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Bernese Oberland
Interlaken
Jungfrau Region
Grindelwald
First
Kleine Scheidegg
Jungfraujoch
Lauterbrunnen
Wengen
Stechelberg
Murren
Gimmelwald
The Lakes
Thun
Spiez
Brienz
Meiringen
Kandersteg
Gstaad
Bernese Oberland
Pop 207,652
Why Go?
Nature works on an epic scale here. Whether you’re hiking in the shadow of the fearsome north face of Eiger, carving powder on a crisp winter’s morning in Gstaad, or gawping at the misty Staubbach Falls, the Swiss Alps don’t get more in-your-face beautiful than this. Nowhere are the resorts quainter, the peaks higher, the glaciers grander. Fittingly watched over by Mönch (Monk), Jungfrau (Virgin) and Eiger (Ogre), the Bernese Oberland sends spirits soaring to heaven.
The region's cinematic looks haven't gone unnoticed. Mark Twain wrote that no opiate compared to walking here (and he should know), Arthur Conan Doyle thought Meiringen a pretty spot for a Sherlock Holmes whodunnit, while Ian Fleming brought the icy wilderness of Schilthorn to screens in 007 films. Yet try as they might, few photographers manage to do the Bernese Oberland justice. Listen for tutting tourists at postcard carousels trying – and failing – to find something to match their memories.
When to Go
AWinter brings prime skiing, downhill races and ringing in the New Year ogre-style at Interlaken's Harder Potschete.
ASummer is the time for feasts of music, folk, theatre and street-art festivals, plus excellent Alpine hiking.
ARoom rates plunge in autumn, the cows come home from their summer pastures, and Spiez hosts its wine festival.
Best Places to Eat
A Beau-Rivage da Domenico
A Nico's
A Chesery
A The Verandah
A Cafe 3692
Best Places to Stay
A Victoria-Jungfrau Grand Hotel & Spa
A Gletschergarten
A Hotel Eiger
A Esthe...
Table of contents
- Table of Contents
- Welcome to Switzerland
- Switzerland's Top 15
- Need to Know
- What's New
- If You Like...
- Month by Month
- Itineraries
- Switzerland Outdoors
- Regions at a Glance
- Geneva
- Lake Geneva & Vaud
- Fribourg, Drei-Seen-Land & the Jura
- Mittelland
- Bernese Oberland
- Valais
- Ticino
- Central Switzerland
- Northwestern Switzerland
- Zurich
- Northeastern Switzerland
- Graubunden
- Liechtenstein
- Understand Switzerland
- Switzerland Today
- History
- Swiss Way of Life
- The Swiss Table
- Swiss Wine
- Directory AZ
- Transport
- Language
- Behind the Scenes
- Our Writers