Locality
Brienz
Lakeside woodcarving village with Switzerland's only carving and violin-making schools.
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Location
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About this audio guide
This guide to Brienz, on the lake shore near Interlaken, starts from a puzzle: how a village of about three thousand people came to hold two of Switzerland's rarest craft schools. It reaches back to a famine year and a local wood turner with a lathe full of egg cups, and follows carvers from souvenir stalls to a London exhibition hall. Best heard walking the main street, past the workshops where chisels are still at work.
This audio guide was created using AI.