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Tips 1 - 8 of 8 Interlaken Local Customs
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Local Customs: Shelter-huts against avalanches
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At many places in the area around Interlaken you will see several such shelter-huts, where you may run to, in case that an avalanche is approaching. Mostly these huts are in the mountains, along the most popular hiking-paths or sometimes next to the bus-stations and they are a good place to stay in case of a short heavy rain, while you are hiking or cycling and are looking for a dry place to take a rest.
As you may see in my pictures, these places are not very clean - because sheep and cows gothere also sometimes...
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Local Customs: Almabtrieb - a great local event
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Almabtrieb is a special event at the end of the summer-season in the alps :check the local newspapers at the end of september or october - some of these events will be posted there and will be big festivities with hundreds of cows, traditional folk-music etc., when the local farmers take down their cows from the alpine meadows, where they stayed during all of the summertime. The exacte time will depend on the hight of the meadows - the higher they are located, the sooner the cows will be taken down again ! I was lucky to see such a small Almabtrieb, when I had been in Meiringen at the end of October 2005. See my photographs : the first in the procession was a police-car, that directed all cars to stop as far as possible at the side of the street, leaving the main-space for the cows and the farmers family, who directed the cows towards their home-stables. All of the cows were decorated with giant bells and other decorations.
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Local Customs: Huskies at the top of Jungfraujoch
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Visiting Jungfraujoch is a must, especiually, when the weather is fine ! One of the various attractions there are the special breed of Greenland-dogs , living on Jungfraujoch in the so-called "Polarhundekolonie" since more than 100 years already. At first they were needed in order to supply the workers and engeneers building the train-track, later-on they became a tourist-attraction and during summer you may go around the glacier in sleds torn by these Greenland-dogs.
The living-quaters of the dogs is close to Eigergletscher and it may be visited by tourists upon appointment - see the telephone-number below !
The dogs live there in small groups and may run around freely in a fenced area at the Eiger-glacier or return to their stables. They will also participate at various dog-sledge-racinges and TV-productions.
It is a pity that the season of the dog-sledges on Jungfraujoch was over already, when I had been there in end of October - maybe next year !!
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Local Customs: fresh drinking-water galore
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All over Switzerland and especially in the mountains you will pass by plenty of such water-wells ! Just fill up your water-bottles, the water comes freshly out of the mountains and tastes really great. Of course you may buy bottled water also in the supermarkets and in machines at all of the stations, but the price is at least 2 sfr / 1,50 euros for half a liter and the taste is not really special compared to the fresh mountain-water you may get for free.
Don't worry all of these wells are ment for public use, and the water that is not taken by the hikers will flow back to the mountains !!
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Local Customs: A special place for James Bond-fans
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This is the perfect place for all fans of James Bond : Don't miss the James-Bond decorations at the souvenir-shop on top of Schilthorn. These graffities are a bit hidden behind the small self-service-bar in the back of the souvenir-shop. Great memories of the movie "In her majesty's service" are coming back, when seeing these graffities. In that movie Piz Gloria is something like a beauty-farm, where the most beautiful girls were educated and got a fragrence as a souvenir at the end of their stay. That fragrance included a poison that would bring danger to the world... but of course James solves all of these problems.
This souvenir-shop is at the same level as the helicopter-platform, you cannot miss it !
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Local Customs: A great smoking-saloon in Oberhofen
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When visiting the interior of Schloss Oberhofen This is certainly the highlight : The Turkish smoking-saloon / Tuerkischer Rauchsalon was built in 1855 at the highest floor of the big tower in the centre of the castle. This saloon looks quite impressive with precious ornate woodcarvings at the walls and the ceiling, lovely furniture, sofas etc. Saloons like that were found in many palaces of kings and rich merchants of that time. I remember a similar room in Schloss Linderhof in Bavaria (a palace of mad King Ludwig II)
My main picture looks a lot lighter, when you enlarge it !
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HORSCHECK Mon Jul 14, 2008 20:14 UTC
Michael, excellent page with brilliant photos. The region around Interlaken is one of the few in Switzerland which still has to be explored by me. I especially like your practical tips like the transportation tips. Well done. :-) | Dubai_prince Wed Jun 18, 2008 19:16 UTC
I come from Dubai every year to visit Interlaken and stay in Rossli,with friendly staff,clear and nice food. i have been five times in this hotel and i strongly recommend people from Middle east and over the world to take chance and try this hotel. Ali | Ann75 Sun Dec 23, 2007 05:03 UTC
Hi Michael! Fantastic page of Interlaken with excellent tips and beautiful photos! We plan to visit the Interlaken area in the summer of 2008 for 1 to 2 weeks (see Interlaken travel forum). Your tips are very helpful! Thanks for sharing this great info! | Paul2001 Wed May 30, 2007 01:14 UTC
Astonishing photos and well written tips. The Oberhofen looks like it could be one of my favourite castles. |
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