Regulars here include The Derailers, an upbeat country band guaranteed to crack a grin on the dourest face, and Don Walser, an icon of country yodelling (yes, yodelling).

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His single, a cover of country standard I Remember You, was one of two hits in the Top 50 to feature yodelling (the other was Karl Denver's Blue Weekend).

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Within yodelling distance is the cosy Golzernsee Restaurant and Gasthouse (with rooms from 52 francs, including breakfast), a weathered inn with red-checked curtains and wood walls, run by local Walti Jauch and his 10 sisters.

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