Berner Oberland

After coming back from Ticino we stayed about 1,5 weeks in Thun, in the house of my grandfather. On the 1st of August was the National day, but the weather wasn't good and we couldn't see a lot of fireworks. But we could do some nice trips to place in the region, the Berner Oberland.

On a day trip we went hiking to Lauterbrunnen and Mürren (near Interlaken). From Mürren we had a nice view towards the mountains and Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau, but always more clouds appeared during the day. We went also to visit some waterfalls, for example the "Staubachfall" which is 297 meters high! Finally we saw the "Trümmelbachfälle", some waterfalls in a narrow canyon which come directly from a glacier.

Another day we went to Ballenberg, the Swiss open air museum near Brienz. Here we could see many tradional houses, inside and outside, from different regions.

Also Bern we visited shorty to see the new "Bärenpark", a park for the bears.

The "Aareschlucht", canyon of the river Aare, was another nice walk thourgh.


And finally on the way back from Ticino we stopped in Andermatt to see the Schöllenschlucht and the devil's bridge.