foaming, bubbling, rippling: the WildeWasserWeg
It bubbles, foams, splashes and gurgles. The view into the depths of the Ruetz Cataract is a promising prelude to the WildenWasserWeg, which winds its way in three stages from the
Obwalden insider tips: donkey trekking and Alpine happiness
There are the things that immediately catch your eye. So I still remember exactly how, after the 4-lake hike from Engelberg to Melchsee-Frutt, I saw this six-storey wooden building
Spontaneously away – hiking and spending the night on the Gotthard Pass
Break out of everyday life, test your own spontaneity and let yourself be surprised? Admittedly, I was critical when the bbacksoon team asked me if I would like to test their spont
Große Reibn – hut tour in the Berchtesgaden National Park
“Why don’t you scramble around on your Swiss mountains?” This is the question we hear most often during the four days on a hut tour in the Berchtesgaden National
Fil du Doubs – hike to slow down
Over a length of 29 kilometres, the Doubs meanders along the French-Swiss border and leaves Switzerland after a bold arc – called Clos du Doubs – back towards France. On the Ch
Weissenstein-Balsthal: Hike in the Thal Nature Park
Most of the time the weather turns out to be better than predicted. So last Saturday morning we made our way to the Thal Nature Park – a corner of Switzerland that was previously
Sentiero Verzasca – from Sonogno to Lavertezzo in the Verzasca Valley
When the weather trends slowly became apparent over Pentecost, we booked two nights in Locarno at relatively short notice exactly one week ago. It looked as if Ticino would indeed
Areuse Gorge – hike in the Jura
April lived up to its image yesterday. Until shortly after ten o’clock in the morning, it was still raining twine from the sky in Neuchâtel, which put a damper on our motiva
Gottlieben – delicacies on Lake Constance
We took advantage of the first warming rays of sunshine last weekend for a trip to Lake Constance. Just in time for the beginning of spring, we wanted to get our first taste of spr
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For a long time, the car-free Braunwald in Glarus has been on my bucket list of Swiss winter sports resorts that I would like to visit. On this beautiful Saturday, the opportunity
16 travel ideas for 2016
At the end of 2013 there were 14 travel ideas for 2014, at the end of 2014 15 travel ideas for 2015 – I want to continue this tradition and have put together 16 travel ideas
Hotel de Londres – at home in Brig
How many times have I passed through or changed trains at Brig station? Dozens of times. How many times have I walked the few meters along the Bahnhofstrasse towards the old town o