Entrance Lobby > The Library > Geographic Index > Bernese Oberland > Bernese Oberland
There is probably nowhere else in the world where you can get quite as close to the foot of high mountains by car or public transport.
And possibly nowhere else with such a diversity of forms of public transport in such a small area: rack railways, gondola cableways, cable cars, funicular railways and not forgetting the postbuses with their fabulous horns.
Surprisingly, food and drink were as cheap if not cheaper than in the UK, but the transport, although superb, was expensive.
Entrance Lobby > The Library > Geographic Index > Bernese Oberland > Alpine Bird Park (Alpenvogelpark)
Situated at Ischboden near the top of the Grosse Scheidegg pass, this small bird park specialises in the care of injured mountain birds.
The Snowy Owls were a particular favourite of mine. One of them spent the whole time wandering round muttering like a burnt out psycho whilst the others looked on uncomprehendingly.
Entrance Lobby > The Library > Geographic Index > Bernese Oberland > Wetterhorn Cable Car
Disused Wetterhorn Cable
Car Bergstation
Perched high on the side of the Wetterhorn Mountain you can spot the remains of a building. This is the top station of the old Wetterhorn Cablecar, the first public cableway in the world.
As the
plaque
on the replica car that sits forlornly outside the Hotel Wetterhorn at the site
of the old base station explains,
it was opened on the 27th July 1908 and ran successfully until 1915.
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