In the sixth Bond film, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, James Bond makes his way to an allergy research clinic at the top of a mountain in the Swiss Alps.
The clinic is in fact the swish lair of baddie Ernst Stavro Blofeld, head of a global criminal organisation called Spectre.
Bond, played by Australian George Lazenby, gets caught but manages to escape by skiing down Piz Gloria in the dark, while giving chase to the baddie’s henchmen.
The film was shot on location at Schilthorn in the Jungfrau region of central Switzerland’s Bernese Oberland. The incredible views of the mighty Alps, probably the best to be had of all the view stations, still attract mountain lovers to this mountain top restaurant and viewing platform ever since.
In real life, the lair is in fact a 360-degree revolving restaurant, which you can get to by cable car.
Schilthorn – Piz Gloria is open all year except for periods of cable maintenance. Tickets can be purchased at any rail station.
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