Natural features
Aletsch Glacier
Fiesch, Valais
The largest glacier in the Alps, a river of ice 20 km long, sweeping down from the Jungfrau region, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Natural features in Switzerland
Natural features
Jungfraujoch, Top of Europe
Lauterbrunnen, Bern
The highest railway station in Europe at 3,454 m, reached by a cog railway that tunnels through the Eiger.
Natural features
Lauterbrunnen Valley
Lauterbrunnen, Bern
A deep glacial valley with sheer rock walls and 72 waterfalls, including the Staubbach Falls, which drop 300 m right beside the village.
Natural features
Matterhorn and Gornergrat, Zermatt
Zermatt, Valais
The Matterhorn, 4,478 m, is the most famous mountain in the Alps, rising alone above the car-free village of Zermatt.
Natural features
Rhine Falls
Neuhausen, Schaffhausen
Europe's most powerful waterfall, where the Rhine thunders 23 m over a rocky ledge 150 m wide, near Schaffhausen in northern Switzerland.