A Brienz Woodcarving Shop and a Beautifully Traditional Swiss Neighborhood

Brienz sits on the end of Brienzersee (lake).  There is a well-known woodcarving shop as you come into town (John remembered it from 50 years ago.)

The parking lot looks out over this:

The greeters!

We really enjoyed seeing the carvings in the shop.  The prices were very high, so we just enjoyed looking.  I loved how Swiss everything looked.

The workshop was upstairs.  The carvers were all younger women.

These are the kinds of pieces you purchase one at a time to add to a collection.

Here’s Mary on the donkey.  It sells for 478 Euro.  That’s $523, for just this one piece.

Mary with child was even more.

I really loved seeing so many women and children in the Nativity sets.

Here’s one wise man for 176 Euro.

And here’s a simple unpainted Nativity starter set for 540 Euro.

For those prices, I can enjoy looking at the photos!

The shop keeper told us about a street a few blocks away.  She said, “I don’t know why, but people come from all over the world to take photos of that street.”  We went to take a look.

A fun shop with old cowbells along the way.

This really is beautiful country.