Glacier Express in Switzerland: Hannah Hummel's Luxurious Journey Through the Alps

Hannah Hummel checks in on our behalf for the Glacier Express: The journey starts in the winter sports resort of St. Moritz, a vacation destination for the jet set. The eight-hour journey will take her to Zermatt on the Matterhorn - one of the Swiss Alps’ highest peaks. Along the way, the train traverses a pass some 2,000 meters up, crossed almost 300 bridges and trundles through 91 tunnels. Travelers can marvel at panoramas of spectacular mountain scenery through the train’s
extra-large windows.
On the journey, enjoy the exclusive on-board service including a three-course meal of Swiss cuisine. Tickets in Excellence Class cost 650 euros, giving you a seven-course meal with wine pairing, champagne, and even a concierge.
Who wouldn't want to take a trip?
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[@lextaylor5661]

If I could choose one person as a travel partner it would be Hannah. Even if the weather was miserable her smile would be enough to brighten my day. She is the reason I have the travel bug! 😍

[@sadabahargeet6405]

Sometime I Watch This To Just See the Beautiful Smile of Hannah😊😊

[@GrrMeister]

Sad Git !

[@MagicIsMyThing1]

K

[@dhrumilprajapati77]

Me too she has such a pure smile

[@bossman1974]

Hannah is very pretty 😍

[@StoutProper]

Traditional Swiss food cooked by Indian migrant workers 😂 that’s so typically Swiss. Food cooked by Indians, watches made by polish, cheese produced by french, chocolate manufactured by Ghanaians but it’s all Swiss 🤣

[@claiborneeastjr4129]

Hannah is gorgeous and charming! She would make any trip worthwhile. What a beautiful smile!

[@BigDataLogin]

awesome - Ive had the grace to travel on the Jungfrau train - its like wow

[@ayazahmadkhan8484]

Beautiful

[@joeydigrazia765]

Such a well done show, danke😊😊😊😊❤❤🙋‍♂️🇺🇸

[@ElectricalBijliFitting]

Good night friends and very good video 😍

[@tomasohaodha6052]

I've been on the Chur to St. Moritz stretch, it's astonishingly beautiful. Best option is to look out for the special one day discount tickets from SBB in advance, which allow you to travel for 24 hours anywhere in Switzerland on the train, bus and some ferries. (Otherwise it's very expensive!)

[@DWTravel]

Thank you for the tip!

[@beiibibeiibi]

Would this include riding on the Glacier Express?

[@am56879]

@@beiibibeiibi you will need to reserve seats, which you anyways need to do. Instead you can take local trains which travel same route and are cheaper as you don't need to reserve seats

[@StoutProper]

If you live in Switzerland you can get yearly off peak season passes that give you access to most trains all year round

[@OmphileTakalani]

So beautiful 😍

[@techniquesandknowledge7760]

kalka express in shimla is also terrific

[@swostiranjanroutray6776]

Hello, love from India 🇮🇳 ❤️, are you from Switzerland 🇨🇭 ??😊😊

[@DWTravel]

No Hannah is German-Scottish.

[@cslim3881]

glacial express is the famous daylight robbery of Switzerland. enjoy the same scenery by taking the local train on the same routefor obe tenth of the price. Actually nothing much to ser but you pay 1000percent for the silly lunch on board the train. nothing much to see for scenery.

[@angellohector]

Thanks for the heads up! Can I take champagne on the normal trains? If so sign me up!

[@Talkwithtina808]

Thank you

[@HollandadabirDilek]

Thank you for sharing. We are there in December. Where can i find more information about the local train for the same route?

[@annad5357]

I'm planning my trip and from what I see there are no direct local trains on this route. In 2nd class prices are the same for local trains with changes and for expresses, your only have to pay an additional reservation fee if you want to go with the express. And to my opinion it's worth it, especially when you have your luggage with you. However local trains seem to be a better option for Bernina, if you're having a day trip and don't have to carry your suitcase.

[@tarikkaratren]

harika olmuş

[@thelastbison2241]

Wow! She is bilingual!

[@djmcrick1978]

Von wo hast du so gut deutsch gelernt?

[@samsonamarak]

Nice

[@techniquesandknowledge7760]

visit shimla too in india

[@train_stalker]

[@avdheshawasthi1144]

Nice ✔

[@pranavhinduja1182]

Wasn't Rachel on this train too? Looks like everyone at DW loves this train then!

[@DWTravel]

@Pranav Hinduja Was she? 🤔

[@pranavhinduja1182]

@@DWTravel Think we'll have to ask Rachel to find out haha! Wasn't there a video with her on this train on KZbin last week? I believe there was - It was listed as a 'short' I think

[@roohniaz1971]

My keen desire to go to Switzerland please help me

[@hwgusn]

Gorgeous. When is DW Travel going to finally go 4K/HDR?

[@DWTravel]

@Henry Garrett It's currently not provided - but stay tuned ! Thanks for watching.

[@akuab7199]

Who did you book with to go?

[@veenakumar2384]

Can we get down stops and explore it for a few hours and then get on the next train for going to the next stop?

[@Poke777]

No, but instead you can take local trains with no reservation required. They run every one hour, but required to change train in Chur, Disentis, Andermatt and Brig.

[@sashank38]

Train driver... i thought he was a loco pilot😂😂😂

[@sharadshelar]

What if I replace the transparent windows with oled screens and play the video recording of any place e.g. Desert, alps, lakes, beach etc , it would create a same effect as if you are travelling through such places without even going there..Can create such resturent experience by having a stationary - artificially moving train bogey with oled windows ..

[@carolinazuritacadena7296]

What time of the year Was it?

[@DWTravel]

January.

[@stupidbull1]

This video is more about the lady not the trip.

[@nakedwolf9353]

now i 🇮🇳 can say west is nothing in front of chinese infra.

[@italianlifestyle7911]

Bellissimo❄️🤍❄️

[@roohniaz1971]

Reply me must please

[@TUMSonY]

Why I pay this with forced gez money? Why Germans have to pay for entertaining international audience? Sick

[@DWTravel]

DW is not paid by GEZ. And why? You can read more about our goals and values here: p.dw.com/p/3XiVr

[@TUMSonY]

@@DWTravel "DW is a public broadcaster financed by the German federal tax budget" So still I have to pay for entertaining an international audience with my hard earned money with no benefits and no cancellation option. It's unnecessary to have even something ontop of GEZ only to spread more of our ideology out to the world. Sure, the writer I am responding to has a nice job and therefore we cant get an agreement because of bias. Same as in china, North Korea and everywhere around the globe where dictators use that mechanism to influence people. But yeah we are the "good" one and it's different here right 😉

[@markamd1]

Boring.......Please do the Trans Siberian rail road line adventure, now that would be somehting intereseting.

[@andreigromyko7069]

I think justice will be. I ask the world to arrest the accounts of Nazarbayev and Kuliabev Timur Kulibayev dinars for 30 years selected business mocked the Kazakh peoples if you knew what they were doing in Kazakhstan killed people Nazarbayev's daughters son-in-law did what they wanted

[@silkevdv7905]

We're Dutch, we own a chalet in Mattertal close to Zermatt. We travelled with the glacier express to Sankt Moritz and back the other day. The train is modern but the train tracks much be old. The train goes very slow and the train journey is not very comfortable. After more than 8 hours we're glad to get out. Views are beautiful. Zermatt is car-free, making it a more beautiful place than St. Moritz.

[@TorstenLif]

All the steep sections are on rack-and-pinion. This causes a LOT of vibration that can be felt, especially if you're sitting close to the loco.

[@Luigi-uj5ml]

During the summer it is possible to travel with trains hauled by rack-and-pinion steam locomotives along the Furka summit line, along which the GLACIER EXPRESS traveled before the opening of the Furka base tunnel to traffic. The company is called DFB (Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke) which is the anagram of the acronym of the company BFD (Brig - Furka - Disentis) which initially managed the railway which was then sold to the FO company (Furka Oberalp)

[@crofle3356]

저는 이 영상을 보고 스위스로 가기로 결정했습니다.

[@AshishWishful1]

I don't why India don't runs such train in Kashmir valley. It would be so amazing and popular. Also normal train conditions need a lot of improvement. Constant stinking and smelly toilet in Indian trains is unbearable.

[@quuxjn2452]

2:11 "refuel" you know that those are electrical engines and powered by overhead lines?

[@Slithermotion]

I thought the same...she probably means restock. Food ect.

[@DWTravel]

@@Slithermotion Ups - that's was our mistake. Sorry for that and thank you for this important hint! We will take this part out. Greetings!

[@trainsoftheworld1]

Haha, good one

[@TorstenLif]

Typically, there would be an engine switch, since the Rhätiche Bahn sections (Disentis-Chur-St Moritz) don't have the rack-and-pinion tracks of the old Furka-Oberalp parts.

[@yyhsupergroovegear]

Thanks for the informative video. I want to take the Glacier Express some day too. I think I agree with your route, east to west, that way the sun isn't constantly in my eyes.

[@trainsoftheworld1]

I thought the same when on the train ;)

[@cslim3881]

give theglacial express a miss or take the localtrains outside lunch hour. glacial express is daylight robbery.

[@iamprasad4159]

Love you 💓💓💓💓 so much 💕💕💕 darling 💕💕 darling 💕💕 please marry me

[@vin103]

so glad you stopped doing those silly voice dubs! too much like 90s tele. subtitles with Hannah speaking the local language is so much more natural :)

[@TrueVoice-yb2hm]

Great video.. i have question.. from Zurich which one is closer.. St. Moritz OR Zermatt? Also once we reach to St. Moritz or Zermatt after 8 hrs of train journey. How we get bk to Zurich OR Geneva? Pls reply thnx

[@Luigi-uj5ml]

Zurich - St Moritz: 3 hours 2 minutes via Vereina; 3 h 22 min via Albula (same price). Zurich - Zermatt: 3 h 12 min (Replacement bus between Visp and Täsch due to flood)

[@gloriagarris1574]

This is something I would love to experience. This is definitely on my bucket list. I have never been on a real train before.

[@jamsociety-jm26]

definnatly American then

[@ankit.yadav70]

Kya cinematography hai .It's amazing and beautiful .Great efforts put by everyone who is involved in this Masterpiece

[@TorstenLif]

I never rode the Glacier Express but enjoyed rides on the Furka-Oberalp and Rhätiche Bahn a couple times in the 1980s. There are some details that are wrong in this video. First is the obvious one that the passage over the Furka was impossible during winter because not only did the snow block it, but there was an entire bridge that had to be disassembled/reassembled every year because otherwise Mother Nature would tear it down. Also, until the opening of the Furka base tunnel, the highest point was not the Oberalppass but the Furkapass. For anyone actually caring about the trains, I suggest they look at the heritage trains still operating part if the old track. Lots of videos on YT.

[@Luigi-uj5ml]

During the summer it is possible to travel with trains hauled by rack-and-pinion steam locomotives along the Furka summit line, along which the GLACIER EXPRESS traveled before the opening of the Furka base tunnel to traffic. The company is called DFB (Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke) which is the anagram of the acronym of the company BFD (Brig - Furka - Disentis) which initially managed the railway which was then sold to the FO company (Furka Oberalp)

[@orhanbakuvi]

Hannah is brilliant .She has got extremely positive vibe . The reason I watch this channel

[@txgentleman68]

I could not agree more. She is a gem.

[@Bible.Jude1.25]

😘 Good Day Hannah I'm a single white (60 yrs young) born-again Christian man living alone in Southern Coastal Maine. This morning, Tues. 11.21.23, I sat in family (living room) with fresh cup of morning coffee, and I found this KZbin Video on our internet TV, and I wanted to search to watch and discovery what tourist's might enjoy traveling by luxurious train through the beautiful European countryside of Switzerland. And, at the beginning of your video introduction , I . . . uh never saw a young attractive woman , like yourself . . . uh , well twinkle your eyes so dramatically before, almost as if you are subconsciously inviting your KZbin audience to " pay attention" to how I express my pleasure, by studying my beautiful facial expression and flamboyant emphasis on the "eyes" . . . I haven't known an American travel guide woman or women to be so . . . expressive flamboyant as European women. I have never traveled internationally, as I have never applied for a U.S. Passport in my life. However, I did serve for ( 3 years) as a New Hampshire Army National Guardsman soldier (1986-89) and (we) drove to a Canadian Airforce Base in the wilderness beyond Quebec, Canada. So, this was the only time, I traveled outside U.S. for our two week summer military training camp. What really impressed me, was making friendships with Canadian Airforce personnel. The charming Canadian men always speak so " Ehh Top of the Morning to you!" Funny! Well, I was recently sitting with a group of men and women in a private home, and I was asked, "If you could choose one country to visit and travel in the world, where would you go? Hmm. . . My first love ❤️ is the Land of Israel, yet traveling to this country during a regional national war with Arab Palestinians in Gaza territory is would not be advised by the U.S. State Department, who process all U.S. citizens passports. Therefore, I answered, " I would like to travel Switzerland alone, or with a friend . . . And, I would enjoy traveling on the Switzerland's "Glacier Train" and the rail train window views of the mountains and valley's are magical views. Well, I am glad my Beloved ELOHIM {Creator GOD} delighted me to write and share my astonishment of observing your foreign "flamboyant dramatic" personality travel enthusiasm with your (DW Travel) KZbin Channel. ❤ OH your name " Hannah" is a biblical {Hebrew) name, one of my favorite Holy woman in the Old Testament Bible. Bye, Hannah 💋 😘 (Tues. 11.21.23 @8:22am Maine 🇺🇸

[@TorstenLif]

In 1981 I rode the Furka-Oberalp train Brig-Disentis (not the overpriced Glacier "Express"). In 1989 I returned with my bike and kicked off a "cheater's tour" by riding the local trains up from Chur to the Oberalppass. As I was getting ready to start cycling, the Glacier Express passed me. But as I rode past the lake near the summit and started going downhill, I caught up with the train! People were hanging out the windows, taking pictures, waving and cheering me on as I passed them. So I stopped and photographed them as they passed me. More happy waving. Then I let go of my brakes, passed the train again, stopped at the next serpentine bend, took more pictures, repeat at the next hairpin, then the next. The people on the train eventually got tired of waving at me. Presumably, they were wondering why they'd paid such a hefty surcharge to ride on an "express" train that kept getting overtaken by a cyclist, over and over...

[@mdsagorhossain627]

Hannah very soon i will come to German... I love your Nachricht.

[@Affan-uu7uv]

Wonderful scene and beautiful you.

[@Me7sn]

on which month was this video shoot? planing to go march and dunno how the view will be

[@DWTravel]

February and March are good months for a trip there!

[@Me7sn]

@@DWTravel thanks.

[@timkellyD2R]

The masking hoax ruins the vibe.

[@WINGSANDRAILS]

Beautiful did the whole track in 2018 (2nd class) but the mountain view doesn't care in which class you travel

[@davidponseigo8811]

I would travel by dog sled in below freezing weather as long as you were next to me Hannah !

[@natureiswonderful801]

Both the views and the dishes looked gorgeous. I'm jealous! The snow-dusted Alps are magnificent! You must've had a fantastic time on the train.👍

[@trainsoftheworld1]

So true!

[@GrrMeister]

*Dishes ? You Gotta be Kidding @ **3:15** would cost no more than 2 CHF but Charged Nearer 50 CHF no doubt - would not feed my Dogs that Rubbish !*

[@SilasZ]

@@GrrMeister 2 Francs, what kind of meat costs 2 Francs alone. You’re funny 🤡

[@catarinaneto5579]

190 chf for a trip 🤣🤣🤣

[@iamprasad4159]

Love you 💓💓💓💓💓 so much 💕💕💕💕 darling 💕💕💕 darling 💕💕 darling 💕💕

[@DevineLoved]

Why do they sound like Iranian when they talk? Lol

[@henrirobert1079]

She's so beautifull that I forgot to watch the surrouding mountains...

[@amitarora7530]

St Moritz is my favourite ski resort and have been a dozen times. The scenery is gorgeous and the train trip worth every penny.

[@GrrMeister]

*Quote from Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich no doubt posing again !*

[@julizzi8314]

My one is Zermatt

[@susanhonegger9987]

St Moritz is a pretty ugly village. Maybe skiing is good there?

[@mk6022]

Mine is Jungfrau

[@StoutProper]

@@susanhonegger9987 the slopes aren’t that great either, it’s just got a load of upmarket bouji shops, bars and hotels, and of course it’s prestigious location, great if you’ve got shedloads of dough to throw away frivolously in order to pose pretentiously.

[@katarzynalakocy685]

Hi, Can you reccommend which part of the way is more beautiful. From Zermatt to Chur or from Chur to St. Moritz?

[@DWTravel]

To make a decision here is difficult, because both are beautiful!

[@trainsoftheworld1]

Great video, really enjoyed it! :) Ive just been riding that train line a couple of days ago- check it out on my channel. There is also a great spot to make a quick break and take the sledge instead of the train :)

[@sharadshelar]

What if I replace the transparent windows with oled screens and play the video recording of any place e.g. Desert, alps, lakes, beach etc , it would create a same effect as if you are travelling through such places without even going there..Can create such restaurent experience by having a stationary - artificially moving train bogey with oled windows ..

[@trainsoftheworld1]

@@sharadshelar thats why we took the sledge. :) Full experience with snow, coldness and fun. Check it out ;) Best wishes

[@trailwayt9H337]

I am a real railway lover from India. Your this video is very differently very Beautifull experience to me. Thankyou for this very good presentation ❤️👍👍

[@joebarrera334]

The train engineer said that summer is also dangerous but it wasn't included in the translation :) Thanks for the content Hannah and DW!

[@DWTravel]

@Joe Barrera Oops.. Thanks for watching!

[@moniho6907]

Yes it was included

[@albinjose105]

which class off tickets did you choose?

[@vigneshkumarrr]

Not only video, the way of reporter's presentation is also Good! Yeah!!!

[@gytan2221]

Love your Scottish accent!

[@joseph40ninjas88]

Snowglobe for sure. Thanks, HH

[@TomNook.]

Hannah's back!

[@justluke8730]

Sorry, but why did you skip around that much? For everyone that knows the route it just feels ridiculous.

[@romelitocortes]

Tobleron of zamert is very delicious....not so sweet...the regular class area is ok to open the window...amazing how cold it is...thanks mam hannah for sharing...new subscriber from philippines...im romellcortes..

[@courtsidehospitality1594]

@Hannah I absolutely love your green/blue cardigan gillet (with buttons)! Where did you buy it? I so want it! Thanks in advance

[@samhadi7850]

650 euros for that tiny chair? Are you out of your mind!! 5:58

[@DWTravel]

It is expensive, but that`s why it is called the "Excellence Class"🧐

[@fincyjose1784]

Could you please tell me the details of your costume 🥰 It looks so elegant on you And of course the whole video Seeing your video for the first time and immediately hit the subscription 🥰

[@bedarbakht5915]

WHAT. A. BUTIFUL. JURNEY

[@myrahtalreja3b506]

The train is amazing 🤩 ❤️❤️❤️❤️🌌🌌🌌🤩🤩👑👑👑🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🍿🍿🍿🤣🥳

[@francisdoss8642]

Dankeschon DW, Hannah...What a lovely trip in the Swiss Alps...Prepares me for my train journey next week (last week of Feb 2022) from Bangalore to Pondicherry...My first trip out of home after a span of 2 years...Cheers.

[@DWTravel]

@Francis Doss That sounds like a wonderful trip!

[@charlesmnadeau]

Thank you Hannah; you are a breath a fresh air.

[@rajmaity]

I wud hv preferred a beer

[@Gryphnn]

Where in the name express does it say it's supposed to be fast?

[@TorstenLif]

Nowhere. It qualifies as an "express" by not stopping at a number of intermediate stations, which makes it slightly faster on average. Same way as the New York subway has express trains that zoom past some stations but actually go the same speed as the regulars on the tracks.

[@SnarkierThan-U-R]

I subscribed because any channel that featrures the Glacier Express is worthy of my allegiance.

[@DWTravel]

Welcome to our channel! Nice to have you here.

[@ucrainadascoprireecucinait4187]

Grazie, video stupendo 👍

[@argieantido9533]

Hello. Love your videos! Just wanted to ask how to book the glacier express? I do have a swiss travel pass for 4 days. Thanks heaps

[@StoutProper]

Meanwhile in the U.K. the rains are twice the price and can’t even run a skeleton service in the summer to schedule

[@jz-bl7jf]

Hi where can I buy tickets for this train

[@DWTravel]

On the website of the Glacier express. It's easy to find.

[@KhalidMehmood-yt1yw]

Very beautiful and also very attractive all scenes and also beautiful photography so thanks

[@Thepriest39]

Definitely in my future travel plans!

[@chinmoys2015]

Beautiful ❤️

[@pawelreg]

What's the difference between 2nd and 1st class when it comes to food served?

[@anhnguyenhong8770]

Bo nhi Putin.

[@amarshrivastava2753]

❤

[@mithun00]

Nice

[@tylercowan390]

Ooo I live in chur

[@vighneshkalamkar7090]

Hannah has really good positive vibes reason I was in this video ✨

[@vighneshkalamkar7090]

Is this Hannah replying to us secretly 🤫 ?

[@bburago9]

​@@vighneshkalamkar7090 simp

[@DoodlePoodleLol]

Amazing

[@boavidasempre9651]

Love ❤

[@paulson2008]

Hannah you did well 👍🏻

[@mayorebfarnum8114]

the blue collar workers always tell the truth listen to them, notice how the train driver has no hesitation to say its dangerous and any human error can lead to tragedy, but i will bet you top dollar if u talk to the execs of that company, the local govt officials they will make grand statements abt its safety. ppl need to understand that all human creation is susceptible to flaws and breaking down.

[@TorstenLif]

Actually, the main danger is probably from nature. The drivers always have to look out for rocks that may have fallen on the tracks and can cause a derailment.

[@ExtremeRecluse]

Is this train included in the swiss travel passes?