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In good nights, we can see almost everything, galaxies, nebulas.
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The best thing you can see here is the Milky Way.
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It's very bright, and you can see a lot of shooting stars as well.
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Some nights are so good that it's one of the best places to observe in the world.
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And the best part?
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This view comes with a room!
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Up here they take reservations.
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Gornergrat is a special place that opens up the universe to everyone.
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Perched on top of the Swiss Alps at over 10,000 feet.
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It's a hotel, restaurant and an observatory.
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What might seem like an unlikely mix has turned into one of Switzerland's most precious places.
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The Kulmhotel Gornergrat was built in 1907.
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Some parts of the building are still the same as in the beginning.
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We have 22 rooms.
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There are four or five days a year where there are 5,000 people.
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It's the highest hotel in Switzerland and the second highest in Europe.
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Special thing up here is the mountain you can see around.
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There is a Monte Rosa and then the Breithorn, and the everybody in the world knows the Matterhorn.
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We serve mostly traditional Swiss food, cheese fondue, rösti with sausage on it and onion sauce, and also the Alpine macaroni.
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It's really special for me because I love the mountains.
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And up here in the night it's very calm, and the sky is really amazing.
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These domes are here from the 60s until now.
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But astronomy here in the mountains goes back to beginning of 1900.
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Scientist from all over the world has been here.
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If you want to do astronomy, you have to have really good conditions.
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And it's a fact that the best conditions you have up here in the mountains.
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Lack of light pollution and dry air have meant that people like Jesse can really observe space from here.
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But even with the naked eye, anyone can observe the night beauty at Gornergrat.
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One of the best places I've been for sure.
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You go out on the terrace, and you see this huge band of the sky, and it's just so bright.
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It's amazing.
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And like the stars above, Gornergrat shines bright in the middle of the Swiss Alps, keeping the gateway to space open for many years to come.