The Top of Europe is a high-altitude building located in the Swiss canton of Valais. It overlooks 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.
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. An older building includes a research station.
See also
- List of buildings and structures in Switzerland above 3000 m
- List of highest points of European countries
References
- Jay Brunhouse, Traveling Europe's Trains, Pelican Publishing Company Incorporated, 2001 (p. 262)
- Commemorative postage stamp for the Jungfrau Railway Centenary jungfrau.ch
- Jungfraujoch ifjungo.ch
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