Interlaken Photoshoots

Locations

Where to shoot in Interlaken

The Hohematte is the open meadow in the middle of town, kept clear of building so the view to the Jungfrau survives. Paragliders land on it through the afternoon, which gives you movement in the background without arranging anything.

Harder Kulm is the viewpoint directly above the town, reached by funicular. The platform juts out over the drop with both lakes and the massif laid out behind it. It is the postcard, and it is worth the climb.

Lake Brienz is the turquoise one. The water colour comes from glacial sediment and it is strongest in summer when the melt is running. Iseltwald and the Giessbach falls sit on its southern shore.

Lake Thun is the larger, calmer lake on the other side, with Oberhofen and Spiez castles on the waterline.

The Lauterbrunnen valley is twenty minutes away and worth the trip — a flat green floor between vertical walls, with the Staubbach falls dropping straight off the cliff into the village.

Grindelwald and Schynige Platte open up the high alpine if you have a full day rather than an hour.

Timing

Shoot early, before the cloud builds

This is the practical rule in Interlaken. The peaks are most often clear in the early morning, and cloud builds up the valley through the middle of the day. An eight o'clock start will show you the Jungfrau far more reliably than a two o'clock one.

The Harder Kulm funicular runs seasonally. In 2026 it operates from 3 April to 29 November, with no winter service, so anything built around that viewpoint has to sit inside the season. Check the current timetable close to your date, as the edges shift year to year.

The waterfalls are at their strongest in late spring and early summer when the snowmelt is running. Lake Brienz is at its most saturated in the same months.

Autumn brings colour to the valley floor and the clearest air of the year. Winter is snow, low sun and no funicular.

What to wear

Dress for altitude you did not plan on

Interlaken itself sits at around 570 metres and is mild. Harder Kulm, Schynige Platte and anywhere above the valley are meaningfully colder and windier, often by ten degrees or more. Bring the layer you think you will not need.

Strong colour reads well against green meadow, grey rock and white snow. Red, cobalt and white all work; mid-greens and browns tend to sink into the background.

Footwear matters more here than in most cities. Even the easy viewpoints involve gravel paths and damp grass.

Before you go

Mountains, timetables and one honest warning

The single biggest variable is cloud, and nobody controls it. We plan an alternative at lake level for any shoot built around a summit view, so a grey morning does not waste the session.

The funicular, the mountain railways and the lake steamers all run to seasonal timetables that change through the year. We check them against your date rather than assuming.

Lauterbrunnen is a working village of a few hundred people that receives an enormous number of visitors. Early starts are better there for the pictures and better for the people who live in them.

Arranging it

How an Interlaken shoot gets booked

Interlaken shoots are arranged directly with our team rather than booked online. Tell us your dates, how many of you there are and whether you want the town and lakes or the high viewpoints, and we will confirm what can be arranged and what it will cost.

If you want Harder Kulm, check the season first. Between December and early April it is closed and the shoot has to be built differently.