Friday 6 July 2018

Experience at The Top of Europe, Jungfrau in Switzerland

We had been planning for Jungfrau, Top of Europe since two three months. We really wanted to visit. But owing to its height, travel time and the cold, we were a bit skeptical about it. But, but... all our apprehensions vanished once we reached there after only mere two hours journey.


We were left awestruck when we reached at the Top!!!! During our train journey, we had asked the ticket collector about how to go about the trip to Jungfraujoch.

Starting of the TOUR Starting of the TOUR

She told us to simply follow the 'TOUR' signage. We exactly did the same and the whole trip around Jungfrau was convenient and hassle free. We had got passports for The Top of Europe and there was a page showing the tour.

We ensured to see all 10 points mentioned on it. They were all on the 'TOUR' signage.
Everything is well managed there and appropriate signages of restaurants, shops, tourist points, toilets, everything is clearly mentioned.

Jungfrau Panaroma

Kid trying to feel the ambiance at Jungfrau Panaroma
Junfgrau Panaroma offers a 4 minute story. It provides a 360-degree panorama of the mountain world that you could never see otherwise – 365 days a year.

Visitors race with the camera through clouds, sink into ice crevices or fall into heaps of snow. With the big screens all around, you would get immersed totally and the feeling of avalanche coming to you and the sound effects is a different experience altogether.

Jungfrau, Top of Europe Jungfrau, Top of Europe
Sphinx which is the view point and also the Watch Shop Kirchhofer. We didn't buy anything from there. But, its said that the watches there are cheaper than everywhere else.

Alpine Sensation

Alpine Sensation was greatly informative.

Alpine Sensation Alpine Sensation

With individual images, sound and light, this tour presents the past and present of Tourism.

This was Guyer Zeller's phenomenal idea and extreme efforts made that this area is accessible to all in the world and that the world is able to enjoy The Top of Europe!


Ice Palace in Jungfrau is a must must visit

Two mountain guides from Grindewald and Wengen begin to hew out an enormous cavern in the ice. The cavern covers an area of over 1000 m sq. Some parts of ice palace move up to 15 cm per year.

Ice Palace at Jungfrau Ice Palace at Jungfrau
You would see many ice sculptures all around. Some depicting a scene, others made in memory of important personalities.

Charlie Chaplin and the boy Charlie Chaplin and the boy

World of Penguins at Ice Palace World of Penguins at Ice Palace
You have to be fully covered there as well. The temperature maintained is well below melting point of ice of course. But, it is tolerable. We spent some good half an hour there. Clicking photographs and enjoying the art work on sculptures.

Aletsch Glacier, the snow fun

It was really amazing! We had good layers of clothes along with jackets, caps and gloves. But the wind was chilling and cutting. We walked up a little on the snow.

It was super cold. The area was a bit slippery at the start but then we could step well on the snow.

Poor Visibility Poor Visibility

View from there was fantastic!

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