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Building an icy winter wonderland

In 2004 the cable car company of the Stockhorn mountain decided to close the region for skiing on economic grounds. Yet they have found other ways to attract people in winter. An igloo village is built every year on the shore of one of the mountain lakes. (Michele Andina, swissinfo.ch)

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A documentary and animation filmmaker from Bern, Michele studied film at Zurich University of the Arts. He's been a swissinfo.ch video journalist since 2004 and has a special interest in developing new video formats for mobile viewing, mixing animation and documentary styles.

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