Top of Europe

At over 11,000 feet this is the highest point in Europe unless you do ice climbing. To get here, you travel by cogswheel train and in the last leg, switch to a train that travels into a mountain, aRead more

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At over 11,000 feet this is the highest point in Europe unless you do ice climbing. To get here, you travel by cogswheel train and in the last leg, switch to a train that travels into a mountain, aRead more
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Such an amazing day! Wonderful weather! Today we drove through green Swiss pastures with beautiful wooden chalets to Grindelwald to catch 2 trains to the 'Top Of Europe' - Jungfraujoch- 3454 metresRead more
The weather cleared up so we decided to spend Christmas Day at the top of Europe and it was stunning!
Yes there was a lot of James Bond actions on Schilthorn!
Heute morgen kurz vor 6 Uhr entschloss sich ein netter Herr im Zimmer alle seine Kleider in Plastiksäcke umzupacken. Die Perfekte voraussetzung also, etwas aus dem Tag zu machen (und für schlechteRead more
Last night after discussion with Irene (the lady I met on the train) and checking the weather we decided to book the train to Jungfraujoch. The Jungfrau is the highest mountain around here.
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The Alpine Sensation wasn't there when we were last there in 2010, nor the Lindt store! I had to buy a pair of gloves in the gift shop, which were hideously expensive, but I still have them so I guess I got my money's worth. Sounds like you're having a great time. Did you climb up the path at the Staubbach Falls and go in behind the waterfall? From memory, it was a bit of a steep climb and it was touch and go whether my knees would hold out, but they did, and it was lovely to look out over the valley through the falling water. Phil
Hi Phil I already and a pair of gloves that I bought the other time I saw snow back in 2012.i didn’t take my scarf up with me though and would have appreciated it in the ice palace. I didn’t climb to behind the falls. My knees aren’t great at going downstairs at the moment.
Very early start this morning, one of the earliest we've had on the entire trip! Alarm at 6:30, up and dressed and out the door by 6:50. Arrived at Grindelwald Grund station around 7am, well inRead more
Als nächstes folgen wir der Beschilderung in Richtung Aletschgletscher, wo es dann endlich mal richtig raus geht in den Schnee (Bahnhof, Besucherzentrum etc. sind alle unterirdisch im Berg).
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Zum Finale zieht es uns noch auf das eigentliche Jungfraujoch. Das Jungfraujoch ist mit 3466 m der tiefste Punkt im Verbindungsgrat zwischen dem Mönch und der Jungfrau. Mittlerweile ist es auchRead more
You might also know this place by the following names:
Jungfraujoch, 3801