The stunning European lakeside town with 'fairytale castles' that's overlooked by tourists
Between the sparkling teal waters of Lake Thun and the towering, snow-capped Bernese Alps, the charming Swiss town of Thun ...
Swiss scientists hope to save biggest glacier in the Alps even as ice loss accelerates
The biggest glacier in the Alps could yet be partially saved if global warming is capped below two degrees Celsius, Swiss ...
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How to Tightrope Across the Alps
This story appears in the September 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. The Bernese Alps are in southwestern Switzerland. Setting the sight line: After years of climbing up a pair of ...
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Dive into the Swiss world of water
which free-falls nearly a thousand feet over a sheer cliff face above the village of Lauterbrunnen in the Bernese Alps. But swimming isn’t confined to the rural outdoors. Most Swiss cities are ...
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Erhard Loretan, good-bye to a great alpinist
He was ascending, with a client, the summit ridge of Grünhorn (4043m) in the Bernese Alps, in his Switzerland, when it happened. A gust of wind, or snow collapsing underfoot, or something which ...
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The secret to a crowd-free ski tour in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland
Scottish fell runner and mountaineer Finlay Wild reveals the secret to a crowd-free ski tour in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland Approaching the summit, we were more excited by the view to the hut than ...
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Why you should visit the chocolate-box Swiss town that most tourists miss
The pretty town of Thun is home to majestic mountain views, an Alpine-blue lake and fairytale castles – Demi Perera explores ...
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Why you should visit the chocolate-box Swiss town that most tourists miss
However, a simple step outside the railway station rewards visitors with stellar views of the snow-covered Bernese Alps to the right, plus the glimmering teal waters of the River Aare. The quaint ...