From the Brünig to the Brääch fairytale garden

The easy hike from the Brünig Pass to Brienzwiler leads past a small, enchanted paradise: the Brääch is an idyllic patch of meadowland in the middle of the forest.

From the Brünig Pass, the route follows the pass road to Hotel Kulm. Here the Via Jacobi, signposted as national long-distance hiking route No. 4, branches off downhill and runs above the road towards the forest. A little later you are suddenly immersed in a completely different world. In the middle of the forest is an extensive hollow overgrown with lush, dense grass. Dry stone walls and cairns divide the meadows, provide a habitat for countless small animals and offer a charming sight.The Brääch, as this idyllic spot is called, is one of the most beautiful cultivated landscapes in the eastern Bernese Oberland. For this reason, the approximately five-hectare forest clearing was awarded the first-ever Cultural Landscape Prize of the Oberland-Ost region in 2005. In the middle of this fairytale garden, a stone table with a bench invites you to take a rest.After a few dozen metres of ascent, you reach the highest point of the hike in the Uochwald. On a pleasant zigzag path, the trail descends in the forest to Brienzwiler.

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