The Glacier Bike Tour travels along the tracks of the world's slowest express train – and lines up record after record on its way. From the largest to the sunniest Swiss canton, we have compiled the most impressive, peculiar, longest, smallest and largest superlatives.
The Glacier Express holds the title of being the world's slowest express train. The journey takes 8 hours and travels across 291 bridges and through 91 tunnels.
Europe’s highest scheduled boat service operates on Lake Sils.
The Cresta Run, the Olympic bobsleigh run in St. Moritz, was inaugurated in 1904 and is the world’s oldest bobsleigh run still in use.
The Hotel Waldhaus am See in St. Moritz boasts the biggest whisky bar in the world.
In October 2022, the Rhaetian Railway set the world record with the longest passenger train: a 1,910-meter-long train consisting of 100 carriages.
The Glacier Express is the slowest express train in the world.
The Bike Kingdom is the largest contiguous bike area in Switzerland. It connects Lenzerheide with Arosa and Chur, 2 bike parks, 12 mountain railways and over 50 trails.
Nino Schurter from Graubünden was crowned GOAT - the "Greatest Of All Time" - in his home Bike Kingdom of Lenzerheide in 2023. He is not only record cross-country world champion, but also record holder with his 34th World Cup victories.
At the church of Schargans, you ride past the oldest lime tree in Switzerland.
Fürstenau is the smallest town in the world.
At the age of 33, Andreas Caminada became the youngest three-star chef in Europe.
The Domleschg is not only the orchard of Graubünden, but also the valley with the most castles in the canton.
The Alpine Rhine is the largest source for Lake Constance.
In Valendas, you pass the largest wooden fountain in Europe.
The Flims rockslide is considered one of the largest landslides in the world.
The Surselva is the largest Romansh-speaking region in Graubünden.
The Autra Caussa in Danis is the first street art hostel in Switzerland.
OGNA is the largest walk-in sculpture in Switzerland.
The Benedictine monastery in Disentis is one of the oldest continuously existing monasteries north of the Alps.
The tiniest nut tart was originally a marketing idea for Reto Schmid’s bakery La Conditoria. The 19g nut cake is now exported as far as Dubai and China.
The only lighthouse in the Alps stands at the summit of the Oberalppass.
The Urnerloch near Andermatt is the first Swiss transport tunnel and one of the oldest Alpine tunnels on a transport route.
Zumdorf is the smallest village in Switzerland with just 4 inhabitants.
The Rhone Glacier was the largest glacier in the Alps during the Ice Age - it extended to the west of the Rhone below Lyon, measured 365km and protruded 90km beyond the edge of the Alps. It was around 2,000m deep.
Mühlebach has the oldest wooden village center in Switzerland.
Valais is the largest wine-growing region in Switzerland.
The Visperterminen vineyard stretches from 650 to 1,150m and is Europe's highest contiguous vineyard.
The "Ottmar Hitzfeld Arena" in Gspon is the highest football pitch in Europe. It was named after the coaching legend, because he donated an artificial pitch in 2009.
With its 494m, the Charles Kuonen suspension bridge near Randa is the longest pedestrian suspension bridge in the Alps.
It is near impossible to list all the records that Zermatt holds: the highest mountain railway station, the highest restaurant and the highest ski area in Europe are all located here.