Hiking up to the Pilatus 4
by Fritz Hanke
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From a nice hike from Alpnachstad up to the Pilatus. The Pilatus cog railway transports a lot of tourists up to the Pilatus. It is the steepest rack railway in the world, with a maximum gradient of 48%.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilatus_Railway
I am here about 3 minutes walk below the station Aemsigen. From here you have a beautiful view over the different arms of the Lake Luzern.
From a nice hike from Alpnachstad up to the Pilatus. The Pilatus cog railway transports a lot of tou...
From a nice walk from Alpnachstad up to the Pilatus. The Pilatus cog railway transports a lot of tour...
From a nice hike from Alpnachstad up to the Pilatus. The Pilatus cog railway transports a lot of tou...
From a nice hike from Alpnachstad up to the Pilatus. The Pilatus cog railway transports a lot of tour...
From a nice hike from Alpnachstad up to the Pilatus. The Pilatus cog railway transports a lot of tou...
This is the view from Top of the Pilatus over Lake Luzern, the town of Luzerne and the alps.
From a nice hike from Alpnachstad up to the Pilatus. The Pilatus cog railway transports a lot of tour...
The Pilatus can be reached both on the cog railway and with the cable car. Here we see a cabin of the...
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Europe is generally agreed to be the birthplace of western culture, including such legendary innovations as the democratic nation-state, football and tomato sauce.
The word Europe comes from the Greek goddess Europa, who was kidnapped by Zeus and plunked down on the island of Crete. Europa gradually changed from referring to mainland Greece until it extended finally to include Norway and Russia.
Don't be confused that Europe is called a continent without looking like an island, the way the other continents do. It's okay. The Ural mountains have steadily been there to divide Europe from Asia for the last 250 million years. Russia technically inhabits "Eurasia".
Europe is presently uniting into one political and economic zone with a common currency called the Euro. The European Union originated in 1993 and is now composed of 27 member states. Its headquarters is in Brussels, Belgium.
Do not confuse the EU with the Council of Europe, which has 47 member states and dates to 1949. These two bodies share the same flag, national anthem, and mission of integrating Europe. The headquarters of the Council are located in Strasbourg, France, and it is most famous for its European Court of Human Rights.
In spite of these two bodies, there is still no single Constitution or set of laws applying to all the countries of Europe. Debate rages over the role of the EU in regards to national sovereignty. As of January 2009, the Lisbon Treaty is the closest thing to a European Constitution, yet it has not been approved by all the EU states.
Text by Steve Smith.
