Blog posts about Bernese Oberland at Permanent Tourist

I bought a bike because it’s fun, it will improve my fitness rapidly – thereby helping me to get ready for hiking season – and because it means that I don’t have to rely on public transport or on my car for my daily trip to work and back. It also allows me to enjoy the local scenery more; getting me further more quickly than on foot.

Frozen snow drift at Männlichen

By applying the right colour profile to your photo, you can get a much more nuanced version than through simple editing.

After many years, I’m back in the saddle with my own e-bike. And I’m loving it.

A Day at the Schilthorn

Schilthorn is a fascinating location where the James Bond Movie “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” was filmed and remains a huge tourist attraction with a revolving 360 degree restaurant. Schilthorn Piz-gloria is one of my favorite places to ski because you’re always above the clouds and the skiing is so beautiful. Words cannot describe the […]

I visit the wintry mountain-top viewpoint at Männlichen, above Wengen and Grindelwald, to photograph the annual combined Patrouille Suisse/SWISS airliner air show.

Faulensee on a grey autumn morning

Goppenstein to Kandersteg

A time-lapse sequence of the journey between Goppenstein and Kandersteg through the Lötschberg tunnel.

Urat glacier in Swiss canton Bern

Dramatic, ice-clad peaks in the Swiss Bernese Oberland.

Grütschalp to Lauterbrunnen

Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Grütschalp to Lauterbrunnen in Swiss canton Bern.

Mürren to Gimmelwald

Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Mürren to Gimmelwald in Swiss canton Bern.

Schilthorn to Birg

Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Schilthorn to Birg in Swiss canton Bern.

Small cascades in the forest above Beatenberg

Taking my new tripod and neutral density filters for a walk in the forests above Beatenberg.

Filming and photographing at the mountain-top restaurant made famous by James Bond.

Taking a little too much air to take things off my mind.

Diemtigen Valley from the air

Aerial sequences of the quiet and peaceful Diemtigal Valley in Switzerland.

Lobhörner from Sulwald

The longest and hardest hike in Switzerland I’ve managed to date, captured in photos and video.

The sun shines through a small hole in the rock face of the Eiger at Grindelwald for a couple of minutes, twice every year.

The old cable-car station on the Wetterhorn in Switzerland

The Wetterhorn Aufzug in Grindelwald took visitors up towards the Wetterhorn until 1915.

Krattigen, Switzerland

Wide vistas with blue skies and imposing mountains may be good camera fodder, but they can also become a bit monotonous.

One of those vlog things

A first foray into the world of the video blog, or “vlog”, which I shot while hiking in the Alps a few weeks ago.

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