The popular ski resort of Zermatt is in the affected area. ADVERTISEMENT Swizerland and Italy have redrawn part of their border as climate change is melting the glaciers that have historically marked the frontier between the two countries. The Theodul Glacier, under the famous Matterhorn mountain, lost almost a quarter of its mass between 1973...
Tag: borders
Post
Post
Pretty little ‘village’ which belongs to two European countries tourists love
This German ‘village’ is what is known as an enclave – completely surrounded by Switzerland, by the cantons of Schaffhausen, Zurich and Thurgau. The municipality of Büsingen am Hochrhein is separated from the rest of Germany by a narrow strip of land, just 680 metres at its narrowest point. The 10.7-mile border with Switzerland is...