Top museums Open Air Museum Ballenberg Brienz Since the 1970s old farmhouses, stables, bakehouses or barns are no longer demolished when they are due to be replaced by modern buildings. Instead, the buildings are...
Culture Maienfeld – Heidi's World Maienfeld Maienfeld in the distinctive Bündner Herrschaft region of Graubünden inspired the poetess Johanna Spyri to write her novel Heidi. In the Heidi village, the story of...
Culture San Gottardo - Nostalgia on the Tremola Airolo Even the Romans avoided the immense mass of the Gotthard. The Pass only gained significance around the year 1200, when the Schöllenen Ravine between Göschenen and...
Culture Grand St. Bernard - Pass and Saint Bernard Dogs Orsières The Saint Bernard dog is a special symbol of Switzerland. Everyone knows that the large and good-natured Barry saved the lives of lost mountaineers. The four-legged...
Culture Simplon Valley - Impressive Trade Route Simplon Dorf Simplon connects Brig in Valais with Domodossola in northern Italy. The Simplon region offers hikers a fantastic mountain panorama and an impressive Alpine flora. The...
Culture Emmental AOC Show Dairy Affoltern i.E. Over the fire or in modern copper vats – this exhibition dairy covering 17,500 m2 gives you an up-close look at how the famous Emmental AOC is manufactured.
Culture Stein am Rhein – Jewel on the Untersee Stein am Rhein At the point where Lake Constance again becomes the Rhine River, you will find the little town of Stein am Rhein. It is famous for its well-preserved Old Town...
Nature Seven Springs - sources of the Simme River Lenk i.S. Seven springs feed the Simme, a 55 kilometer long river in the Bernese Oberland. The waterfalls cascading over rocks that are several meters high are definitely worth...
Nature The very middle of Switzerland Sachseln-Flüeli-Ranft Where is the middle of Switzerland? The Federal Office for National Topography, swisstopo, used the digitised Swiss national boundaries to calculate the centre of...
Nature Trümmelbach Falls – in the Valley of the 72 Waterfalls Lauterbrunnen Loud thundering and roaring in the interior of the mountain, gurgling, foaming and churning water: these are the Trümmelbach Falls. They are Europe's largest...
Nature Staubbach Falls - free falling waters with a mist of spray Lauterbrunnen With a height of nearly 300 meters, Staubbach Falls is the second highest waterfall in Switzerland. In the summer warm winds swirl the waters around, so that the Falls...
Nature Giessbach Falls and Hotel Giessbach Brienz The Giessbach brook tumbles in 14 stages, over a length of 500 meters and out of the high valleys of the Faulhorn area down to Lake Brienz. Historic Grand Hotel...
Nature Aare Gorge - in Hasli Valley Meiringen The power of water is impressively displayed in the Aare Gorge near Meiringen. Through the course of millennia the river has eroded a deep bed in the limestone. The...
Nature Trient Ravine - Impressive Water Landscape Martigny Trient Ravine was carved into the rock of the Mont Blanc massif by the eponymous wild mountain stream. The 200 meter deep ravine is fascinating for climbers and nature...
Nature Matterhorn - Symbol for Switzerland Zermatt The Matterhorn and Switzerland are inseparably linked to each other. The pyramid shaped colossus of a mountain, which is very difficult to climb, is said to be the...
