A beautiful village on the southern slope at the entrance to the Dalatal. The road connects it with Leukerbad, rich in thermal springs, and the village of Leuk. Among the sights in Albinen are numerous preserved Valais mountain farms and barns.

In 1226, ‘Albinen’ is mentioned for the first time in a document. The field names are almost exclusively of Romanesque origin; the German language did not gain acceptance until the end of the Middle Ages. According to the Geographical Lexicon of Switzerland, in 1902 there was neither an inn, nor a shop, nor a salt works in Albinen. At that time, 380 people lived in the village, the highest level in the history of the municipality. Since the 1940s, the number of inhabitants has been steadily decreasing, a decline that the road opened in the 1960s could not curb. However, the new road changed the livelihood structure of the population and turned the farming village into a holiday resort. Whereas in 1960, more than two-thirds of those employed worked in agriculture, ten years later it was only 33 per cent and in 1990 only three per cent, with a population of 242. Ecclesiastically, the village belonged to Leuk before it was elevated to a parish in 1737 and received its own church. Until the 20th century, the mountain population lived largely self-sufficiently. The village could only be reached on steep paths. The wooden houses are staggered along the slope in the typical regional mixture of residential and service buildings. The mighty church, plastered in bright colours, stands in the centre of the closed group of settlements and with its arched tin roof and interesting towers towers over the surrounding roofs. There are surprisingly well-preserved houses originally from the 17th and 18th centuries. Since the gables of all the residential buildings face the valley, the outward appearance of the village has a remarkable uniformity.