We’re on top of the world! – well, not quite, but Jungfraujoch is billed locally as ‘Top of Europe’ and at 3454 metres elevation it’s pretty high and the air is noticably thinner.

To get here we took the train and the route itself is an engineering marvel. Construction started in 1896 with a long tunnel being built inside the Eiger and Monch mountains. The 9.3 km route finally opened in 1912.

We were lucky to have reasonable visibility from the top, with views of the Aletsch glacier (the largest in the Alps) as well as across to the surrounding peaks and down to the valleys below.

If you look closely at the picture below you can spot one of the maddest people in the world, jumping off the mountain with a paraglider!

You could get outside and hike across the snow if you wanted or visit an ice cave containing some unusual ice sculptures.

We took a slightly different route back which involved riding the area’s newest cable car, the Eiger Express down to Grindlewald. Each of the 44 gondolas are huge with seats for 22 people.