![The Bürgenstock: an idyllic ensemble with hotels, mountains, lake and lift. Postcard from 1928.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titelbild-burgenstock-1-300x225.jpg)
Europe’s highest open-air lift
The Bürgenstock has always known how to skilfully attract attention, as it did back in 1905 for example with the spectacular Hammetschwand lift – a marvel of Swiss engineering. Over the years, the lift has been a source of both admiration and rumour.
![The spectacular cliff path depicted on a postcard.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/felsenweg-stanw-e1714051927867-201x300.jpg)
A risky construction project
![A daring project: the 165-metre-high open-air lift.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/005-hammetschwandlift-stanw-214x300.jpg)
![With a metal tip like a rocket: the lift seemed almost other-worldly when it first opened.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/007-hammetschwandlift-stanw-193x300.jpg)
Switzerland’s own ‘Eiffel Tower’
![The Eiffel Tower around 1900.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/eiffel-la-tour-eiffel-en-1900-1902-page-10-crop-wikimedia-229x300.jpg)
![Photo of the Hammetschwand lift.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/003-hammetschwandlift-33-226x300.jpg)
The James Bond rumour
![Audrey Hepburn lived on the Bürgenstock for a while: a photo of the famous actress taken in 1954.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/audrey-hepburn-300x291.jpg)
![Sean Connery and Bürgenstock hotelier Fritz Frey junior at the hotel pool, 1964.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/sean-connery-269x300.jpg)