municipality in canton Obwalden: 132 minutes by public transport to the fastest-reachable of the six major centres (Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano, Zurich). Lungern (117 min) and Giswil (114 min) follow. Source: ARE, National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM), 2025.

Ranking

ARE · NPVM · 2025

Rank	Municipality	PT travel time	Residents
1	Kerns	132 min	6'557
2	Lungern	117 min	2'132
3	Giswil	114 min	4'013
4	Engelberg	113 min	4'377
5	Alpnach	106 min	6'594
6	Sachseln	105 min	5'300
7	Sarnen	99 min	10'906

National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 28.08.2026

How we measure this

ARE · NPVM

Modelled public-transport travel time from the municipality to the fastest-reachable of the six major centres Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano and Zurich, in minutes (including access and egress). Basis: the ARE National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM), reference state 2025. The NPVM is divided into traffic zones; each municipality is assigned the zone at its populated centre. A higher value means a longer trip to the nearest centre.

Frequently asked questions

Which municipality in canton Obwalden is the remotest?: Kerns: 132 minutes by public transport to the nearest major centre (2025) – the highest value in canton Obwalden. Source: ARE (NPVM).
How is the travel time measured?: It is the modelled public-transport travel time to the fastest-reachable of the six major centres (Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano, Zurich), computed by ARE in the National Passenger Transport Model. It includes access, egress and transfers, refers to the {year} timetable, and measures connectivity, not straight-line distance.