Swiss Alpine Museum Bern
Swiss Alpine Museum Bern
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Women have always climbed mountains with the same enthusiasm, virtuosity and fearlessness as men. However, for a long time this went largely unnoticed and women’s accounts were hardly documented. The ...

"Mr. and Mrs. Bond, 565 Fifth Avenue, New York, nice people - you a bit crazy - ordered the same rooms for next summer." One entry out of 22,000 from the guest register of the grand hotel "Waldhaus" ...

Mitholz has been dealt a double blow: in 1947 a military ammunition depot exploded in this unassuming village in the Bernese Oberland. Nine people died and numerous houses were destroyed. In 2020 the ...

The zipper is jammed, there’s a hole in the trousers, the ends of the rope are frayed: gear can break anywhere, even on the mountain. If something goes wrong with a piece of kit while we’re out and ...