Cable car from Murren to Birg, Switzerland. Switzerland’s narrow Lauterbrunnen Valley is flanked by steep mountains, making it feel more like a deep, tree-speckled canyon. Partway up one of these ...

Martin the mountain guide looked thoughtfully at his boots. "Being a football coach," he said, "is a scary job." We had been chatting about Holland's victory over Italy in Bern earlier in the week.

Combining hiking and climbing with spectacular landscapes, via ferrata is sure to get the heart thumping. Are you brave enough to try it? With blue skies seemingly in reaching distance above your head ...

Murren is located in the Lauterbrunnen Valley in the Bernese Oberland. It’s nestled south of popular ski areas, Interlaken and Grindelwald, on the southwest wall of the valley above the town of ...