Swiss Alps
Rick Steves' Europe Travel Guide © 2020 | Switzerland draws travelers from around the world for its legendary mountains. From the Matterhorn to the Jungfrau to Appenzell, we savor both the country’s jaw-dropping alpine beauty and the rich and resilient culture of its people. As we lace together that dramatic mountain wonder with scenic train rides, breathtaking lifts, and unforgettable hikes, we also enjoy alpine life - from exploring glaciers to making cheese the old-fashioned way. #ricksteves #ricksteveseurope #swissalps
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00:00 Introduction
01:53 Zermatt
03:33 Matterhorn
04:27 Back to Zermatt
06:48 Little Matterhorn viewpoint
07:38 Glacier Express train line
08:47 Appenzell
09:15 Swiss heritage and folk museum
12:38 Lauterbrunnen Valley
13:29 Jungfraujoch station
17:30 Enjoying the trails
18:42 Gimmelwald
22:40 Schilthorn
I’m fortunate enough to live in the Valais region of the Swiss alps, Zermatt and the Matterhorn is just next door from my village! If anybody reading this takes a trip over here let me know and I’ll happily show you around
I do want to come.
I'd love to visit!
Wait for my comment in next 3-5 years.
You live in probably the best region of the best country in the world. I've been to Switzerland probably a dozen of times, that's how much I loved the place. Now that I have kids, I want to show them your beautiful homeland.
Been to your country twice. very cool.
Rick Steves is like the high school teacher we all wish we had. I was born and raised in New York City. In the home we grew up there was a painting done by my father of the Matterhorn in the living room. And I became enchanted by it and determined to go there when I was very young. Dad promised to take me there if I could earn the airfare. At the age of fifteen, I found a job at a Wetsons Hamburger restaurant. About 10,000 flipped hamburgers later I had saved enough. I was sixteen in the summer of 1970 when we made the trip firstly to Paris where my father was born. After spending about a week with relatives in France we drove to Switzerland. One of the great jaw dropping experiences one can have in life is to ride the train to Zermatt arriving late afternoon on a sunny day witnessing the Matterhorn first come into view. We stayed a week in Zermatt and my father let me trek alone from Zermatt to the Hornlihut on the ridge of the Matterhorn. That hut is where the mountaineers spend the night before ascending the steep ridge. I was wearing regular shoes and just a light windbreaker with no backpack. All of the others were there with full gear. They looked at me as if I had just come from the moon. The entire trip including my visit in France was sublime. And that trip planted the travel bug in me to ever more distant and exotic lands eventually leading me to where I am now Vietnam which went from one of the most dangerous places to be in 1970 to one of the safest today. My last trip abroad was a wonderful trip to Turkey from Vietnam back in 2019. Hoping all hte best to you Rick Steves!
What a story!! Thanks for that!
Awesome to read. Your story is amazing. Thanks for sharing!
Did you visit Egypt? If you decided one day to come over, I'll happily show you around
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Rick Steves is a legend
I absolutely love Rick Steve's documentary style. I'm not sure how he does it, but it's so calming, informative, and interesting. One of my favorite shows ever!
There's a fart joke at 0:01
Reminds me the Wild America Program
As a Swiss resident I enjoy our country side so much and and all those hidden gems, that still aren't discovered. Living in this country is a complete blessing.
Are you related to the german march composer Hermann Ludwig Blankenburg, or does your name come from that of the Simmental village?
@@jeanguillaumat70 neither of both. I come from the family of Prussian officers.
@@kevinblankenburg4816 "Pro Gloria et Patria"!
@@jeanguillaumat70 exactly...
You're so lucky💚💚💚🇨🇭
I live in switzerland and sometimes I seem to forget just how beautiful my country really is. Thank you for reminding me! :-)
I wish someone help me for visit Switzerland 😢 before die I want to visit Switzerland and see the beauty of world 😢😭
Anna u r so lucky 💯💫
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I love Switzerland I've been there and i love there food etc... How are you doing Anna hope you are doing fine dear ?
so lucky!!!
Switzerland is my ultimate dream place. This place is simply breathtaking. Wish I can go here someday.
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@@ConnectGamingTV how to do it?
Not me living in switzerland and finding it absolutely boring:>
@@bffsqadroblox889 i tell you man, you have the best place to live. From Philippines here. ♥️
@@bffsqadroblox889 bruh I live in Qatar and we don't have any scenery, and no mountains. Switzerland is gorgeous for real, just waking up to the beautiful scenery is a dream
Watching this brings back so many happy memories of my grandmother and I watching Rick on PBS. She has been gone for several years now, but she always loved watching Rick explore Europe. Thank you for the memories.
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precious memory ♥️
People of switzerland are very much lucky they lived in paradise.
It actually lokes like heaven... TAKE THAT MARXISTS!!! XD
It's slowly turning into the 3rd world.
i'm about to live there and i will hard work for that
@@dbahardstyle1 how?
Actually Steve himself is a lucky man that he went there... And we are also lucky to be able to see video... I would say that I am luckiest if I can take my whole family and friends there.... A trip
How can we not love this universe? Switzerland is so beautiful. Everything looks so clean...
Hahahaha it is! Which sometimes makes things stranger when you go visit other countries even European or occidental countries sometimes you’re surprised that it’s not like this everywhere
I once heard somebody refer to Switzerland as the only country that was 'finished' (i.e., everything was complete, with no more building work to do). This is probably true for most of the country, but I was disappointed with Geneva when I went there about 10 years ago because there was too much graffiti.
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@@horsenuts1831 is the only issue is graffiti
@@horsenuts1831 Unfortunately some (especially younger) people don't value the cleanliness of our country
When I grow up, I'm going to be a Rick Steves. Please keep making the shows Rick!
I've been saying the exact same thing!
I am all grown up and I'm living Rick 's travel adventure 4 weeks per year until 2020😶 Will start my journey again end of this summer!
I'll be your bard (associate)
@Crispy Cream Just be a blm leader and you will be rich.😀😀😀😀
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I am forever grateful to be born and to live in such a magnificent country. If anyone needs tips or is planning a visit soon, I’d be happy to help and even to take time to show you around ! I visited most of Switzerland and it is never enough. Thank you Steve for such a wonderful video!
Can you recommend nice certain places to stay as a base pls. Thank you ❤
I have a C1 level in English but I must say that I learn many words when I watch Rick Steves' videos. I love them ❤
Switzerland looks so beautiful. It's like someone says hay I'm going to video this over here and everyone cleans and vacuums everything.
I was born in Bern and grew up in Büren and now live near Americas Alps, the North Cascades Washington State. Honestly if you’ve never driven up the Mt Baker hwy (hwy 542) in Washington state you should, but don’t stop at the resort the road continues another 3-4 miles which is the Alps portion of the drive. Once you reach the parking lot Mt Baker (a volcano) is just south of you and Mt Shuksan just to the east. During the 1998-1999 ski season Mt Baker broke the World Record for most snowfall in a single year at 1140”/95’/29 meters (641” avg snowfall) and parts of the cult classic movie Deer Hunter was filmed just steps from the upper parking lot. As far as your comment on the cleanliness of Switzerland it is very true, a week doesn’t go by that while driving around I don’t mention to my wife or kids that that pile of garbage we just passed would NEVER be on the ground in Switzerland. The Swiss truly care about their country
@@powdertrax9742 I have lived in West Virginia my entire life and love mountains. Switzerland is the only European country I ever wanted to see. It looks like not a single blade of grass is out of place.
Wow amazing Switzerland every Asian citizen dreams to visit this amazing country.
Yeah
Yes of course
Since i'm a kid i have a strong pull towards Switzerland...its my dream country that i wish to visit once before i die. Love frm Malaysia.
In a time like this - these videos are very heartening to watch - thank you!
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Those who want to repent in Jesus name Acts 2:38, will inherit the earth after Covid is finally finished.
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How bless the people who live here! They are given a place that next to the Heaven's paradise.
Who's AWAKE in 2021?
Amen
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These videos are my food and medicine during this pandemic. In whatever way possible, from your old unpublished material, virtual tour....keep on offering these free gifts, Rick. You are doing an unforgettable social service.
You need more Quran
While watching this, I told my colleague that if ill be able to visit this place, then I am ready to die. Then I continue watching and I had the biggest smile or the biggest www on my face. This place is majestic. I feel relaxed and at peace just watching this. How much more if I can see this place with my own eyes? This place is like a heaven version of living human beings. Someday ill be there
I’ve watched this numerous times, traveling vicariously through Rick’s helpful, exciting and charming videos to breathtakingly beautiful places. Someday soon I’ll see Switzerland in person!
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I can certainly understand why you like to visit Switzerland. What an absolutely BEAUTIFUL country with hard working intelligent people. I would love to visit this wonderful little country.
same here - my dream is to visit Switzerland
If you live in Switzerland, your opinion about this statement may change a bit xD
@@julianspasovski3775 How so? Are they not hard working and intelligent people?
We‘re just ordinary guys like you :)
I dont think were more intelligent than average people from other developed countries.
I'm for a village in India a fairly middle class low income boy . I'm very glad I could enjoy such scenic beauty of Switzerland .. If I achieve or made good for life ill definitely visit all this place and enjoy each moment with peace .
Good, but for sure in Indian Himalayan Region you can find astonishing views.
@@georgigeorgiev1329 yes sir. 👍
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What I feel watching this video is so much envy for those who were able to visit Switzerland😭. I love hiking and the combination of ice, green lands and continuous mountains is so breathtaking. It’s hard to get a visa for our country’s passport but I will definitely start building my travel portfolio once this pandemic is over. Italy was my dream European country to visit but now it changed lol. Nature beauty of the alps is so breathtaking!
What an amazing journey, Rick! Thanks for virtually taking me along!. What an amazing journey, Rick! Thanks for virtually taking me along!.
Truely Heaven on Earth.Many many thanks to Rick for showing off the world to us.
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I have been watching your show for years Rick Steves, love the show...
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Dear Rick, You're an inspiration. God bless
My dream destination since childhood when I saw pictures in the magazine.
We made this exact trip in 2018 and it was just as stunning, exactly as Rick shows in this great travel doco. We were so lucky that the weather was so sunny the whole time we were there , The train trips were wonderful and so efficient, everything runs like clockwork. Great memories of one of the most picturesque countries in Europe.
Can you tell me month you visited
@@wizarddon It was middle of June
Could you see the snow at mountain peaks like in this video?
@@maheshreddy6624 Yes the snow is always there, even in the middle of Summer as The Eiger mountain is so high and when you get there you can go on to the glacier. Definitely worth the trip.
@@tonystanyer thanks a lot for ur quick response. I am planning this year mid of May.
Never have I known air so fresh, love the country.
yes ! the air in the center of the big cities is incredibly clean and fresh
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I've been listening to Rick on PBS, read his travel books and watching his videos over 3 decades! Thank you for helping me travel in Europe, which opened my eyes!!! My life had changed after 1st travel to Europe 30 some years ago!
Spectacular Mountaines panorama, beautiful smal citys, traditional's house..... Enchantment. Thank you for amazing video. 😀😍
I can't tell you the good it does my heart to see Rick out there in the world with new episodes filmed in the summer of 2020. It feels like the breath of fresh air and hope that have been so desperately missing from life in recent months. Thank you to everyone involved in making this
You are totally right
I love this man. Best travelling show ever. Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩
This is all pre pandemic footage. It’s old.
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Such an unhurried coverage of Swiss Alps. Beautiful
My dream place..all my life I've been dreaming of Switzerland..hoping soon it will come true..
What an amazing journey, Rick! Thanks for virtually taking me along!
Are u Swiss citizen
*_I hope even if it’s just 1 single person that sees this, that they have an amazing day and an even better future!_*
the local is very cool really?
Stay blessed my dear friend u have a loving heart ♥️
Thank you ☺️
Well God bless you for that comment ... so there ! .... fine ... you win
@@dariot707 thank you
Thank you, Rick Steves. You have taken me on a beautiful, peaceful, inspiring journey. Even if I may never go in person, I feel like I have actually visited Switzerland, thanks to you.
And I was blessed to live there for 3 years as a child--It's forever in my heart...
I love the mood, pace, the chosen sights and the stories from your videos! I actually followed up and visited quite a few of the sights, including the ones mentioned here. I try to refresh my memory a couple of times by repeatedly watching some of the episodes I especially liked, before I go to these places,, or just for pure enjoyment, even if I don’t - because they are quite spectacular, and give the effect of being immersed in the nature and history. Keep up the great work!
Switzerland is without a question the most beautiful country i ever been in... And Jungfraujoch was very special place to visit... I never forget that trip... 😊
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kashmir is also country but occupied
@@zubairchesti6468 And?
@@boeffen27071985 continuing ,thus Kashmir is the most beautiful country, you have not seen yet
@@zubairchesti6468 Ah yeah i indeed haven't been there, unfortunately... 🙂
One of the many wonders of the world.
Switzerland is the most beautiful country😍
3 minutes in and already I am making myself accept that this kind of weather actually exists, there are sunny but cool and happy places out there.
I absolutely love the old world feel. The waterfalls are just breathtaking.
Thank you so much Rick for touring us to the another mesmeric world and making us feel "heavenly" in this pandemic situation. Love from India
Exactly!! This looks so relaxing and soothing.
WOW, and WOW! Switzerland is so beautiful! Good job, Rick!
God Willing, one day I will get to visit Switzerland. So beautiful
Me too....my dream land ❤️😘
Amazing country with amazing places to see. I have been there in 2019 and I still amazed with the beautiful scenary. This video is a must to see. Thanks for posting.
This is such a beautiful country. Thank you Steve...
Such a lovely, wonderful and stunning place.
I Love Switzerland 🇨🇭🥰😍❤️
Simply breathtaking
I don't think there's a beautiful country like Switzerland in whole world! it's breathtakingly beautiful!! Thanks a lot Rick for taking us with you to this amazing country!!
the swiss French and Italian alps are all so beautiful
Fantastic! I loved and remember my visit to Switzerland and the Alps, several years back.
Excellent!!!! Rick is my hero to show the world & benefits of exploring this awesome world. Thank you Rick!!
I’m 28 years but I swear I just want to visit it so I can run like kids around the green areas ❤️😂 This is so peaceful nature is beautiful 😍😍 watching from Egypt 🌸
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Me too
So incredible. Struck by the power of the mountains and how everything is so green. I want to go!
Someday i will visit europe continent And experience this dramatic scene and iconic life.. Like living in a world that full of piece,freedom,joy and love..
The sceneries are truly freshly beautiful, and the band sing so well. I will visit there one day.
Heaven on Earth. Neat and clean as glass.
rick stevens is PRICELESS in his reporting
Mesmerizing Switzerland !!! If there is heaven, it is not more this.
Seeing him have fun playing that Alphorn was cool.
Thank you so much Rick for doing this heart warming-jaw dropping videos. I love how you do a quality work by having fun. I enjoy your light hearted videos. I also love the fact that you help the viewer immerse in the culture without braking the pocket. :) Stay safe and enjoy.
Dreamstate. Sound of nature.
This is one of my bucket lists The most beautiful place in the world. Thank you Steve
Rick you have to make these video longer. I wish this video was 2 hours. just love seeing Europe with you and your team. thank you
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A superlative presentation, and the sceneries are absolutely majestic! thanks for providing us the chance to admire so many fairytale places from wonderland!
Switzerland was dream of my teen age aspirations, now I m 57 yrs old,couldnt make it,thankyou Rick Steve & team, you made it possible for me with your travel video.
Switzerland's beauty is unmatched. So beautiful. It's heaven on Earth.
I have a lot if respect to this show, your team are great and put a lot of thoughts into it! Thank you for giving us such a good show!
Thank you Rick Steves’Europe !🌷
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Le rêve total, ces hautes montagnes, comme une mémoire des temps originels de la création. BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE !
I've always wanted to visit the Alps. They are stunning and one-of-a-kind.
Wow !!! It’s like an heaven on earth . My dream country to visit. Thank you sir 🙏
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Beautiful Switzerland. One of my dream county to visit someday. Watching from Philippines
What a gorgeous but modest way to describe the events.
It's amazing and lovely to know there are still peaceful and intact places like them.
Absolutamente maravilloso país y cultura, gracias por compartir este precioso registro!
you must see the Alps at least once in your life! I had this privilege! Switzerland the incredible country !
Rick Steves is my hero. Thank you for these travels, sir. I really enjoy your work.
Thank you so much KZhead for suggesting me this video to watch, I'm awestruck after seeing this video, one day or the other I'll definitely visit Switzerland. Rick Steve and Team you guy's are doing a wonderful job loved every second of it, cant wait to see all the videos from your channel. Double Thumbs Up to you guys, and keep up the good work.
Inspirational video as always Rick. When lockdown is over and things are back to normal I've got to visit some of those places - they're spectacular!
My forefathers were German speaking Swiss and the beauty of Switzerland is incredible. I would love to visit while searching family roots. 🇺🇸🇨🇭
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This is so beautiful and I thank you for sharing Steve.
So Beautiful place Switzerland
Wow i did not realize how beautiful it was while I was laying track of train of swiss
It was so cool seeing you visit this area after I was there two years ago! Murren is a great place to stay, and the mountains are amazing!
I was in Switzerland 2 years ago and it’s fantastic. Can’t wait to return
watching travel videos is my most favorite. It's my stress reliever. These mountains are magical and most beautiful. I love the mountains, beaches, deserts and there is a lot more that I love.
❤️ from the Philippines 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
Indian and never been Switzerland but you took me there Rick really appreciate your work.
Same here, only Canadian here! Love Rick's work!
Wow.... It's very very 👍👍beautiful place and amazing to see this... I like ❤👍❤👍❤this country of its beauty and nature hills and mountain's.....
Could you imagine having a job on top running the tram and the lifestyle you would have living there what a dream
Hate to be a downer but sitting in a tram for several hours a day with the same views might make the sights lose some of its charm. Work is work.
2020 was all about survival with many achievements not met but you have to be ready for 2021 and it begins right now by making a move to achieve your goals…If you have been saving and it’s not really getting you to were you want to be, then invest that money today for a better life tomorrow. If you can’t fly, run, if you can’t run walk, if you can’t walk crawl but just try and move to achieving your goals..
I think this pandemic has taught people the importance of multiple streams of income unfortunately having a job doesn’t mean security rather having different investments is the real deal… So l really appreciate your transparency
Looking to get my first investment property this year so I can travel. Speaking it into existence
@@IndieBassJA26 I'd advise you trade on crypto, it's been really profitable
@@mathews8970 well I won’t sit here and say crypto isn’t worth it as I simply don’t know anything about it, but I will say I’ve been researching real estate investing for over a year now and all of my focus has been on that. Plus it’s been proven and is the best way to reach financial freedom.
Your docs are so beautiful Ricks. I love to watch your series. Keep it on..
A Breathtakingly Beautiful country!
enchanting 💖