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007 Bond World Museum

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By: Carlo Piccinelli

Piz Gloria on Google Maps
The World Bond 007 Museum, is located on the summit of the Schilthorn mountain in the Bernese pre-Alps. With the famous mountains of the Jungfrau, Mönch and Eiger, this part of Switzerland is all in the Jungfrau region. The World Bond 007, is a museum dedicated to the set of the movie: Agent 007 in the service of Her Majesty. The movie, turned in 1969, takes place largely in a alpine structure reached by a spectacular cable car. To make the film, the producers decided to make the headquarters of SPECTRE, on a mountain peak situated above the village of Murren. At the end of the shoot, the shelter was turned into a revolving restaurant (55 minutes for a full 360 °) and the location of the film, trasformed in a small museum. It took several years to define and expand the museum and in the end, June 29, 2013, was inaugurated the expansion of the museum with new rooms, documents, photographs, video and the backstage of the shoot. In the revolving restaurant on the top floor, in addition to traditional Swiss dishes like Rosti, there are 007 themed dishes tasty and fun. Piz Gloria is reached with  three gondolas: from the valley to the village of Murren (1650 m), then the peak of Birg (2677 m) and finally, the restaurant on the top of Schilthorn peak (2970 m), a destination also for many skiers in winter. 15 km unbroken descent from the Schilthorn to the village of Lauterbrunnen to 795 m., 2175 vertical meters of pure adrenaline fun.
More informations:
www.schilthorn.ch
www.007museum.com/Piz_Gloria.htm
www.jungfrauregion.ch
www.myswitzerland.com