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Despite having been regular visitors here for half our lives, there are still places we haven’t seen. Today we’re off to a village called Habkern. It’s hidden away in the mountains to the north of Interlaken. To get there we get a bus from the railway station at Interlaken West. Total cost CHF5.20.

Habkern’s population is 640 so it’s smaller than Wengen. The bus drops us off in the spookily quiet village.

Lovely views to the south. 

We buy a doughnut from the bakery and walk up the hill away from the village centre. After a while we begin to hear kids voices. It can’t be a school because it’s Saturday. Before long all is revealed. The village has a ski lift.

It’s brilliant. One single ski lift is enough to occupy all the kids in the village and quite a few grown-ups too. 

There are several routes back down, and the kids just tear about. There’s a big coat rack at the bottom where they leave their rucksacks.

We liked Habkern a lot. It’s probably the most laid-back ski village in the country.