Glittering Gstaad
Alpine village is a millionaire magnet

I have a wealth of experience as a journalist working in Switzerland and enjoy producing videos, articles and podcasts on a range of subjects, recently focused mainly on politics and the environment. Born in the UK, I studied law at Nottingham University, then went on to attend the first-ever post-graduate radio journalism college in London. After working as a radio journalist in the UK and then Switzerland from 1984 to 1995, I returned to the UK to complete a post-graduate diploma in film at Bournemouth Film School. I have been working as a video journalist ever since.
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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