Fasnacht is the name for the pre-Lent carnivals in Switzerland, southern Germany, Alsace and western Austria. It is a time for people to go 'mad' and for chaos to rule. Where hierarchies are overthrown and everyone indulges in much food and drink. While Fasnacht celebrations coincide with the pre-lent, pre-fasting period in the Catholic cities, tow...

Adelboden is a traditional mountain village at the end of the Engstligen valley in the Bernese Oberland region of the Swiss Alps. The road ends at Adleboden but there are cable cars and ski lifts to take visitors up to some of the most spectacular Alpine scenery. From December to early-May, Adleboden's snow covered mountain slopes are a magnet for ...