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2 unusual facts about Zermatt


Benji's Very Own Christmas Story

The actors from the Benji films are on a promotional tour in Switzerland and are asked to be grand marshalls of a Christmas parade in Zermatt.

Douglas Metcalf

He toured the United States as the principal clarinettist of the American Wind Symphony Orchestra and has performed in the Aspen, Sarasota, Zermatt (Switzerland), Opera Barga (Italy), Texas (Houston) Music Festivals and the Altmärkisches Musikfest in Germany as well as being a regular guest of the Worcester Chamber Music Society.


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Matterhorn Museum

The museum is in the form of a reconstituted mountain village consisting of 14 houses (church, hotel, huts and granaries), and relates the history and development of tourism in the Zermatt area, including the story of the first ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party.

Plateau Rosa

During the winter, it is serves as the link between the skiing areas of Zermatt (Switzerland) and Breuil-Cervinia-Valtournenche (Italy).

Weisshorn

An Alouette III helicopter from Air Zermatt crashed on a night flight on the Schali Glacier (south of the peak) on 31 July 1983.


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