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Swiss souvenir shop: https://www.fanshop-schweiz.ch From Lucerne, the Zentralbahn takes you past turquoise lakes and foaming waterfalls to Interlaken. The Jungfrau Railway takes you via Grindelwald, past rugged mountains and the north face of the Eiger, up to the highest railway station in Europe, the Jungfraujoch. The journey starts in Lucerne towards the Bernese Oberland. Shortly after the descent, Lake Lucerne glitters on the left and Lucerne's local mountain, the Pilatus, towers on the right. After Giswil, the ascent up the Hasliberg begins. Young train driver Daniela Odermatt now has to switch to rack and pinion drive. You can hear the rods gripping, the mood in the cabin is highly concentrated. Soon afterwards, the train passes the turquoise-blue Lungernsee. The water is a paradise for amateur fishermen. After Lungern, it's uphill again. Around 300 meters in altitude have to be overcome to reach the Brünig Pass. At the top of the pass, Josef Hechenberger runs a junk shop. On the slope of the Hasliberg, through sparse deciduous forest and past typical Bernese Oberland houses, the train then goes steeply downhill into the Haslital. The train follows the upper reaches of the Aare, with waterfalls plunging down from steep rocky cliffs to the left and right. The Zentralbahn soon reaches the shore of Lake Brienz and Brienz station. The town has a long tradition of wood carving. The journey with the Zentralbahn ends in Interlaken. The Bernese Oberlandbahn now takes you towards Grindelwald. 78-year-old Roland Fontanive is a tour guide for the Jungfrau Railways and knows the region like the back of his hand. The journey takes you via Grindelwald past the legendary north face of the Eiger, up to the Eigergletscher station. The last section of the Jungfrau Railway runs in a tunnel through the trio of Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau. A masterpiece of the railway construction pioneers. Arrival at the Jungfraujoch at 3454 meters above sea level. It is the highest railway station in Europe. The breathtaking view of the Aletsch Glacier and the Alps is the crowning conclusion to a captivating train journey.