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St. Moritz has an area, as of 2006, of 28.7 square kilometers (11.1 sq mi). Of this area, 28.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 19.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 8.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (44.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
The municipality is located in the Oberengadin sub-district of the Maloja district. It consists of the settlements of St. Moritz-dorf (elevation 1,830 meters (6,000 ft)), Bad (ele. 1,775 meters (5,823 ft)), and Champfèr (ele. 1,825 meters (5,988 ft)) as well as the village section of Suvretta.
SWITZERLAND AUTUMN 2012
Espuma blanca y esponjosa. Aroma moderado y sabor intenso con dulzor de cereales tostados y un amargor bien equilibrado.
St. Moritz has been the host city for the 1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics. It also hosted the 1934, 1974 and 2003 Alpine Skiing World Championships. It is one of three cities that have hosted the Winter Olympic Games twice, the others being Innsbruck, Austria and Lake Placid, New York in the United States. Additionally, it has hosted the FIBT World Championships (bobsleigh and skeleton racing) a record 21 times. Since 1985, St. Moritz has hosted the Cartier Polo World Cup on Snow; an annual high-goal tournament featuring many of the world's finest teams. In its current form, the tournament lasts four days and is played on a specially marked field located on the frozen lake.
St. Moritz is extremely popular in the summer months as an altitude training base for distance athletes, particularly cyclists, runners, and race walkers. Its popularity extends to the altitude, weather, world class athletics track, and availability of paths and trails in the area.
In 1904 the oldest and worlds last remaining natural bob run was opened. The 1722 meter long ice channel - also known as the world biggest "ice sculpture" - is built every winter from ground up with only snow and water. The bob run hosted numerous world championships and was used in both olympic wintergames. In the early 30s some members of the bob club, started taking guests for taxi rides along, today with slightly modified racing bobs.
For the 1928 games, the cross-country skiing and the cross-country skiing part of the Nordic combined events took place around the hills of St. Moritz. Twenty years later, the city again the cross-country skiing, the cross-country skinng part of the Nordic combined, and the ice hockey events took place in St. Moritz.
In addition to the above sports, St. Moritz is also well known as a destination for sailing. It is the host venue for the annual St. Moritz Match Race held on lake St. Moritz. The St. Moritz Match Race event is part of the prestigious World Match Racing Tour which covers 3 continents. The event draws the world's best sailing teams to St. Moritz in a gladiatorial battle of nerve and skill on the water. The identical supplied (BLU-26) boats are raced two at a time in an on the water dogfight which tests the sailors and skippers to the limits of their physical abilities. Points accrued count towards the World Match Racing Tour and a place in the final event, with the overall winner taking the title ISAF World Match Racing Tour Champion. Match racing is an ideal sport for spectators in St. Moritz. Racing in such close proximity (approx. 15m) to the Lake St. Moritz shoreline provides excellent heart of the action viewing for the audience.
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... from the station area up into the town centre. It's the longest escalator in Switzerland.
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this is a friend's cat who visits me from time to time. mostly when his owner is not available for paying him the attention he thinks he deserves.
a wonderful weekend to you all.
It was all very quiet here – just a few people walking, some with dogs, a couple of boats out, and some guys jumping into the lake from the elevated walkway (observation deck) that juts out above the water's edge near the St Moritz Design Gallery.
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St Moritz Village
The last thing we did in St Moritz, before heading down to the railway station, was to indulge in glorious banana splits, with Aperol spritz, at the restaurant with the red tablecloths. It was the first time that I'd had this extravagance since a cafe in the Austrian town of Hard at the southern end of Lake Constance, in 2011.
It was a lovely way of relaxing for a while and rethinking the whole, if short, St Moritz experience ... letting it all sink in. Overnighting here at the Schweizerhof was definitely the right decision! A great place to spend some cool summer days.
St Moritz Village
Dal Mulin restaurant (from the mill)
www.dalmulin.ch/en/speisekarte.html
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st moritz. impressive at any weather.
mystical house. how many life stories and secrets could it tell us?..
It was all very quiet here – just a few people walking, some with dogs, a couple of boats out, and some guys jumping into the lake from the elevated walkway (observation deck) that juts out above the water's edge near the St Moritz Design Gallery.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Moritz