Since 1912 this railway has burrowed through the Eiger itself to Europe's highest station at 3,454 metres, emerging at an observatory above the great white river of the Aletsch glacier. It is magnificent and it is expensive — comfortably over two hundred francs return — so protect the investment: go only on a forecast-clear day, take the first train from Grindelwald or Lauterbrunnen, and stop at Eigergletscher on the way down to walk a little.
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