At 2,126 metres, the hamlet of Juf in southeastern Switzerland is the highest settlement in the country to be inhabited all year round. Thirty people live there.
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Michele Andina took a guided tour with local resident, Dorli Menn.(swissinfo archive 2006, Michele Andina)
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Village visit is elevating experience
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The bus climbed steeply on a narrow road past several tidy settlements and wound atop the treeline as it took me to Juf – 2,126 metres above sea level. The road and the power lines running alongside are the life support system for what I started to believe must be a cast of reclusive farmers,…
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