Stories, tips, and inspiration from the Swiss Alps
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Swiss alpine farm breakfast at 1,370 metres: bread baked that morning, farm eggs, butter from the churn and Alpkäse aged in the cellar below the table.
What to wear on a Swiss farm tour at 1,370 metres: closed shoes that grip, warm layers, a rain jacket. The guide's real list, and no hiking boots needed.
Alpine farm vs cheese factory in Switzerland: CHF 8 behind glass, or CHF 149 for four hours beside the farmer, max 8 guests. Pick the right one.
Alpkäse is made on a Swiss alp from June to September only: 348 wheels a season on one Justistal farm. How to tell it from Bergkäse, and where to buy it.
Meet the alpine farmer who makes 348 wheels a summer at 1,370 m in the Justistal. Daniela shows you her cheese, her 21 cows and a valley maps skip.
Alpine Weinkultur Spiez has made wine above Lake Thun since 994, on 13 hectares of steep slopes. Taste its whites with local cheese on our CHF 139 tour.
Meet Daniela, the farmer behind our Farm Tour: about 348 wheels of alpine cheese made by hand each summer in the Justistal, and you watch it up close.
Most visitors to Interlaken are still asleep when we leave. By 9:00, we're sitting down to breakfast in the Justistal, a valley the tourist maps skip.
Oeschinensee from Interlaken: water up to 20 °C in summer, a 6-minute gondola from Kandersteg, then a 30-minute easy walk to the swimming dock.
By 11 a.m. the Höheweg is packed. At 6 a.m., two kilometres away, Lake Brienz is glass and empty. 14 things locals do in summer.
Paragliding, canyoning, rafting, kayaking or a vineyard walk: 14 outdoor activities in Interlaken ranked by a guide, with prices and what to skip.
25 things to do in Interlaken, picked by a guide who lives here: the free ones, a one-day plan, what a day costs and whether the Jungfraujoch is worth it.