{"id":3545,"date":"2017-01-28T14:34:24","date_gmt":"2017-01-28T14:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=3545"},"modified":"2017-01-28T14:34:24","modified_gmt":"2017-01-28T14:34:24","slug":"habkern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=3545","title":{"rendered":"Habkern"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite having been regular visitors here for half our lives, there are still places we haven&#8217;t seen. Today we&#8217;re off to a village called Habkern. It&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>Habkern&#8217;s population is 640 so it&#8217;s smaller than Wengen. The bus drops us off in the spookily quiet village.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp-image-2063876392jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp-image-2063876392jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3540 alignnone size-full\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1511\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lovely views to the south.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp-image-1164812316jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp-image-1164812316jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3541 alignnone size-full\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1304\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;t be a school because it&#8217;s Saturday. Before long all is revealed. The village has a ski lift.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp-image-277057970jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp-image-277057970jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3542 alignnone size-full\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1556\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s brilliant. One single ski lift is enough to occupy all the kids in the village and quite a few grown-ups too.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp-image-930375783jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp-image-930375783jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3543 alignnone size-full\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1280\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are several routes back down, and the kids just tear about. There&#8217;s a big coat rack at the bottom where they leave their rucksacks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp-image-411617684jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp-image-411617684jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3544 alignnone size-full\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1505\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We liked Habkern a lot. It&#8217;s probably the most laid-back ski village in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite having been regular visitors here for half our lives, there are still places we haven&#8217;t seen. Today we&#8217;re off to a village called Habkern. It&#8217;s hidden away in the mountains to the north of Interlaken. 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