Niesen Mountain has earned an entry into the Guinness Book of Records thanks to its staircase - which has 11,674 steps. However, one does not have to climb the world's longest staircase to enjoy the view from the mountain (which is a destination for excursions) or to enjoy a stay in the mountain house Niesen-Kulm. The staircase was only built to enable maintenance work on the nostalgic cable car and is only opened once a year for the Niesen Staircase Race, a climbing marathon that has been taking place since 1990. By the way, the fastest climber so far only took 1 hour to climb the staircase.
The panoramic cable car takes passengers in about half an hour to the peak of Mt. Niesen, which is well known for its impressive panoramic view that sweeps from the Black Forest to the Bernese Alps.
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