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Oeschinensee, the magical lake from Switzerland

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Oeschinensee is a magical blue lake situated at the altitude of 1578 m in the Bernese Oberland , the highest area of the Bern canton. Oeschinensee is 4 km away from the village of Kandersteg and since 2007 is part of the Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn UNESCO World Heritage. It is one of the most beautiful lakes in Switzerland . Because some of my friends have been to lake Oeschinen (Ochinensee is the German name) a few weeks ago, this weekend, we decided to go and visit  Ochinensee . The main route to get to the lake starts from Kandersteg. Oeschinensee Kandersteg Switzerland How to arrive in Kandersteg? You have two main options: to go by train or by car. We chose to go by car and thus drove on a spectacular road. To make the adventure even more thrilling, I took the Sion-Gampel Bratsch-Kandersteg route, not the highway from Bern. This road, besides the fabulous landscape, offers you another surprise: you'll just place the car in a train and cross the mountain...