Thinking About Visiting the Top of Europe? The New Eiger Express Shaves 40 Minutes Off Your Trip!

The Jungfraujoch, also known by its moniker the “Top of Europe”, is the highest rail station in Europe and one of the premier touristic destinations in Switzerland. You can see photos from the Jungfraujoch by clicking our previous posts here, here and here. In the old days, a journey from the village of Grindelwald to the Jungfraujoch took about 90 minutes by cogwheel train. With the newly opened Eiger Express cable car, visitors can be happily snapping photos on the Top of Europe in 45 minutes.

This is a substantial time savings for visitors to the Jungfraujoch, but it’s the snow-lovers and hikers in Grindelwald that will really benefit. In the past, it took skiers and snowboarders about an hour to access the slopes at the base of the Eiger. Now, thanks to the Eiger Express cable car, they can access the same slopes in about 20 minutes.

Hikers, too, can now access the trails above Kleine Scheidegg in around 20 minutes. This is all part of the 470-million-Swiss-franc V-Cableway project which includes two new state-of-the-art cable cars and hyper-modern terminals at Grindelwald, Eigergletscher and Männlichen.

Would you like to experience the Eiger Express for yourself? Please contact us. It’s our pleasure to arrange your ski, hike or sightseeing vacation in Grindelwald. It’s our speciality!

Photo credit: Jungfrau Railways

Boom! Behold this Amazing View of the Mönch

This is what the Mönch looks like as seen from the Jungfraujoch in the Swiss Alps. Please see our previous post about the Jungfraujoch.

Here's a Glimpse of the Jungfraujoch in the Swiss Alps

Sometimes the mountains are just too big for the camera! In this pic we’re looking toward the Jungfraujoch in the Berner Oberland region of the Swiss Alps. The mountain on the left is the Mönch which stands at 4,110 meters / 13,484 feet. If you look closely you can see a small building perched on the saddle to the right of the Mönch. (You might have to zoom in.) That building is called the Sphinx. The Sphinx is an astronomical observatory and the second highest public viewing platform in Switzerland. The Jungfrau Railway, which opened in 1912 and is the highest railway in Europe, carries passengers THROUGH the Mönch and drops them below the Sphinx inside the mountain. A series of tunnels and elevators give visitors access to the observatory and to walking paths across the enormous glacier on the other side. The view from the top is outstanding! Would you like to see this for real? Give us a shout when all this pandemic craziness is over. We can set you up with a nice inn-to-inn hiking or mountain biking tour in the Berner Oberland, or you can enjoy some active travel by train. How about all three? #DreamNowTravelLater

Pow! This is the AMAZING view from the Jungfraujoch, the highest rail station in Europe

Here’s the view from the Jungfraujoch, the highest rail station in Europe, elevation 11,332 feet (3,454 meters). The train that brings you to this point climbs INSIDE the Eiger (pictured in our previous post). The view is awesome, and it’s really easy to escape the crowds. A 45 minute walk across the glacier takes you to the Mönchsjochhütte which offers rustic food and accommodation in a gorgeous setting.