The Bernese Oberland

Chapter Six, The Bernese Oberland

  • Page 242 The statue of Indian film-maker Yash Chopra, outside Interlaken’s Kursaal
  • Page 248 The Staubbach Falls at Lauterbrunnen, viewed from the path that runs behind the curtain of water
  • Page 250a The Schilthorn Cable Car
  • Page 250b View from the Schilthorn summit towards the Lauterbrunnen valley, with the cable car mid-station at Birg visible on the left
  • Page 250c The summit of the Schilthorn
  • Page 255a The Eiger seen from Kleine Schiedegg
  • Page 255b Jungfraujoch summit
  • Page 255c Jungfraujoch top station with the Aletsch glacier on the right
  • Page 257a The Old Town, Thun
  • Page 257b View towards Lake Thun from the Castle
  • Page 259 The waterside park at Schloss Oberhofen, beside Lake Thun
  • Page 260a The Brienz Rothorn Railway
  • Page 260b Lake Brienz from the Rothorn summit, with Interlaken (and a tiny part of Lake Thun) visible at top right
  • Page 261a The place where Sherlock Holmes “vanquished Professor Moriarty”
  • Page 261b The Grandhotel Giessbach, overlooking Lake Brienz
  • Page 263 The Aare Gorge
  • Page 265a The lonely Uschinental Valley near Kandersteg
  • Page 265b Unterbächen, a remote walking centre at the head of the Uschinental Valley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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