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Secluded mountain village boasts cutting-edge solar ski lift

Tenna is a small mountain farming village in the Safien valley in canton Graubünden. It has only 112 inhabitants and offers a good alternative for tourists seeking to holiday away from large resorts. The landscape is among the most beautiful in the canton, ideal for hiking in summer and ski touring in winter. And now Tenna has built the world’s first solar ski lift. (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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