Into the Alps with 007

As the only four-thousander in the Eastern Alps, the Piz Bernina (4,048 m) is also the highest peak in the canton of Graubünden. It belongs to the Bernina group and forms the border between Italy and Switzerland. Experienced mountaineers with suitable equipment will be delighted here. Several routes lead to its summit, the most aesthetic and popular is the Biancograd, the easiest route leads over the Spallagrat.

James Bond was also impressed by the spectacular scenery of the Bernina group, when he fled in front of his pursuers in 1985, "In the face of death" on the skid of a snowmobile.

The Furka Pass is one of the most impressive and beautiful passes in the Alps. Anyone who makes it up here will be rewarded with a unique mountain panorama and a view of the Rhone glacier at 2429m. The pass was already used in Roman times; a road was first built in 1866.

In 1964, some film scenes from the James Bond film “Goldfinger” with Sean Connery as Bond were filmed on the Furka Pass. The scenes in Switzerland are now considered classics of the Bond story and were therefore also quoted in later films.

The former hunting lodge of the Hohenlohe family Schillingsfürst is the ideal place for a stopover after a hike around the picturesque Altausseer See in the Salzkammergut. With a view of the lake you can enjoy specialties from the region (strudel!) (Open from 11 am on weekends if the weather is suitable).

In 2015, shooting took place at the Jagdhaus for the James Bond movie "Specter". In the film, the secret agent meets Mr. White and learns about the crook shortly before his death important information. The hut stops exceptionally.

The Schilthorn is 2970 meters high and thus the highest peak of the Bernese foothills, including breathtaking views. A moderate and a difficult path lead from two sides to the summit. Here is a revolving restaurant and a mountain station, several successive cable cars lead from Stechelberg to the summit (rides every 30 minutes from Stechelberg, from 7.55 to 15.55 clock).

In 1969, parts of the James Bond film "Her Majesty's Secret Service" were filmed, and local mountain guides and ski instructors acted as stuntmen. The last part of the aerial cableway had not been completed until then for financial reasons. The production company "Eon Productions" saw in the summit the "Piz Gloria" from the novel by Ian Fleming and financed the completion of the railway. For this she was able to determine the interior of the summit restaurant and the color of the gondolas.

The Verzasca dam is located at the entrance of the Verzasca Valley, an original and scenic valley two kilometers above Lake Maggiore in the canton of Ticino. The view from the 220 meter high dam wall is an absolute highlight and can be combined with a hike around the Lago di Vogorno.

Director Ian Sharp staged the opening scene of "Goldeneye" with an incredible bungee jump. In the famous scene Pierce Brosnan alias 007 shot an anchor on the roof of a building and then flew 200 meters into the depths. Incidentally, between Easter and October, James Bond can do the same: in the middle of the dam is the highest stationary bungee facility in the world.

The Ice Q is a gourmet restaurant at 3,048 meters above sea level on the summit of the Gaislachkogl. The panorama of the surrounding 3,000m peaks of the Ötztal Alps is incomparable, you can often see as far as Germany and Italy.

Marked hiking trails lead from Sölden to the restaurant, from here it is only a few minutes to the summit. If you like, you can continue hiking through the Gaislachkar to the Gaislacher See or the Gaislach Almen.

For the James Bond film "Spectre" some scenes were shot with Daniel Craig and Léa Seydoux in the gourmet restaurant, in the plot of a futuristic clinic where a wild car chase begins.

The ski jump in the Dolomite town of Cortina d'Ampezzo was built for the 1956 Winter Olympics. These were supposed to take place as early as 1944, but did not take place because of the events of the war. They were the first Olympic Games to be televised. In addition, as a result of the lack of snow, mountain fighters transported snow on trucks or shoulders to the slopes for kilometers.

In 1981, Roger Moore then made a rapid chase on skis (the hill down!) And motorcycles as 007 "In Deadly Mission". In the chic one piece, of course.

The Tällistock in the Bernese Oberland was the first via ferrata in Switzerland. Even today, it is one of the longest and most spectacular via ferrata in Switzerland with a length of 600 meters. The Tällibahn leads to Berghaus Tälli, where the well-secured trail starts.

The via ferrata surrounds the little committed Tällistock. Here, James Bond staged a spectacular stunt in "Goldeneye" in 1995. In the film, however, the scene played in Siberia.