Itinerary followed during this Interrail throughout Germany, Denmark and Switzerland

Cologne - Koblenz - Copenhagen - Helsingor - Hillerod - Roskilde - Berlin - Potsdam - Rhine cruise - Freiburg - Strasbourg - Black Forest - Rhine Waterfalls - Schaffhausen - Stein am Rhein - Konstanz - Zurich - Basel - Interlaken - Luzern - Zermatt - Brig - Bern - Geneva - Heidelberg - Munich - Dachau - Fussen - Nuremberg - Rothenburg (ODT) - Wurzburg - Jungfrau and Lauterbrunnen - Brienz - Geneva

It can be described in one word: impressive. It is a nature spectacle that you shouldn't miss. These are the most important waterfalls across Europe.
This was our first contact with Switzerland. The waterfalls are located nearby the village of Schaffhausen, which you reach from Freiburg in less than two hours by train (with several connections). From the station we walked until the entrance for 30 min., although you could take a bus.

The first views offer a great landscape of colourful water and nature, but it is not impacting, since you begin at the top stream and you only see the water disappearing in front of you. The routes that can be followed are well indicated (as usually in Germany). We crossed a bridge to the other bank of the river, where a descent through parallel tunnels to the waterfalls starts.

The more you go down, the more awesome is the sightseeing in front of you. You get astonished due to the unimaginable mass of water that you can reach with your hand and that falls nearby you. There are several viewpoints to enjoy. One of them is so impressive that the water seems to be on the point of sweeping everything out.
Once you arrive to the bottom you have two options, either crossing the river along another bridge, or crossing it in a boat. Some of these boats can sail until the heart of the waterfalls (of course you have to pay).

We decided to take a boat and to pray. You notice that you and the boat are insignificant before the strength of the nature. As we approached the rock that divides the waterfalls in two, we were open-mouthed with the incredible perspective, the water splashing our faces and the enormous roar of the water violent crashing. The boat hardly reaches the rock.

At the rock there are stairs that lead until the top to contemplate the spectacle from other viewpoint. The sensation is not so intense than when you approach with the boat, but anyway it is worthwhile, the panorama is formidable. Once the boat carried us to the other bank we ate at a bench from where we continued admiring the landscape.
Afterwards we walked towards the village.