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Culture World-class winter sports facilities in Switzerland Previous Next The De Conches valley at Goms in canton Valais is ideal for cross-country skiing Keystone Veysonnaz, which is part of the Four Valleys area, has held numerous snowboard World Cup events Keystone Men’s and women’s Alpine World Cup events are regularly held at Crans Montana in canton Valais Keystone The Leysin snowpark in canton Vaud holds various snowboard halfpipe competitions, such as the Nescafe Champs RDB Kandersteg in canton Bern is a well-known centre for ski jumping RDB The new Malley ice rink and Olympic swimming pool in Lausanne, scheduled to be finished in 2019, should have room for 10,000 spectators Keystone Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3 Picture 4 Picture 5 Picture 6 This content was published on August 12, 2015 - 11:06 (Images: Keystone, RDB) You can find an overview of ongoing debates with our journalists here . Please join us! If you want to start a conversation about a topic raised in this article or want to report factual errors, email us at english@swissinfo.ch.
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