Posts about Bernese Oberland
The Bernese Oberland, Berner Oberland or Oberland bernois is a mountainous region in the centre of Switzerland.
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Aerial photography with the Mavic Air
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After a lot of deliberation, a few months’ saving, and a lot of review videos and articles, I decided to buy a drone.
Grindelwald, December 2017
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The best time to visit the mountain villages near our home is between the tourist seasons, when many hotels are closed and the valleys, cable cars and mountain cableways are much quieter. We drove up to Grindelwald shortly before Christmas, to visit the mountain restaurant at Schreckfeld, where deep snow and temperatures as low as…
A cold, cold afternoon
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It had been a beautifully sunny start to the day, but by the time we’d driven up to Grindelwald, the clouds had taken over and the temperature had plummeted. We had to use a plastic loyalty card to scrape the ice from the inside of the cable car window, and the fondue at the mountain…
Stockhorn to Chrindli
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Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Stockhorn to Chrindli in Swiss canton Bern.
Sundlauenen to Merligen
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Catching the ship from Faulensee to Sundlauenen, hiking through the forest past St. Beatus Caves to Merligen, and then home by paddle steamer.
Birg to Mürren… with a detour
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Beginning a hike from Birg station to the Schilthorn revolving restaurant, before changing my plans and walking down the very steep path to Allmendhubel and Mürren.
Gimmelwald to Stechelberg
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Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Gimmelwald to Stechelberg in Swiss canton Bern.
Thunersee and Brienzersee – Pure Switzerland
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The region I’ve been calling home for sixteen years.
Iseltwald am Brienzersee
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A spring-like day and an afternoon stroll around a little village on the shore of Lake Brienz.
Grindelwald by night – a timelapse
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A overnight timelapse of the view across the valley from Grindelwald First.
Lauterbrunnen to Grütschalp
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Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Lauterbrunnen to Grütschalp in Swiss canton Bern.
Birg to Schilthorn
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Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Birg to Schilthorn in Swiss canton Bern.
Grütschalp to Lauterbrunnen
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Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Grütschalp to Lauterbrunnen in Swiss canton Bern.
Mürren to Birg
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Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Mürren to Birg in Swiss canton Bern.
Hiking along a panoramic path above the lake at Oeschinensee and then over-doing it on a much steeper, rockier path on the way to the Blümlisalphütte.
New sales film from the Schilthorn
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The Schilthorn Cableway has released a new short advertising film today, and as usual, it makes me want to head for Mürren straight away.
Photographing the Milky Way
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I’m certainly no stranger to long-exposure photography. But during the few years that we’ve lived in a flat with a balcony and an unobstructed view of the night sky, I’ve come to realise that I’d never photographed the Milky Way properly. The first time that I can even remember seeing the Milky Way at all was…
Chüematte to Gemmenalphorn
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Whilst many travel up to the top of the Niederhorn ridge by cable car – one of the most expensive ones by distance in the whole region – there’s a much better alternative for the fitter visitor. There’s a private, tolled road leading up from Waldegg, at Beatenberg, to farm buildings on the mountain, which drivers…
