{"id":11009,"date":"2022-09-05T17:58:17","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T17:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=11009"},"modified":"2022-09-05T18:11:08","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T18:11:08","slug":"jungfraujoch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=11009","title":{"rendered":"Jungfraujoch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s another lovely day, so after lunch we decided to pop up to the Jungfraujoch. The ‘Joch’ is Switzerland\u2019s most popular tourist attraction, and in pre-Covid times it got more than a million visitors per year. To get there we first need to catch the train to Kleine Scheidegg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From Scheidegg another train takes us through a 7 kilometre long tunnel through the mountains. There\u2019s a stop half way up so we can see the Challifirn glacier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eventually we arrive at the top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Jungfraujoch has lots of shops and restaurants, but our first priority is to get outside onto the snow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There would normally be crowds of people here, but it\u2019s late afternoon and most visitors have gone home. A few dozen people were out enjoying the snow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Jungfraujoch is home to the source of the Aletsch glacier. It\u2019s the longest glacier in Europe, with a length of around 23 kilometres. Here it is, stretching off to the south of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Despite all this alpine magnificence however, our favourite part of a visit to the Jungfraujoch remains the Lindt chocolate shop. We filled a couple of bags from the pick ‘n mix before heading back to Wengen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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