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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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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.

Michele Andina took a guided tour with local resident, Dorli Menn.(swissinfo archive 2006, Michele Andina)

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This content was published on 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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