Stories, tips, and inspiration from the Swiss Alps
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Three cable car lines reach Mürren, not two. The direct one takes 4 minutes, the Gimmelwald one 12. Fares and departures checked 22 Sept 2026.
Coach tours give Lauterbrunnen 1 hour, in the afternoon. Be there before 10:00 or after 17:00 instead: hours and prices checked 22 Sept 2026.
The valley sells 72 waterfalls. The federal register names 6, and the tallest, 417 m, is not one of them.
Trummelbach peaks in August, Staubbach can be dry. Train from Interlaken Ost: 22 minutes, CHF 7.80 single. Gorge CHF 18, no online sale.
Inside the Aare Gorge: 1,400 metres of walkways and tunnels, 200 metres deep, 1 to 2 metres wide in places. What you see, how it formed, when to go.
Find the white star where Holmes and Moriarty fell, read the 1957 plaque, and choose between the funicular and the footpath up from Meiringen.
Day trip to Meiringen from Interlaken: 31 min by train, the Aare Gorge for CHF 13, the Holmes funicular from May to early October, in the right order.
Hinterburgseeli hike from Axalp: 6 km, 400 m of climbing, 37 min by bus from Brienz. Snow months, swim rules and the last bus down.
Compare hang gliding and paragliding in Interlaken: same hill, same 10 to 20 minutes, CHF 180 to 199 against CHF 260. What the extra 61 to 80 francs buy.
Bönigen Historic House Trail: a free walk of under an hour past carved wooden houses standing since 1549, just 4 minutes by bus from Interlaken Ost.
Climb to the Goldswil church ruin above Interlaken, a free eleventh century tower at 680m with the widest view over both lakes. Route and times inside.
Bern built a church inside the burnt ruin of Ringgenberg castle in 1670. What survives, when it opens and how to visit free from Interlaken.