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HIGHLIGHTS And if words can’t convey how good the Bernese Oberland looks, professional photogra- howgoodtheBerneseOberlandlooks,professional And ifwordscan’tconvey whilefamiliesheadtoBal- rushtojumpoffthemountainsaroundInterlaken, Thrill-seekers glide upmountainslopestoincomparable outlooksandlake steamers carsthread Cable heart and peaksoftheEiger,MönchandJungfraulieatregion’s ‘bigthree’ The snow-cappedpeakslineuplike No amountofhyperboleaboutsparklingvistaswhere POPULATION: 897,502 POPULATION: most talked-about trip is the train ride to Europe’s highest station at Jungfraujoch. most talked-about higheststationatJungfraujoch. trip isthetrainride toEurope’s Platte andGrindelwald-First Platte Trift Glacier Trift Get upcloseandpersonal withthemagnificent fromthepeaksabove Paraglide Jungfraujoch Hit theheightsof Mürren resorts of Float uptothesceniccar-free Enjoy theheavenly ( p146) or romantic Lord Byron both eulogised its waterfalls and glaciers. 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( p165) and eryone finds their favourite spot, whether in the breathtakingly serene Lauter- spot,whetherinthebreathtakingly serene eryone findstheirfavourite Grindelwald on the ridges above Grindelwald or in some remote area aroundKandersteg. area Grindelwaldorinsomeremote on theridgesabove ( p172) ( p155) Schilthorn hike Gimmelwald ( p152) ( p149 ) between Schynige ) betweenSchynige p149 ( ( p166) or AREA: 5907 SQKM Interlaken ( p166) Schilthorn Interlaken Gimmelwald LANGUAGE: GERMAN LANGUAGE: Mürren Platte Schynige Jungfraujoch Grindelwald Glacier Trift www.lonelyplanet.com 0 20 km BERNESE OBERLAND 0 12 miles To Bern To Lucerne (12km) (21km) N12 BERN Münsingen LUZERN N8 Brienzer Rothorn Engelberg Kiesen (2350m) UNTERWALDEN Brünig Fribourg Titlis Pass (3239m) Steffisburg Brienz Thun N6 Hilterfingen Aare Gadmen Meiringen Gorge Oberhofen St Beatus Brienzersee Giessbachfälle Susten Höhlen (Lake Brienz) Axalp Gwatt Gunten Nessental Trift Cable Pass Car Beatenberg See Jungfrau Region Map (p150) FRIBOURG Stockhorn Innertkirchen Spiez Aare Trift (2190m) Rosenlaui Faulensee Faulhorn First Triftsee Suspension Thunersee Interlaken (2681m) (2167m) Gorge Bridge N8 (Lake Thun) Schynige Platte URI Erienbach Grosse To Andermatt Niesen Mülenen Wilderswil (1967m) Scheidegg (2km) (2362m) Bulle Zweilütschinen Grindelwald Lauterbrunnen Wengen Kleine Scheidegg Frutigen Gruyères Eiger Grimselsee Mürren (3970m) Furka Schwenden Schilthorn Pass Jungfraujoch St Gotthard Zweisimmen (2970m) Mönch (4099m) Grimsel Gletsch Pass (3454m) Pass Gimmelwald Jungfrau Tunnel Stechelberg (4158m) Saanenmöser Kandersteg Oeschinensee Ulrichen (1176m) Saanen Blümlisalp Adelboden (3663m) r Kandersteg e i c Nufenen TICINO a Gstaad l Pass Lenk G h c s Tunnel t BERNESE OBERLAND e l To A Montreux Gemmi VALAIS I T A L Y (30km) VAUD Pass Rhône Leukerbad Col du Pillon Reusch Les Diablerets Brig Glacier 3000 Montana Cable Car Crans VALAIS Sierre Visp 143 To Zermatt (32km) BERNESE OBERLAND BERNESE BERNESE OBERLAND land.ch; for7/15daysSfr220/265; sports destinations. theworld’stopadventure- become oneof townhas mountain-ringed this attractively comingintoland–as byparagliders rupted inter- isthese daysregularly swooned over the 19thcentury.ButviewVictorians touristsin earlypackage attracted that first it’s possibletosense aplace theromanceof gazing attheJungfraumassifindistance, centralpark, large Interlaken’s Standing in pop 5094/elevation 570m INTERLAKEN Oberland Regional Pass the it’sworthinvestigating day here, aswellfromLucerne. 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