Faulensee

Faulensee is a small village on the shores of Lake Thun, where I have lived since 2011. The unappealing name originates from the German “stagnant lake” , which refers back to the days when the Lake Thun was lined by smelly reed-beds along this stretch of the shoreline. Thankfully, they were cleared many years ago and the village is now one of the most picturesque lakeside spots between Spiez and Interlaken.

Faulensee is in the following areas: Bernese Oberland, Switzerland.

Aerial photograph of Faulensee and Lake Thun in Switzerland

Creux du Van

Swiss Jura, Switzerland

The huge, bowl-shaped cliffs in the forests on top of the western Jura mountains in Switzerland are one of the highlights of the country, much-visited by both locals and tourists alike. The views from the limestone-littered meadows alongside the gorge to the distant Alps are quite something to behold.

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Swiss Jura

Switzerland

The limestone mountains which border northern Switzerland and eastern France are a forested wonder, and quite different in nature to the more severe Alps around an hour’s drive away.

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Aareinseli

Solothurn, Switzerland

Länggrien Island on the river Aare near Solothurn is more well-known as the “Aareinseli” (little Aare island). It’s in private hands and the buildings and land there can be rented out for private events.

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Étang de la Gruère

Swiss Jura, Switzerland

The Étang de la Gruère is a well-known and much-photographed lake in the forests of the French-speaking western Jura mountains near the French border with Switzerland.

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Faulensee

Creux du Van

Swiss Jura

Aareinseli

Étang de la Gruère