Martinsloch, Grindelwald
The sun shines through a small hole in the rock face of the Eiger at Grindelwald for a couple of minutes, twice every year.
Published on 16th January 2019
Blog posts about alps
Tschingellochtighorn from Engstligenalp
Obstinacy got me past a viewpoint I had aimed for and gave me the opportunity to capture a wonderfully dramatic alternative image.
Published on 10th July 2018
Hireleni
Published on 5th August 2017
Green as Grimsel
Published on 31st July 2017
Schilthornhütte, Switzerland
A small mountain cabin overlooking the Bluemental valley serves as a restaurant for hikers in the summer and for skiiers in winter. Between seasons, when the restaurant is closed, the spot is a blissfully peaceful point on the mountain, to…
Published on 21st June 2017
The view that isn’t quite there
Somewhere in the hills which push up the wall of rock on the western end of the Bernese Alps, there is a view. A view of rolling hills, green trees, little farm buildings and forested land. Beyond them, the sparkling…
Published on 11th June 2017
A year with a drone in Switzerland
By Christian Cueni.
Published on 10th March 2017
Heaven is this
Sitting, cross-legged, a couple of arms’ length from the edge of a two-and-a-half-thousand foot drop to the valley floor, watching clouds drift across the lake into the distance.
Published on 18th December 2016
Stunning
There’s a trend these days for people to use the word “stunning”: from tabloid newspapers to t.v. presenters. And their use of the word so often makes everyone else use it. A view of the sea: “stunning”. A fashionable dress: “stunning”.
Published on 8th October 2016
The best little tripod
It's not all about the size.
Published on 6th October 2016
Gwatt lake shore, Thun
The shore of Lake Thun at Gwatt is a great place to photograph the sunrise and the sunset.
Published on 20th April 2016
Eternal search for the perfect angle
Searching for viewpoints, poring over maps, dodging power lines, and coming home with classic landscape images.
Published on 14th April 2016
Romont from the Route de Bossens
Better lighting conditions can make a good landscape photograph great. Being in the right place at the right time is a skill which you can learn.
Published on 13th April 2016
Changeable Sunday
Views from home across the lake to the Niederhorn on a winter Sunday.
Published on 6th March 2016
Riffelsee to Riffelalp, Zermatt
Before the proper snow arrived at the start of this year's winter season, we visited Zermatt and visited the famous, much-photographed view of the Matterhorn from Riffelsee.
Published on 20th January 2016
Waldeggallmi, Switzerland
Ever on the search for “perfect” viewpoints in the Bernese Oberland, I sometimes end up driving up tiny roads in the hope that they’ll lead me to a new photograph. A (luckily tarmaced) single-track road, for which you have to…
Published on 10th November 2015
Grindelwald First, Switzerland
The mountain restaurant and top cable car station at First, above Grindelwald, affords amazing views down to the valley and to the huge wall of rock opposite: including the famous Eiger North Wall.
Published on 14th October 2015
Schongütsch, Switzerland
Instead of heading up from the top train station along the tourist track to the summit of the Brienzer Rothorn, turn left instead and follow the clear footpath to Schongütsch. The views are just as spectacular, but the experience is…
Published on 18th September 2015
Brienzer Rothorn, Switzerland
The Brienzer Rothorn is the tallest mountain on the northern side of Lake Brienz. The peak is accessible – in summer and autumn only – by a cable car from Sörenberg and by an open-sided, oil-powered steam railway from…
Published on 17th September 2015
Pfingstegg, Grindelwald, Switzerland
Pfingstegg, on an elevated ledge amongst the southern cliff faces in the Grindelwald valley, is the starting point for a great hike. The path is less well-trodden than the easier and more popular routes on Männlichen and First, but offers…
Published on 4th August 2015
Sigriswil, Switzerland
I’d heard people refer many times to the “Niesenbänkli”, a bench on the slopes above Lake Thun which afforded the absolute best view from its northern side to the Niesen on the opposite shore. As the weather forecast was…
Published on 7th May 2015
Provence, Switzerland
The Jura mountains, on the northern Swiss border with France, are well-known for rocky, forested gorges. But the range of mountains also slopes down into the Swiss Seeland (lake district) through meadows and villages, most of which afford spectacular southern-facing views to…
Published on 7th May 2015
First, Grindelwald, Switzerland
A rare shadow self-portrait, on the slopes behind the top cable car station of First, above Grindelwald.
Published on 8th February 2015
First, Grindelwald, Switzerland
The mountain restaurant and top cable car station at First, above Grindelwald, affords amazing views down to the valley and to the huge wall of rock opposite: including the famous Eiger North Wall.
Published on 8th February 2015
Sörenberg, Switzerland
The lesser-known northern flank of the Brienzer Rothorn, sloping sharply down to the skiing village of Sörenberg.
Published on 8th February 2015
Jaw-dropping aerial views of Switzerland
A twenty minute film in association with Swiss Tourism, showing tremendous aerial views from around Switzerland.
Published on 1st July 2014
Dreaming of flight
…and where better to realize a childhood dream than in the Swiss Bernese Oberland? U.K. band Rudimental chose to film a large amount of the video for their recent release “Free” (featuring Emili Sandé) in the Alps of the…
Published on 29th October 2013
I like Austria
I really like Austria (at least, the little I’ve seen of it just recently). We were on the border between Bavaria and Tyrol for our anniversary and it was the first time I’d done more than pass through a narrow…
Published on 16th October 2013
The Mittellegi Hut
Probably at number one on the list of “places I’d love to visit but probably never will” is the Mittellegi Hut, perched on the ridge of the same name near the summit of the Eiger. It’s famous amongst…
Published on 14th October 2013
Zugspitze
Fear and exhilaration on the other side of the safety fence, at the absolute "Top of Germany".
Published on 10th October 2013
A little effort is worth it
Never having been a great one for sport and exercise, and having given up long walks around golf courses when I moved to Switzerland, my legs aren’t up to the challenge of big mountain walks. My knees are a bit…
Published on 20th August 2013
Edelweiss, Edelweiss
A gathering of Edelweiss on the Flower Path at Mürren.
Published on 14th October 2012
The Saddle
The Jungfraujoch station, tourist destination and meteorological research centre sits on the “saddle” between the Mönch and Jungfrau peaks. The weather was fine enough to spend some time outside when we visited, so I took the opportunity to…
Published on 14th November 2011
Vote for your favourite Jungfrau photo
I’ve submitted five photos to an Interlaken Tourism competition, whose subject is the Jungfrau mountain in the Bernese Oberland. If you have a Facebook account, please pop over and vote for your favourite amongst the following photos. Thank you…
Published on 14th September 2011
Back in Zermatt
Zermatt is one of the Swiss destinations most well-known outside Switzerland, thanks mainly to its proximity to the Matterhorn, probably the most famous mountain in the country.
Published on 31st July 2011
The view from Jura
Published on 5th April 2011
Avalanches on demand
A clip from BBC series Human Planet, showing avalanche control of the mountains near Grindelwald in Switzerland.
Published on 21st February 2011
The Jungfrau Region in Autumn
A panoramic view of the snow-laden alps above the autumnally beautiful forests near Interlaken in Switzerland.
Published on 3rd November 2010
Schilthorn in the mist
A day in the clouds at the Piz Gloria mountain-top revolving restaurant.
Published on 3rd November 2010
Alpine Festival, Lenk
Mum and Dad were with us in Switzerland a couple of weeks ago, and we visited Lenk – in the mountains above the Simmental valley – to see the alpine festival.
Published on 30th October 2010
