Bernese Oberland Canton of Bern



staubbachfall



the bernese oberland (german: berner oberland) constitute north side of bernese alps , west side of urner alps within canton of bern. highest mountain in bernese alps finsteraarhorn @ 4,274 metres (14,022 ft), best known mountains eiger, mönch, , jungfrau.


the known hiking , ski resorts in eastern oberland located around interlaken , jungfrau, such car-free mürren , wengen in lauterbrunnen valley, , grindelwald. further east, in haslital aareschlucht , town of meiringen, famous fateful scene of sherlock holmes s death @ hands of professor moriarty on nearby reichenbach falls. in western bernese oberland there many other resorts , small villages catering visitors. these accessed lake town of thun, , notable of them kandersteg oeschinensee , adelboden. further west simmental lenk , zweisimmen , saanenland famous resorts gstaad , saanen.


the whole area mountainous, steep cliffs, many glaciers, , countless waterfalls. renowned scenic beauty , charm of small swiss villages dot area. result of this, tourism 1 of main sources of income in bernese oberland. region has extensive train network many cable cars , funiculars, highest train station in europe @ jungfraujoch , longest gondola cableway in world grindelwald männlichen.


mountains in bernese oberland include:



wetterhorn, painting joseph anton koch, 1824








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