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Mount Gurten is the home or signature mountain of Bern, and eventually became the dream mountain of Bern because Mount Gurten also became a playground mountain, panorama mountain, gourmet mountain, event mountain, music mountain, theater mountain, sport mountain, and a ski mountain. Mount Gurten (Gurten Kulm) is about 864 meters or 2,830 feet above sea level.

It was in Autumn of last year, November 08, 2008, when we visited some friends in Bern, Switzerland and went up to Mount Gurten for a walk and grandest panoramic view of the whole city of Bern, the capital of Switzerland.

We first drove to Wabern and took the Gurten Train called “Gurtenbahn” going up to Mount Gurten as private cars are not allowed to go up to the mountain.

Gurten Train, the cable train going up to Mount Gurten became the fastest funicular in Switzerland after its reconstruction in 1966 and one of the fastest funiculars in Europe.

Once we arrived in Mount Gurten, we took our lunch first, then went for a walk admiring the panoramas surrounding the mountains and valleys.

Mount Gurten has walking and hiking trails around the mountain-top restaurant but we just went for a walk neither for a hike nor trek.

Mount Gurten Park is so near the city. You probably would not believe that there is such a mountain park 864 meters above sea level which lies in the midst of nature so close to the city.

As usual, I did not take a lot of pictures. We just enjoyed the place and that was it. Before we knew it, it was time again to go home. We brought our friends M and M back to their place and we went back home to Weggis.

Related Links:
Gurtenbahn, Bern
Gurten – Park im Grünen
Bern, in Wikipedia