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Ben in the Swiss Alps ❤️

Eigergletscher/ Wengen

May 2024

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Discovering the Magical Village of Grindelwald, Switzerland

Grindelwald, Switzerland

Nestled in the heart of the Swiss Alps, Grindelwald is a picturesque village that offers breathtaking views, thrilling adventures, and a serene atmosphere. Known for its stunning landscapes, outdoor activities, and charming Swiss architecture, Grindelwald is a dream destination for travelers seeking both relaxation and excitement. This guide will provide you with an in-depth look at Grindelwald, including ticket prices for some of its top attractions with a Grindelwald first ticket online

Getting to Grindelwald

Grindelwald is located in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland. The easiest way to reach Grindelwald is by train, which offers a scenic journey through the Swiss countryside. The village is well-connected to major Swiss cities such as Zurich, Lucerne, and Interlaken. From Interlaken, the train ride to Grindelwald takes approximately 30 minutes and offers stunning views of the surrounding mountains.

Exploring Grindelwald

Grindelwald offers a variety of activities and attractions for visitors of all ages. Here are some of the must-visit spots and their ticket prices:

First: Top of Adventure

First, also known as Grindelwald First, is a popular mountain summit and adventure area. It is renowned for its stunning panoramic views, thrilling activities, and hiking trails. To reach First, you can take a gondola ride from Grindelwald village to the summit. The gondola ride itself is an experience, offering breathtaking views of the Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau mountains.

Ticket Prices:

Round-trip gondola ticket (Grindelwald to First):

Adults: CHF 64

Children (6-15 years): CHF 32

Children under 6: Free

Activities at First:

First Cliff Walk by Tissot:

A thrilling walkway that clings to the side of the mountain, offering stunning views and an adrenaline-pumping experience.

Free of charge (included with the gondola ticket).

First Flyer:

A zip line experience that allows you to soar over the mountains at speeds of up to 84 km/h.

Ticket price: CHF 29 (one way).

First Glider:

An eagle-shaped glider that lets you fly over the landscape.

Ticket price: CHF 31 (one way).

Mountain Cart:

An exciting downhill ride on a three-wheeled cart.

Ticket price: CHF 19.

Trottibike Scooter:

A fun scooter ride down the mountain.

Ticket price: CHF 21.

Bachalpsee Lake:

A scenic hike to a stunning alpine lake with a mirrored reflection of the surrounding peaks.

Free of charge (hiking trail accessible with the gondola ticket).

Jungfraujoch: Top of Europe

Jungfraujoch, also known as the "Top of Europe," is another must-visit attraction near Grindelwald. It is the highest railway station in Europe and offers spectacular views of the Aletsch Glacier and surrounding peaks. To reach Jungfraujoch, you can take the Jungfrau Railway from Grindelwald via Kleine Scheidegg.

Ticket Prices:

Round-trip ticket (Grindelwald to Jungfraujoch):

Adults: CHF 210 (with Swiss Travel Pass: CHF 145)

Children (6-15 years): CHF 105 (with Swiss Travel Pass: CHF 72.50)

Children under 6: Free

Highlights at Jungfraujoch:

Ice Palace: Walk through tunnels carved into the glacier, featuring ice sculptures and exhibits.

Sphinx Observatory: An observation deck offering panoramic views of the Aletsch Glacier and surrounding peaks.

Lindt Swiss Chocolate Heaven: Learn about the history of Swiss chocolate and enjoy some delicious samples.

Snow Fun Park: Enjoy snow activities such as skiing, snowboarding, and tubing (additional charges apply).

Eiger Trail: Hiking and Adventure

For hiking enthusiasts, the Eiger Trail offers an unforgettable experience. This trail runs along the foot of the Eiger North Face, providing breathtaking views and a sense of adventure. The hike starts from Eigergletscher station and ends in Alpiglen, and it is suitable for experienced hikers due to its challenging terrain.

Ticket Prices:

Train ticket (Grindelwald to Eigergletscher):

Adults: CHF 38 (one way)

Children (6-15 years): CHF 19 (one way)

Children under 6: Free

Note: Hiking the Eiger Trail itself is free of charge.

Männlichen: Scenic Views and Gentle Walks

Männlichen is another beautiful mountain destination accessible from Grindelwald. You can take a gondola ride from Grindelwald Grund to Männlichen, where you'll be greeted with stunning views and gentle hiking trails suitable for families and casual hikers.

Ticket Prices:

Round-trip gondola ticket (Grindelwald Grund to Männlichen):

Adults: CHF 63

Children (6-15 years): CHF 31.50

Children under 6: Free

Activities at Männlichen:

Royal Walk: A short and easy hike to the Männlichen summit, offering panoramic views of the surrounding peaks and valleys.

Children's Playground: A fun area for kids to play and enjoy the fresh mountain air.

Grindelwald Village: Charm and Relaxation

Grindelwald village itself is a charming destination with traditional Swiss architecture, cozy cafes, and local shops. Stroll through the village, visit local bakeries, and enjoy Swiss delicacies such as cheese fondue and raclette. The village also offers various wellness and spa options for those looking to relax and rejuvenate.

Practical Information

Best Time to Visit: Grindelwald is a year-round destination, with each season offering unique experiences. Summer (June to August) is perfect for hiking and outdoor activities, while winter (December to February) offers excellent skiing and snowboarding opportunities. Spring (March to May) and autumn (September to November) are ideal for those seeking fewer crowds and pleasant weather.

Accommodation: Grindelwald offers a range of accommodation options, from luxury hotels to budget-friendly hostels and charming chalets. Booking in advance is recommended, especially during peak seasons.

Travel Tips:

Swiss Travel Pass: Consider purchasing a Swiss Travel Pass for unlimited travel on the Swiss Travel System network, including trains, buses, and boats. The pass also offers discounts on mountain excursions and free entry to many museums.

Weather: Check the weather forecast before your trip, especially if you plan to engage in outdoor activities.

Clothing: Dress in layers and bring appropriate clothing for the season. Even in summer, temperatures can be cool at higher elevations.

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1935 - Jungfrau. Eigergletscher von der Scheideck

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Postcard from Jungfraujoch Heute gibt es mal ein Postkartenmotiv. Blauer Himmel bei schönstem Sonnenschein in den Schweizer Bergen. Kein magisches und sanftes Licht. Aber der Anblick war trotzdem schön und vor allem nicht so überrannt, wie sonst... 😉 Location: Jungfraujoch, Switzerland Date: 21.2.2021 #fabianhüsser #lumix_ch #lumix #lumixgx8 #splendid_earth #lumixgh5 #jungfraujoch #jungfrauregion #landscape_captures #loves_united_switzerland #landscapephotography #eigergletscher #blickheimat #switzerland_destinations #winterwonderland #topofeurope #switzerlandtourism #topofeuropejungfrau #travelgram #myswitzerland #travelphotography #pictascollective #igpodium #switzerlandpictures #suissebook #superswitzerland #switzerlandwonderland #lumixwinter #myswitzerland #visitswitzerland (hier: Jungfraujoch-Top of Europe) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLjzyPdsbhY/?igshid=1dhawr52rqo5

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Summer Walks in the Swiss Alps..

by czechthecount: instagram | facebook | 500px | prints

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cottage by Harald Biecker

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4 Best Hikes in Switzerland

4 Best Hikes in Switzerland

(THIS ARTICLE IS COURTESY OF TRAVEL TRIVIA)

  4 Best Hikes in Switzerland

Known for its skiing and winter weather, Switzerland’s top-notch warm-season hiking opportunities are highly overlooked. Getting to experience mountain hiking when it’s not frigid and blizzarding is a real treat, and some of the best of what Switzerland has to offer visitors who love the outdoors. Diverse landscapes are…

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station und hotel eigergletscher

2320 m

eigergletscher, mönch.

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Switzerland’s Jungfraujoch is a year-round wonderland of ice and snow

Switzerland’s Jungfraujoch is a year-round wonderland of ice and snow

Picture postcards don’t begin to do justice to Switzerland’s beauty. In person, the country comes alive in vivid Technicolor, leaving you grasping desperately for the right superlatives to describe all its treasures. Words simply fall short of communicating the grandeur of this alpine paradise. It’s hard to decide what to see and do in this country of scenic wonders because the options are…

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Leissingen - Grindelwald - Innertkirchen

Zaterdag 13 augustus

Na de leuke wandelroute gisteren rijd ik vanmorgen weer terug naar Grindelwald. Niet geheel logisch misschien, maar ja er was gewoonweg niet dichterbij een camping of camperplaats te vinden.

Ik parkeer mijn auto wederom op de parkeerplaats net buiten het dorp. Vanaf hier loop ik vrij eenvoudig naar de kabelbaan in het dorp. Het is een andere kabelbaan dan gisteren. Deze kabelbaan brengt mij naar de Eigergletscher waarvandaan ik kan starten met het wandelen van de bekende Eigertrail terug naar beneden, naar Grindelwald.

De kabelbaan voert mij in ongeveer tien minuten naar de top. Hiervandaan had ik ook nog met een treintje naar de top van de Jungfrau kunnen wandelen, maar dat doe ik niet tijdens deze roadtrip. Soms moet je keuzes maken 😉🤷‍♀️.

Het is even zoeken naar het startpunt van de Eigertrail, maar ondertussen kijk ik mijn ogen uit naar de hoge bergtoppen!

Wanneer ik het beginpunt vindt loop ik langs de 'Nordwand' in ongeveer drie en een half uur naar beneden, tenminste dat zeggen de bordjes...

Wat wel jammer is, is dat je eigenlijk continu hetzelfde uitzicht behoudt, omdat de route echt min of meer recht naar beneden loopt. Gisteren was de route  doordat ik meer een ronde liep, veel afwisselender.

Het eerste gedeelte loop ik nog in de schaduw van de Nordwand en is het wat frisjes. Zodra de zon over de top heen komt is het gelijk een stuk warmer geworden. Het is een mooie route waarbij ik vrij relaxed over een rotsachtig pad naar beneden wandel.

Na ruim twee en een half uur wandelen kom ik bij een bordje waar ik via twee routes naar Grindelwald kan wandelen. De ene route blijft het rechte pad baar beneden volgen, de andere route gaat meer het bos in en dichter langs de bergketen. De laatst genoemde route lijkt mij het leukste en duurt vanaf hier nog ruim twee en een half uur, maar ach ik heb toch geen andere plannen vandaag 😉.

Het blijkt een goede keuze. Dit stuk van de route is veel afwisselender. Ik kom zelfs langs een gletsjer en een groot stuk sneeuw/ijs wat hard smelt met deze warmte.

Uiteindelijk kom ik heel toevallig precies uit bij de parkeerplaats waar ik mijn campertje heb geparkeerd! Het is nog maar drie uur en dus haal ik mijn fiets van mijn campertje af en fiets ik nog even naar het dorp. Ik ben toch best moe van het lopen en de route van de parkeerplaats naar het dorp loopt eerst langs de rivier, maar daarna steil omhoog. Daar heb ik even geen zin meer in vandaag.

In het dorpje bekijk ik nog wat winkeltjes en drink ik nog wat. Na een laatste boodschap in de supermarkt fiets ik weer terug naar de parkeerplaats.

Ik had gisteravond nog gekeken of ik een camping kon vinden in het dal hiernaast. Daar heb ik namelijk ook een leuke wandelroute ontdekt in een boek in een boekenwinkel in Schaffhaussen. Ik had stiekem een foto genomen 😉. Ik had vanmorgen vroeg al reactie dat er nog een plekje vrij was op deze camping. Ik heb maar direct geboekt voor twee nachten. Dat is toch wat relaxter 😊.

Eind van de middag arriveer ik op de camping en krijg ik een prima plekje toegewezen. Er blijken nog enkele Nederlanders op deze camping te zitten. Enkelen hebben zelfs al jaren een vaste plek hier. Met sommigen raak ik nog even in gesprek, maar het eerste wat ik graag wil doen is weer eens een douche nemen 😀💪🏻. Na de heerlijke douche, die ik nog meer waardeer wanneer ik hem een tijdje heb moeten missen, lees ik nog een boekje, kijk ik een aflevering van een serie en drink ik een latte vanuit mijn luie stoel. Genieten 😊!

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Mardi 20 juillet 2021 : la Jungfrau - partie 2

La ligne de la Jungfrau relie donc Kleine Scheidegg (photos de la fin du billet) à la gare du Jungfraujoch, et dessert 3 arrêts intermédiaires : Eigergletscher, dernière gare à ciel ouvert de la ligne, où se trouve le déôt du JB, puis Eismeer (3160 m) et enfin Jungfraujoch (3454 m), en souterrain.

La ligne est longue de 9,3 km, en voie métrique avec crémaillère, et électrification en 1125 V 50 Hz triphasé, avec des rampes atteignant les 250 pour mille.

3 séries d’automotrices roulent en service commercial : les rames BDhe 4/8 211 à 214 ont été livrées en 1992, les BDhe 215 à 218 en 2002 (quasiment identiques aux précédentes), et enfin les Bhe 4/8 221 à 224 en 2016.

En tout cas, une fois arrivé en haut, c’est juste impressionnant. Arpenter les neiges éternelles, faire une pause repas dans un chalet, découvrir la vue... effectivement, on peut vraiment dire que c’est une ligne incontournable à parcourir pour tout amateur du ferroviaire d’ici et d’ailleurs... j’en garde un souvenir ému.

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Portra Alps (Portra 400) by Harald Philipp Via Flickr: Hiking along the Eiger trail from Alpiglen to Eigergletscher station Kodak Retina IIIC, Schneider-Kreuznach Xenon 50mm f/2 Kodak Portra 400 Nikon Coolscan 9000ED

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Eiger Glacier, Switzerland

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Day 17 - Jan 17 - Grindelwald/Jungfraujoch

I woke up super early for NO REASON bc I didn’t even make my original train. I was sad that I was leaving so I took my fine time. I pooped and then I packed up, went down to breakfast at 7:10ish. The breakfast buffet was so nice!! The restaurant was super pretty and the mountain was just appearing as the sun was rising. There was an omelette station but I just got scrambled eggs, some mini waffles (bad), fruit, cheese to sample, and coffee. Turns out they had yogurt lol I didn’t have to buy yesterday. Wish I had known.

I was originally planning to get to the train station for the 7:48am departure but I took too long to eat and poop again, and then the front desk wasn’t open so I couldn’t check out until 7:55am :( the lady said the bus ran every 15 mins but I waited and it never came so I just walked down to the Grindelwald station and waited for the 8:18am departure. There was a huge group of Korean tourists that all went WHAAAA at a flock of birds flying away

Anyways that group left on a different train and I hopped on mine. Once I got to the terminal, it looked like there were only skiers and I was like uhh wtf am I not supposed to be here.. but eventually I saw 2-3 other tourists. The lockers didn’t work so I had to pay 10 francs to put them in the peoples back office -_-

The view up was soooo pretty!! It’s kind of cloudy today but I think it’s supposed to clear up a bit at the top. Idk I hope so at least.

I went to the bathroom once we got to Eigergletscher since the next train wasn’t departing for 20 mins and literally when I got out of the stall, a bunch of people were waiting in line and then this huge ass group of like 40 Korean tourists showed up at the ticket line I was like wtf

We got on the tram and it was a 30min or so ride up, through a tunnel in the mountain.

OoF this altitude!! We took a stop at Eismeer and of course it’s cloudy and shit so you can’t really see anything but you can see how vast the snow valley is. And it’s windy so it was cool to see the little snow storm

Once we got to the top; the swarm of Korean tourists began hahah I did the tour a little out of order because it was so chaotic but it worked out! My selfie stick really came in clutch

Unfortunately it was super cloudy and windy so you can’t really see much 😭😭 but I got some cool photos and they even had a little picture op showing that this was a film location for Crash Landing on You.

The Lindt workshop area didn’t appear to be open and Restaurant Crystal looked closed too but I found out it just opened at 11am so I just waited a couple minutes for it open and ordered my alcoholic coffee and cheesecake 😊 took my Pepcid AND lactaid like a responsible asian. Lowkey I was hoping the sky would clear up a little before I left 🥲 it did not lol so I left.. a little disappointing but tbh I should’ve checked. When I checked, it said it was gonna be sunny but it LIED or I forget when it was supposed to be sunny and I left too early.. but I rather go to Lausanne than wait for the chance of it potentially clearing up even though it looked very unlikely. NEVERTHELESS, I am grateful for the opportunity and it felt cool to just be at the top. It does have a kind of surreal splendor being that high up surrounded by snow and winds. It feels like I shouldn’t be there considering how wild the weather is. Wish it was a little/lot clearer but no regrets!!!

Ok I’m on the last train rn to Lausanne.. and oh my god. Taking trains in Switzerland is nice but sometimes you gotta pray your train is on time or you’ll mess up your ENTIRE schedule. I’m done with transfers now but I just took 3 trains to get to where I am now. If I missed any of them, I’d be panicking.. the train from Interlaken to Spielz was stressful bc we just stopped 10 mins out from the station to wait for an oncoming train??? So the announcer said we’d be a few minutes late and I was like BRUH we’re supposed to arrive at 1:51 and then I’m supposed to catch a different train at 1:54!!!! What do you MEAN A FEW MINUTES LATE

Luckily we were on time or just a minute or so late and it’s a small station so I just sprinted across the platform and got on the next train. I’ve had to take out my passport every single time they check my ticket, but luckily I think I only have to do it once more after this when I take this train later to get to Geneva. It’s been snowing all over the country, it’s quite pretty!

I got hungry and ate the last pretzel bread, but as I was eating I realized that this bread is like 3 days old.. like I brought it all the way from Salzburg, Austria… oh well, it’s in tummy now. Along with the random shit I had for breakfast, a coffee with whipped cream and Williams, and a cheesecake. Lol.

JESUS CRISTO

Je is back on the train to Geneva - it’s 6:15pm. I have sweat so much today. I am wearing SO MANY LAYERS. I went from being in -18 degree weather to like 35/40 degree weather carrying all my bags and walking up hills. To say I was sweating at the Olympic Museum is a SEVERE understatement. I thought I was gonna have a freaking panic attack, but I didn’t wanna waste time by taking layers off bc the museum was closing in 2 hours. The museum was suuuuper cool!! Gave a history of the Olympics going back to the origin in Athens and moving to modern Olympics who apparently a French man brought back in the early 1920s, ain’t that wild! He was very much about the unity of art and sport. There were exhibits on the development of Olympic sport, the host cities, the demonstration of art and culture, ALL the torches from the ceremonies displayed, and the stories behind them all. I wish I had more time bc it was truly so cool. Then they had an exhibit of artifacts donated by athletes and the games. The last one was more interactive and shows the athletes village, their nutrition/health/well-being, and a zone for people to play games and such. Quite cool, quite cool indeed. Again, wish I had more time. But I rushed the last bit to make sure I had time to walk through the gift shop really quick, go to the bathroom, and grab my stuff. I took a couple of quick photos at the Olympic park and started back. I feel so musty at this point (and hungry) that I just wanted to get to Geneva. I walked back to the metro and hopped on the Ouchy line back to Lausanne Gare. It’s only 2 very quick stops, but when we hit the first stop, this man came SLIDING into the door and ended up not even getting in. His foot didn’t make it through the train door, only the station door. It looked so painful though - he was a pretty skinny man and I think he slipped on accident. He got up pretty fast though. But I gasped really loudly bc it felt like a cartoon in a movie.

Anyways I got on the train. It’s quite packed. I wanted to eat but I don’t wanna eat in front of all these people so I guess I wait until I get to Geneva.. and walk 10-15 mins to my hostel 😭😭.. and check in… 😭😭😭

I have done so much today. I’ve taken 7 trains today. Plus the metro. I’m so tired 😭