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For today’s Geoquiz we are looking for a beautiful Swiss Valley that’s abuzz with helicopters transporting avid skiers looking for snow. The BBC’s Imogen Foulkes takes us there to find out how residents feel about the sound of hovering helicopters.
For today’s Geoquiz we are looking for a beautiful Swiss Valley that’s abuzz with helicopters transporting avid skiers looking for snow to higher ground. The answer is the Lauterbrunnen Valley. The BBC’s Imogen Foulkes takes us there to find out how residents feel about the post-ski-season sound of hovering helicopters.