Lutern is a city in the very middle of Switzerland, located on the shores of the beautiful Lake Ludern with spectacular views of the Swiss Alps. And with Mount Pilatus and Mount Rii towering over this fairy tale town and crystal clear waters, one of the most famous landmarks is the Capel Brooka or Chapel Bridge, a wooden bridge built first in the 14th century. Not far from that is the Kaka L Hall where every year the world renowned Lutern festival is held attracting some of the greatest talents in the world of classical music. The old town is in my opinion the prettiest in the whole of Switzerland. But then I am a bit biased.
For those planning a visit to Lutern or those who just want to enjoy it virtually for the short time that we're together today, here are a few of my favorite things to do.
Any free time on the weekends is often dedicated to long walks in the forests with my dogs Vinca and Charlie. And we have easy access to lots of nature here in Lutzern.
I like taking friends on favorite walks and this weekend I took my friend Alistister Miller, familiar to many of you who watch Viking TV, in one of the forests nearest to town. There are a few things that I find fascinating in Switzerland. One is that you're allowed to have a campfire wherever you are. And so you'll often find families out in the forests either just enjoying a warm fire or cooking food on it while being in touch with nature. And dramatic nature is so abundant here.
Raindrops on roses and pink satin sashes.
What I remember is from that is ex expal fragilistic experience. even when the subjects often been quite
atrocious.
The clearing gives way to views of the Alps. And on a sunny day with snow dusted peaks surrounding a glassy lake, there can be few more beautiful views.
Catching something on the top of the mountain. And you see it's the the the tops are they're lightly dusted with snow now, but in the sunset they get this. I think they call it alpen glow. It's pink
and it's it's beautiful.
Alpen glow is a reddish glow usually seen near sunrise or sunset on the summit of mountains, usually snow covered. A gentle hue on the jagged creeks. I think this might be my favorite time of year because you still have the green green grass and you have the snow in the mountains and the beautiful sunsets and
and the wonderful colors of the trees.
Colors of the trees.
Gorgeous. Yeah.
And the fresh air or as you once said, the air has a cold edge to it.
Yeah.
okay, Karina, is this one of your favorite spots in Switzerland?
Going for walks is definitely one of my favorite things to do here because I get to spend time with Finsa and Charlie, of course. But what's so special about walking in Switzerland is you're often passing by places like you see it down there,
It's that's a farm and that's a barn, which in German is called a ladder. And a ladder, it's not a ladder. A ladder in English is where you keep food, but it's quite quite similar, although it means something very different. A ladder is a barn where farms keep surplus produce and residents nearby can stop in and pick up what they'd like fresh from that particular time of year. And what's so beautiful about it is there's no one that's tending the barn. It's purely on the honor code. So you take what you want and you leave what it's worth. In fact, they indicate what the cost is. So you have to be good at maths, at least addition,
and they trust you. They trust you,
which I think is truly one of my favorite things about Switzerland. Not just barns and farms with surplus produce, but also flowers. You drive past flower fields on the motorway here and you can stop and pick flowers and leave money on the honor code. It just means that people trust each other.
I just love this.
All throughout this country, you can find barns or stands along the road where you choose your products and leave money on the honor code. Similar to my home country of Norway, where once you've bought the one key to unlock all the cabins in the mountains owned by the DNT, you can take food from the ladder and leave money paying for it also on the honor code. I heard once that Kofanan had this experience in Norway and he said something like, 'It gives me faith in humanity having an experience like this.'
And this is for
20. And the apples were 420.
420.
4
640. So we can name a little
usually explain what it is. So even so 220 is
right in English. That's done.
And here actually speaking of trust and farms with surplus produce and flowers over the hill over there. You saw the cows and they are milked every day. And there you can also go get your fresh milk and leave money again on the honor code. So you could really live off the land without even visiting a supermarket.
