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Kerrin of MyKugelhopf explores Gruyère, and visits the working dairy museum where visitors can learn all about the region's world-famous cheese.Château d’Oex’s International Hot Air Balloon festival took place last month, and some of you may have had the chance to see it all up close. Going for a weekend is a wonderful excuse to discover the beautiful region of Gruyère, especially the charming, medieval village of the same name – even if spelled differently (Gruyères).
You may have taken 200 photos of the most photogenic hot air balloons, rising high against a backdrop of the breathtaking Swiss Alps, their colours easy to spot against the clean blanket of pure white snow.
And you perhaps also visited Gruyères, with its storybook château and one pedestrian street, and stopped in a café for a hot chocolate, as well as the region’s famously rich double cream and meringues. But you must be saying to yourself now, isn’t the region better known for… cheese?!
Yes, of course! Sympathy goes to the lactose-intolerant visitor to this dairy-rich region. There is probably more cheese and heavy cream per square metre than any other village in Switzerland. For those of you making future plans to the region, leave room for a visit to La Maison du Gruyère, where you’ll learn about the region’s eponymous cheese. And literally, learn all there is to know – curds, whey, salted versus semi-salted etc.
La Maison du Gruyère, just at the bottom of the hill going up to Gruyères, is a working cheese dairy as well as museum, shop and restaurant, all under one roof. It’s an interactive museum for children and adults alike, and for all the senses – look, touch, smell, listen and taste.
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