Top of Europe

The Top of Europe building (centre) and the Sphinx Observatory

The Top of Europe is a high-altitude building located in the Swiss canton of Valais. It overlooks the eternal snows of the Aletsch Glacier from the south side of the Jungfraujoch, at a height of 3,454 metres (11,332 feet) above sea level. It is connected to the underground Jungfraujoch railway station by a tunnel and to the Sphinx Observatory by an elevator. It has five levels.[1]

The Top of Europe includes several restaurants and a permanent exhibition about the Jungfrau Railway and the Alps. It also includes Europe’s highest-altitude post office.[2] An older building includes a research station.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ Jay Brunhouse, Traveling Europe's Trains, Pelican Publishing Company Incorporated, 2001 (p. 262)
  2. ↑ Commemorative postage stamp for the Jungfrau Railway Centenary jungfrau.ch
  3. ↑ Jungfraujoch ifjungo.ch

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