Named after the Jungfrau, the Jungfrau Region is a major tourist destination in the Alps and includes a large number of railways and other facilities. While the mountain peak was once difficult to access, the Jungfrau Railway, a rack railway, now goes to the Jungfraujoch railway station at , the highest in Europe, therefore providing an easy access to the upper Aletsch Glacier and a relatively short access to the Jungfrau itself. As a result, in the popular mind, the Jungfrau has become a mountain associated with the Bernese Oberland and Interlaken, rather than with the region of Upper Valais and Fiesch.