🇨🇭Riding the Scenic Matterhorn Railway from Zermatt | Gornergratbahn in Switzerland 

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Great video as alway, Kuga! To answer you question as to why the stones sparkle like that; it's the quartz content in the rock. It's even higher in the Dolomite mountain range further south in Italy. Next time you're in Europe there's some fabulous trains in South Tirol/ Alto Adige (it's a bilingual area in Italy, where many/most speak German) that you should check out. In the autumn, the Dolomites' high quartz levels and the low sun make the peaks look like they are glowing from the inside.

Thank you again, Kuga! I never get to travel so I enjoy your videos so much. I am envious of all your journeys! 👍👍👍

A georgeous place to visit! It feels like a different world and far away from any problems. I've been there ages ago, but I still remember the pictures. Thank you for taking us with you! 🤗❤️

The piles of stones are pretty common in mountain areas in Europe in the UK we call them Cairns, historically they might have been used to mark burial spots but now more commonly they are used for wayfinding in mountain trails and also are used to mark the summit of mountains, it is tradition that when you reach the summit you add a stone to the cairn. The ones in this video are there because that is probably for most the end of their trail and their personal summit, they are also unusually thin normally being more triangular in shape but I would suspect that they are thin to be like little mini Matterhorn's mimicking the odd peak of the famous mountain.

I have a question. Matterhorn has an altitude of 4478 m while Jungfraujoch has an altitude of 4158m. Then how is jungfraujoch the highest point of Europe ? Is it not Matterhorn then ? Can you clarify

We went there in 2019. とてもなつかしい！　Thank you for the video :)

I love this video! I'm from the US, and the first stacked rocks I ever saw were made by Buddhists. And that sect of Buddhism originated with monks from Japan! It would be hard for me to go down that path to the lake - looks very steep. The views in this video make me want to visit Rocky Mountain National Park again. It doesn't have a train, but I hope you can visit it someday.

Love your all videos. I’m planning to visit Switzerland and thereafter going back to revisit Japan. Many good tips from your videos. Arigato gozaiimasu 😊

I love your video. The scenery is so beautiful. Had a few seconds to see what you look like. But you had a mask on but that's okay. The last part of the video. It does not look like Earth it looks like a heavenly place. I remember reading about someone from Greece who had a degree in ancient studies. When I saw this place he said it looked like a legion Fields. At first I saw the Swiss Alps for the first time during my travels in Europe I seriously thought I'd stepped on another planet. I wish you could have traveled with someone and not alone but I'm glad you enjoyed your trip throughout Europe

I used to see large groups of Japanese school children waving Swiss and Japanese flags traveling on this line back in the 80s. A bygone era….

Thanks Kuga. What a trip you are making, and for us to see it is a gift you give; but I just hope you're not by yourself! ✌❤

A truly beautiful train ride, thank you for taking all of us along!

im a swiss guy, living abroad. when i see so beautiful videos from the alps sometimes i get homesick. you have been to places in swiss which i never visited. The gornergratbahn is an incredible peace of art when it comes to railway building. thanks for sharing and have all the time safe trip

The statues: people across the world who are enthusiastic about climbing summits, leave sometimes rocks on rocks as a mark of achievement by themselves, hence the statues you caught on camera.

Wow Kuga you are really getting around Europe! Thank you for sharing Switzerland :)

The landscapes pays the travel ... it's fantastic. Thanks for the ride. 🇺🇾

Greetings from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil! Nice trip in Switzerland, beautiful images. I very much like your videos, they are very well produced and inspiring. Thank you for sharing your experiences and all the best!

Thank you Kuga for coming to Switzerland. You would have come now,. because there is a lot of snow. I'm a fan of your videos. Greetings from Geneva

Such a breathtaking scenery in Switzerland 😍thanks Kuga very well served vids ❤️

This is incredible. What a journey. Thanks for sharing this with us.

This is all buried in snow right now. Glad you got to see it when it was warmer weather.

Thank you sir, for another wonderful video.

The scenery is shockingly beautiful 🤩

The good thing with RU-vid. You can see places you will never go to your self. (And I am very sure I would never pay 135$ for a 40 min. train ride 😄. )

Very refreshing to see you traveling outside of Japan. Good travels!

Keep up the brilliant work 👍. Have a great day!!! Don't stop!

Very beautiful video ...why is short ? Thank you

Absolutely beautiful scenery!

Wow 😮just wow 🤩 the Matterhorn is amazing

none of it looked real. it was like a giant painting....everywhere lol

Amazing tour of Switzerland

Nice video. What was your exact date of travel

Do thy still run the gondolas up to the Matterhorn?

Very nice video. Btw, what cam did you use?

Could you see the train the whole time you rode it?

Very beautiful Kugas' travel videos, really wonderful natural scenery and impressive train journey, thanks for sharing 👌excellent photography congratulations 👍

Ouch, the prices have gone up! Stayed in Zermatt for a week in August 2008, the tickets were nowhere near as expensive relative to other costs (or I’ve blanked it from my memory!). Yes, it’s years ago, but still - oof!

Spectactular place for photography. Like another world out of a movie. Thanks Kuga for the adventure. Bushyboy Oz.

WOW !! Beautiful Snow Covered Mountains. Great Video Kuga.

Zermatt has banned ICE vehicles, makes for a peaceful place. Thanks for taking the trouble to share your videos, superb quality. This one is very special.

In your opinion, who is more expensive, Japan or Switzerland ????

The sites is super beautiful 🗻😲

Wow! I like all of your videos, Kuga, but this one was amazing! It was the scenery, the really clear video, and your knack for showing things from the best viewpoint. Thank you so much for this one.

135 dollars for a very short trip! Does the interrail pass works in Switzerland? I heard you can take as many train ride as you want, if you buy a pass, for a set number of days

3:51 you cut away just before you passed the famous old tree with the broken branch! (A top spot for Matterhorn photos with the Gornergratbahn.)

Wow! Really beautiful! Switzerland is in our bucket list. Thank you Kuga for your video! By the way, what month is this?

yes they know there prices!!

The lake, with view and surroundings, is absolutely gorgeous :) Worth the ticket price, do you reckon?

That was incredible, especially at the end. Seemed more like a heavenly experience to me. I really enjoy your channel, and all of your travels I've seen so far, but the best part is your commentary. Loving it all!

The train looked like a mine train! :D Awesome video Kunga!👍👍👍

5:57 because instagram exist

The stone stacks are called cairns or sometimes "trail ducks". Their original purpose is to mark the trail when out in the wilderness. On trail ducks the top stone is often a pointer towards the path you should be hiking. Unfortunately, some people have taken to making stacks wherever because they think it looks neat. However, it's dangerous in the wilderness since they could mislead hikers into going off the trail. When done in or near rivers or lakes it can be very bad for the ecosystem as it alters the flow of the water as well as the habitat for the fishes and invertebrates.

128 € is a lot of money! 🙈

It's really very beautiful, but those ticket prices are just insane. I know it's expensive to maintain a route like this, but still..

Spectacular scenery Thank you, added to bucket list ( I was there as a 6 year old, many moons ago!).

I like Mt Fuji better. 😢❤

It seems a little surreal to see all those people wandering around in short-sleeve shirts and other light clothing, with all those snow-covered peaks surrounding the place.

Beautiful scenery

I just tried this last week in winter. Its really popular with skiers and it was really crowded. The views of Matterhorn made it all worth it!

It's nice to see a popular tourist destination that isn't marred by rows of vending machines. 🙂

I love high altitude hikikg. Amazing video and finally got to see what you look like.

Have to know was it as silent as it seemed by the lake? absolutely gorgeous view. Another awesome video Kuga

Wow those trips are expensive! Thanks for making the trip.

Will be visiting Zermatt next week! Excited to see how it'll look like in winter.

When you say Heavenly Beauty, you're not kidding! God made Switzerland so that we can know that Heaven is real!

Indahnya

Merci !

Wow, that was great. Thanks Kuga :)

How well do you breathe at that altitude?

Stones are "sparkly" because they've been subducted under the earth's crust, put under great pressure, so that parts of the chemical elements that make up the rock transform into schist. So that rock you were holding was once under the earth's surface, the pushed back up by tectonic forces.

love the video kuga very beautiful

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I remember doing this trip 🥲

Awesome scenic View at lake.

Very nice trip thank you

Absolutely stunning.

thx for the video

Thanks

Great vistas

Great trip

Wow 😲😲

Thanks!

So expensive! You'd better take a trip on the Mannheim Bundesgartenschau furnicular, starting in April 2023, instead.

Outrageous ticket prices. Ripping off the captive tourist market.

WOW what stunning scenery really beautiful