Switzerland galleries

Sets of photographs taken in Switzerland.

Spring in Basel

Sunday, 28th February 2010 • Switzerland galleriesNo comments

A small collection of images I took on a spring trip to Basel in 2005 with friends from the Swiss blogging scene.


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Early morning in Emmental

Sunday, 7th February 2010 • Switzerland galleriesNo comments

Small gallery of panoramic images taken early in the morning in Emmental during 2005, for use as theatre backdrops.


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Männlichen in summer

Saturday, 6th February 2010 • Switzerland galleriesNo comments

Gallery of photos from Männlichen, an alpine plateau high above Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen in the Jungfrau Region of Switzerland.


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Schilthorn in the clouds

Monday, 1st February 2010 • Switzerland galleries1 comment

Small gallery of photos from a 2005 summer trip to the Piz Gloria revolving mountain-top restaurant above Mürren, made famous by the 1969 James Bond Film “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”.


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A winter weekend

Sunday, 24th January 2010 • Life, Switzerland galleries2 comments

In January of 2005 – five years ago this week – Jo visited me in Switzerland for the first time. These photos show our wonderful time together.


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Ballenberg out of season

Tuesday, 17th November 2009 • Switzerland galleriesNo comments

An autumn stroll around the Ballenberg open-air museum with Jo’s parents.


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Flims, Graubünden

Wednesday, 7th October 2009 • Switzerland galleries, Travel4 comments

Jo and I pledged to one another that we will go on holiday during the first week of October every year and celebrate our wedding anniversary by visiting somewhere new together. This year, we chose the south eastern Swiss canton of Graubünden as our destination. The article contains a gallery of photos from our trip.


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Into another world

Friday, 2nd October 2009 • Switzerland galleries5 comments

Last weekend, we chose to head for the Eigergletscher (“Eiger Glacier”) station high above Grindelwald: to appreciate the astounding beauty of the autumnal landscapes below the station, to be enthralled by the massive cliffs of the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau, and also to visit the polar dogs who are kenneled next to the station.


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Rain, Rain

Friday, 4th September 2009 • Switzerland galleriesNo comments

Photos of various wetness around the city of Bern, as I head for the train station and home on a Friday night.


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Summer afternoon at Oeschinensee

Sunday, 16th August 2009 • Switzerland galleriesNo comments

Jo and I visit the alpine lake of Oeschinensee, in a mountain valley above Kandersteg, and take a dip to cool ourselves off.


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Visit Switzerland: The Alpine Passes

Thursday, 16th July 2009 • Switzerland galleries, Travel3 comments

I occasionally receive emails from people all over the world, who find my photos and blog and want to know which places in Switzerland are unmissable for their upcoming trip. The most recent one has inspired me to make a series of blog posts in response, the first of which covers the high altitude mountain passes of the central Swiss Alps.


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In the Alps

Tuesday, 14th July 2009 • Switzerland galleries1 comment

A small collation of mountain images from the last few years of my home region within Switzerland: the Bernese Oberland.


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Through the Windows

Saturday, 4th July 2009 • Internet, Life, Switzerland galleries, Work1 comment

A personal history of computer desktop wallpaper, a Microsoft Switzerland competition in which you can take part, and some free landscape photos for you to download.


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Thunersee (Lake Thun), Switzerland

Tuesday, 14th April 2009 • Switzerland galleriesNo comments

Lake Thun (German: Thunersee) is an Alpine lake in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland. It takes its name from the city of Thun, on its north western shore. The lake [...]


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Gerzensee to Kiesen

Friday, 10th April 2009 • Switzerland galleries1 comment

Being Easter weekend, Jo and I decided to spend the weekend exploring new places. We started today by getting the train and bus to the top of a hill between [...]


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