Berner Oberland Features

Berner Oberland Features

• Top Reasons to Go to Berner Oberland
  

  Top of the world: At 11,400 feet, the Jungfraujoch peak isn't the highest place on the planet, but you could probably see it from here.... read more

• Hero of 1,001 Travel Posters
  

  Shadowed by the Eiger, Mönch, and the Jungfrau peaks, the vista of the Lauterbrunnen Valley has been captured in innumerable books and postcards... read more

• Moo
  

  It's difficult to grow more than grass on the steep slopes of the Alps, so much of the area has traditionally been used to graze sheep, goats... read more

• Licensed to Thrill
  

  Atop Mount Schilthorn perches an amazing sight: the flying-saucer-like lair of Ernst Blofeld, the bald-headed villain from On Her Majesty's Secret... read more

• Postcards from the Ledge
  

  Here are some musings from Gruezi's trip report posted on Fodor's popular Talk Forums (www.fodors.com): all in all, charming, and with a you-are... read more

• A Meiringer By Any Other Name
  

  According to local legend, meringues were invented in 1720 in the Bernese Oberland town of Meiringen by a Swiss confectioner named Gasparini... read more