Canton of Bern hotels collection

Among the farmers of the Emmental, when the son takes over the farm, the parents move into the Stöckli, a smaller house built beside the main one, whose timber roof sweeps almost to the ground. The cheese with the holes comes from these hills, where the milk is still warmed in copper kettles. In the Bernese Oberland, Lake Brienz takes on a milky jade colour from glacial flour. At Lauterbrunnen, the limestone walls drop sheer, and the Staubbach falls from such a height that it turns to spray before reaching the ground, which is exactly what its name, the dust stream, says.