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Glittering Gstaad

Alpine village is a millionaire magnet

From its high profile, you’d expect Gstaad to be some kind of glittering Geneva-in-the-Alps. But it’s just a small village filled with charming wooden chalets, whose relatively low-lying pistes offer plenty of family fun but no serious skiing challenges. So what is it that gives Gstaad its high roller status? swissinfo investigates. (swissinfo, 12.11.2007 Julie Hunt)

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