Mountain's Call
High Holiday Season Around Hitler's Eagle's Nest In Berchtesgaden
On holidays in Germany, hundreds of thousands of Germans — as well as international guests from as far as Japan or the US, follow the mountains’ call to Berchtesgaden, in the very south of Bavaria. Germany’s most stunning nature resort, with its royal lake and elusive, romantic alpine atmosphere, but also long queues for the Jenner cable car and the vestiges of the Nazis’ summer residence in Obersalzberg.
But the Lederhosen- and Dirndl- idyll is cracking: Tourism numbers are declining and the citizens are debating, whether less might be more or whether it wouldn‘t be a smart move to target outdoor and adventure tourists instead of nature purists. Nevertheless, the mountain range still attracts nature lovers and seekers of the silence and solitude with its hiking paths and on the top of the popular Jenner summit it can even get uncomfortably crowded.
But the Lederhosen- and Dirndl- idyll is cracking: Tourism numbers are declining and the citizens are debating, whether less might be more or whether it wouldn‘t be a smart move to target outdoor and adventure tourists instead of nature purists. Nevertheless, the mountain range still attracts nature lovers and seekers of the silence and solitude with its hiking paths and on the top of the popular Jenner summit it can even get uncomfortably crowded.
Credits
Ein Film von:
Petra Höfer
Freddie Röckenhaus
Kamera:
Rolf Rosendahl
Jens Koch
Schnitt:
Miriam Peter
Redaktion:
Elmar Hügler (Radio Bremen)
