11,674 steps will lead you up the longest stairwell in the world. Located alongside the Niesen mountain railway, this stairway to heaven brings climbers 3.4km and 1,669m up into the sky! If you’re not up for a climb, you can hop a ride on the Niesenbahn cable car (we sure did 😅) which happens to be the longest continuous funicular in Europe. Either way, you’re guaranteed some magical views and record-breaking Swiss sites.

🥳 THIS WEEK IN AWA AWESOMENESS

🎫 We’re Sending You to Switzerland
🇨🇭 A Round-Up from the Playground of Europe
🎭 The Country’s One-of-a-Kind Theater
🚢 Riding Through Lake Geneva in Style

🇨🇭WIN AN ADVENTURE TO SWITZERLAND

If you didn’t catch our Adventure through the Land of Milk and Honey, don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. We traversed this amazing Alpine country and now we’re sending you and a friend on your very own Swiss Adventure! So get to work practicing your Alpenhorn skill 📯 and enter here.

🐳 WHALE A MINUTE!

Did you know AWA has a special feature in every issue of Whalebone Magazine? Each year they curate 6 awesome issues from The Pizza Issue to The Photo Issue and a bunch of awesome topics in between. Next up: The Slow Issue, where we’ll share a special extended look at our Switzerland Adventure. If you're a fan of AWA, snail mail, fun things, and high quality content (the magazine feels like none other 🤤) consider taking a peek.

As we enjoy our Swiss cheese and chocolate, let’s take a trip back to meet the “Governor of Time” and visit a hotel we’ve become quite fond of…

⏱️ When Time Stopped in Bern
🚂 A Calming Background for your Workday
🏨 A Book Cover-worthy Hotel
🗺 Team AWA’s Magical Swiss Itinerary
🚊 Planes, Trains, and Cable Cars

FALL FEST WITH MARTINELLI’S

Whalebone | 328 Bleecker St. NYC | Oct 13-15
We’re ringing in the season at Whalebone HQ along with our cider adoring amigos at Martinelli’s. On Friday, Oct 13th we’ll be hanging at the shop from 5-7pm writing postcards, and enjoying a bubbly apple concoction. The festivities continue all weekend long, so stop by and say hello and snag an apple-shaped postcard on us! 🍎 

BELGIUM EXHIBITION

Central Park@Sea | Ostend, Belgium | Sep 16 - mid Nov
This week’s Tiny Interview Series Interviewee (see below) also has a fantastic exhibition taking place in Belgium! The wonderful work of Soo Burnell is on display both inside and outdoors through mid-November. Take a peek!

TINY INTERVIEW SERIES: SOO BURNELL

What started in a small, homemade darkroom has brought Soo Burnell around the world to shoot truly captivating scenes from ravishing Victorian baths to vintage theaters. We loved her work so much that we included it in our book, and even made it a point to meet her at one of her shooting locations!

From water to theater to apparel and beyond, Soo’s work continues to grow and evolve. We sat down with the Scottish Photographer to see how she found her footing in our second (tiny) interview…

Decorated with neoclassical motifs and styled in an Italian manner, this particular theater is a reminder that the border of Switzerland and Italy is somewhat blurred. Closer in proximity to Milan than Zurich, this simple and symmetrical facade is the doorway to the last remaining theater of it’s kind in the Swiss confederation…

On the cool, crisp waters of Lake Geneva, a bright-white “wedding-cake” of a vessel calmly cruises through the waves of emerald blue. With an equally elegant interior to match its amazing exterior, the SS Rhône harks back to the Belle Epoque era, where travel by water was as luxurious as it was necessary…

Bravo! You made it to the good old winners corner. This week’s secret link contains a Postal Pin Set for the grand prize winner and of course stickers for runner ups!

Not sure what a Secret Link is? Find out here.