Its amazing just how many awards there are in this world. I never knew there was such a thing as an Alpine Town of the Year, but Brig seems to have won the big prize this year. Probably the main attraction is the lavish Baroque palace known as Stockalper Castle, the largest private 17th Century building in Switzerland. Again, that seems like a very tightly defined title, but it, and its gardens, is certainly worth a look. It also shows just how wealthy merchants could be, Kaspar von Stockalpe