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AVERS JUF - Europe's highest year-round settlement

One country, one summer, one family. 26 letters of the alphabet, 26 cantons. This is our Swiss ABC. We visit 26 new places, covering each letter of the alphabet and every canton. Today we are in the canton Graubünden, in the east of Switzerland where we visit Avers, a high Alpine valley region and a municipality in the Viamala region. It includes Juf, the highest altitude year-round settlement in Europe. Despite being surrounded by Romansh speaking areas and the Italian speaking side valley of Valle di Lei, the people here speak German. This goes back to the Walser immigrants who immigrated from the West back in the 13th century. The village appeared to be empty, we met some goats and geese but just a single human. When considering that only six families live here, a total of 31 people, we were actually quite lucky to see somebody at all. Nature is rough up here; Juf lies above the tree line, winters – as proven today – are long. We witnessed some pairing toads making their way through the snow. The female, who is bigger than the male, carries the partner. We were wondering whether they are used to pairing in the snow or whether this year was exceptionally cold. Despite its remote location, Juf can be reached by public transport all year round. A fact which still amazes us. Probably it does not come as a surprise to you that we had the barbecue place to ourselves. We spent the afternoon playing and cooking lunch over an open fire before heading back home. A good start to our Swiss ABC! Next up is the letter Q. ************************************ FOLLOW US ON... Instagram:   / raastaproject   Facebook:   / raastaproject   Website: https://www.raastaproject.com