Wengen
in Bernese Oberland

Wengen sits on a sun-facing shelf above the Lauterbrunnen valley, car-free and quietly magnificent. The Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau form one of the great mountain panoramas in the Alps, and the Jungfraujoch railway runs straight through the rock from the village to the highest station in Europe. In winter the Lauberhorn downhill is the longest and oldest World Cup race on the circuit. In summer the meadows are full of wildflowers and the hiking is exceptional. It is the kind of place that turns a long weekend into a very long one.