![Tolkien's inspirational Switzerland is in jeopardy while we celebrate his Hobbit saga | by Peter Hulm | Medium Tolkien's inspirational Switzerland is in jeopardy while we celebrate his Hobbit saga | by Peter Hulm | Medium](https://miro.medium.com/max/1058/1*emGKyGQyrybcIa5dbpVTNw.png)
Tolkien's inspirational Switzerland is in jeopardy while we celebrate his Hobbit saga | by Peter Hulm | Medium
![This valley, in Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland, is where Tolkien got the idea for the hidden valley of Rivendell : r/lotr This valley, in Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland, is where Tolkien got the idea for the hidden valley of Rivendell : r/lotr](https://external-preview.redd.it/s-Sdk2jEj8PN3AQyiCtMmY94XEA7wEyTWnNHLWLcDXk.jpg?auto=webp&s=c15680f77bd93a3420b93ab5548e450d0748cb5d)
This valley, in Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland, is where Tolkien got the idea for the hidden valley of Rivendell : r/lotr
![Visiting Lauterbrunnen and the Jungfrau region. I can see now how JRR Tolkien got his inspiration for Rivendell and the Misty Mointains from here. Simply breathtaking : r/lotr Visiting Lauterbrunnen and the Jungfrau region. I can see now how JRR Tolkien got his inspiration for Rivendell and the Misty Mointains from here. Simply breathtaking : r/lotr](https://preview.redd.it/r82m42hxkow01.jpg?auto=webp&s=cbc7995236e2863735d31a2d26716319b0f6a1db)
Visiting Lauterbrunnen and the Jungfrau region. I can see now how JRR Tolkien got his inspiration for Rivendell and the Misty Mointains from here. Simply breathtaking : r/lotr
![I wrote a guide about following JRR Tolkien's trip through Switzerland which inspired some parts of the Hobbit and LOTR. : r/Switzerland I wrote a guide about following JRR Tolkien's trip through Switzerland which inspired some parts of the Hobbit and LOTR. : r/Switzerland](https://external-preview.redd.it/YoyVSMhO0z_lGZnUnwciIZaSSoDaeeu09hVZ0834u8s.jpg?auto=webp&s=95c681cf556219f68482a3e8b3e609ce118a8518)
I wrote a guide about following JRR Tolkien's trip through Switzerland which inspired some parts of the Hobbit and LOTR. : r/Switzerland
![As a huge LOTR fan, it was so fun to travel through Lauterbrunnen and Interlaken, Switzerland. In 1911 Tolkien trekked through these parts and was inspired by its beauty. Doesn't this look As a huge LOTR fan, it was so fun to travel through Lauterbrunnen and Interlaken, Switzerland. In 1911 Tolkien trekked through these parts and was inspired by its beauty. Doesn't this look](https://preview.redd.it/trz2bhox8q111.jpg?auto=webp&s=3c6f9b6674ea131b090ec7554841eb9b02d522e1)