Switzerland is a cheese country. Some offers in the Jungfrau Region are also aimed at cheese lovers. You can enjoy a fondue in a gondola. Or take your next hike with a fondue rucksack under your feet. Or would you like to be part of the cheese-making process? Or visit a cheese ripening camp? Or experience how alpine cheese is divided in a "Chästeilet" according to an old custom? Or...?
Fondue gondola in Wengen
At the auction of over 200 gondolas from the old Grindelwald-Männlichen railway, the Alpine Hotel Wengen was able to get its hands on one of the coveted cabins. A real piece of nostalgia. It now stands in the hotel garden, has been extended - and offers you a perfect fondue tête-à-tête.
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Fondue backpack in Wengen
At Wengen Tourism, you can reserve a rucksack with all the ingredients you need to prepare a fondue on any hike against an impressive mountain backdrop.
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Tour of the Schiltalp alpine cheese dairy
On the guided tour, you hike from Mürren to Schiltalp in around an hour. Here the mountain farmers will show you their craft. Alpine cheese is made during the summer months. Huge cauldrons, a wood fire, a large store and much more are used for this. After the insight into the cheese dairy, you can enjoy a tasty breakfast in the mountains.
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Cheese ripening warehouse in Innertkirchen
Learn more about how cheese is stored and enjoy a delicious aperitif afterwards. You can do this at the cheese maturing warehouse in Innertkirchen. Several tonnes of mountain and alpine cheese are stored here in a rock cavern, a former command post from the Second World War.
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"Chästeilet" in the Jungfrau Region
At a "Chästeilet", the cheese produced on the alp in summer is divided up among the farmers. Whether on the Hasliberg, on the Winteregg or in Wengen - this custom is always celebrated with a festival. A rich musical programme, culinary offerings, a large selection of alpine products and much more await you. The "Chästeilet" usually takes place in September.
