Lueg viewpoint – spring trip to the Emmental
Almost two weeks ago, we ended up in the Emmental on one of the first beautiful spring days. I grew up in the Gürbetal – which is not far from the Emmental as the crow flies. Bu
Sunday excursion with a view: Kite path on Pilatus
There are the Swiss mountain classics, which are visited with foreign guests. In the Bernese Oberland, I would assign Niesen, Stockhorn, Niederhorn and the Jungfrau to this categor
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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
Vna – Zuort: Winter hike in Val Sinestra
The fact that we trudged through Val Sinestra last Saturday is based on a coincidence. The small side valley of the Lower Engadine would probably have gone unnoticed by me for a lo
Nira Montana La Thuile – ski weekend in style
A ski weekend in La Thuile? Sounds good. But where is this La Thuile and how on earth do you get the idea to travel to La Thuile? Admittedly, the mountain village, which is wedged
Tips around Reykjavik – Iceland to get a taste of
And that’s supposed to be a capital city? The line between suburban feeling and urban flair runs along an unsteady pattern in Reykjavik’s alleyways. Sometimes you stand
My winter bucket list 2015/2016
Dear readers – you can’t imagine how euphorically I long for winter every year (or maybe because you already read along last year?). Just a real winter child. And what bett
Iceland – slowed down on the Golden Circle
What do you do if you want to see as much of Iceland as possible, but don’t have enough time to do so? After it was clear that we would spontaneously end up in Iceland at the
Murgsee circular tour or hiking with Instagrammers
“What a strange group,” some hikers may have thought at the sight of our group. Slightly wrinkled noses, we stand around at the Merlen parking lot on Sunday morning. &#
Travel guide: Art and sights in Basel
With the highest density of museums in Switzerland and the famous Art Basel art fair, Basel can rightly adorn itself with the title of Swiss City of Art and Culture. Last weekend,
With ups and downs – Madeira’s wild north
A road trip along Madeira’s old coastal road is like driving through a postcard. The serpentines wind through the green hills and every few hundred meters a road sign points
Indian Summer in the Simplon area – hike in the larch forest
Actually, we had planned the tour Simplon Pass – Bistinenpass-Gibidumsee for this weekend. But the early onset of winter threw a spanner in the works for us. Above 2,000 metres a