GIMMELWALD - THE MOST SURPRISING VILLAGES IN SWITZERLAND - A UNIQUE TRADITIONAL SWISS VILLAGE

◯ Home page of the Gimmelwald tourist-office : 📌 Location : Gimmelwald , Switzerland Date recorded: September 1:30 PM Monday Weather: ⛅ 18 °C | 64 °F 🌡 ✉️ CONTACT : @ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ▶ ︎SUBSCRIBE! (thank you!!) ▶ ︎If you like our videos, please support our efforts to keep creating travel content: ▶ ︎Do you want to become a “MEMBER“ and receive advance vlogs and exclusive posts? ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Switzerland Playlist: Italy Playlist: France Playlist: Monaco Playlist : Germany Playlist : Austria Playlist : Romania Playlist : Spain Playlist : ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ The rustic village of Gimmelwald, hanging on a cliff high above Switzerland’s Lauterbrunnen Valley, is just this side of heaven. When told you’re visiting Gimmelwald, Swiss people assume you mean the famous resort in the next valley, Grindelwald. When assured that Gimmelwald is your target, they lean forward, widen their eyes, and — with their sing-songy Swiss-German accent — ask, “Und how do you know about Gimmelvald?“ Clever travelers know to seek out the offbeat places, skipping the resorts and focusing instead on gems like Gimmelwald. This traffic-free village hangs nonchalantly on the edge of a cliff, high above the Lauterbrunnen Valley, 30 minutes south of Interlaken by car or train. This sleepy village has more cow troughs than mailboxes. Here, white-bearded, elfish old men smoke hand-carved pipes while overseeing the occasional farmer chugging by on a mini-truck towing a wobbly wagonload of hay. Stones called Schindles sit like heavy checkers on old rooftops, awaiting nature’s next move. While these stones protect the slate from violent winter winds, in summer it’s so quiet you can hear the cows ripping tufts of grass. Only a vast sea of mountain air separates Gimmelwald from cliff faces that rise up from the other side of the valley. Small avalanches across the valley look and sound like distant, momentary waterfalls. Kick a soccer ball wrong and it ends up on the valley floor, a quarter-mile below you. Each year, the people of Gimmelwald systematically harvest the steep hillside outside their windows. Entire families cut and gather every inch of hay. After harvesting what the scythe can reach, they pull hay from nooks and crannies by hand. Half a day is spent on steep rocks harvesting what a machine can cut in two minutes on a flat field. But it’s tradition. It’s like breathing. And there’s only one right way to do it. To inhale the Alps and really hold it in, sleep high in Gimmelwald. Poor but pleasantly stuck in the past, the village has two guesthouses, a decent pension, happy hostel, and a couple of chalets rented on a weekly basis. a black-stained chalet with eight balconies, huge views, and a few tables shaded by umbrellas on its tiny terrace. Evening fun in Gimmelwald happens in the hostel, where young, Alp-aholic hikers are eager to share information on the surrounding mountains. The main source of income for Gimmelwald is tourism, and the village has a small hotel, former pension (now a British run hotel), a bed & breakfast and the Mountain Hostel. Gimmelwald was stopped from being developed into a large ski resort by having it declared an avalanche zone which is only partly the case. In summer, Gimmelwald is mostly visited by tourists from North America , and in winter is mostly visited by European and Swiss tourists for winter sports. #gimmelwald #lauterbrunnen #Switzerland #travel #swiss #swissvillage #BeautifulVillage #swissbeauty