If the Swiss want to boast about their mountains, they can find a few reasons:

• They have more high peaks than any other country in Europe: 48 over 4000 meters (13,120 feet)

They lay claim to the highest:

• railway station in Europe (the Jungfraujoch, at 3454 m/11,330 ft
• cableway in Europe (Zermatt, Canton Valais, ending at 3,883 m/12,740 ft
• gravity dam wall in the world (Grande Dixence, Canton Valais, at 285 m/935 ft)
• permanently inhabited village in Europe (Juf, Canton Graubünden, population: 30, at 2126 m/7000 ft
• vineyard in Europe (Visperterminen, Canton Valais, at nearly 1200 m/3949 ft)
• brewery in Europe (Monstein, Canton Graubünden, at 1600 m/5250 ft
• tram in Europe (Zermatt, Canton Valais, at 2222 m/7290 ft)
• museum in Europe (St Gotthard pass, at 2100 m/6890 ft))
• exterior elevator in Europe (the Hammetschwand lift to the top of Bürgenstock, in Canton Nidwalden, 153 m/502 ft)

They also have the steepest:

• cog railway in the world: the Pilatus Bahn at 48% (and it's also the oldest in Europe)
• funicular railway in the world: the Gelmerbahn at the foot of the Grimsel Pass - in places 106%
• road used by coaches in Europe - 28%, from the Kander to the Kien Valley in the Bernese Oberland

and the longest:

• glacier in Europe: the Aletsch in Canton Valais (about 23 km/14 miles
• continuous cogwheel railway in the world at the Wengernalp in the Bernese Oberland (just over 19km/11.8 miles)
• chairlift over a glacier in Europe: the Furggsattel-Express, (2,600 m/8,530 ft) which has its valley station in Zermatt and mountain station at the Furggsattel in Italy