Culture, design & architecture

Europe’s highest railway station at 3,454 m, with the Sphinx terrace at 3,571 m, the Ice Palace carved into the glacier, a plateau walk and views down the Aletsch Glacier. Reached via Grindelwald Terminal and the Eiger Express, then the Jungfrau Railway through the Eiger.

A 2,970 m summit above Mürren, reached by cable car, with the revolving Piz Gloria restaurant and 360° views of the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau. A new, very steep cable car links Stechelberg and Mürren directly.

A 297 m free-falling waterfall beside Lauterbrunnen village; in hard frost it builds columns of ice at its foot.

The pass at 2,061 m below the Eiger North Face, where the Jungfrau Railway begins; the heart of the ski area between Grindelwald and Wengen.

The open meadow in the middle of Interlaken, kept free of buildings so the Jungfrau stays in view. In recent winters it has hosted a free walk-through winter park.

A 12th-century castle above the old town of Thun, with a five-floor history museum. In January it opens on Sundays only.

A UNESCO World Heritage old town of arcaded streets, fountains, the Zytglogge clock tower and the 100 m cathedral spire, on a loop of the Aare.

A tri-cable gondola from Grindelwald Terminal (937 m) to Eigergletscher (2,320 m) in about 15 minutes, cutting the trip to the Jungfraujoch.

A rack railway completed in 1912 that runs through tunnels inside the Eiger and Mönch, with a short stop at Eismeer to look out over the ice.

Opened in 2024 with a gradient of about 159%, billed as the steepest cable car in the world.