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Zermatt Destination Guide

Touring Zermatt in Switzerland

Zermatt in the region of Valais with its 6,629 citizens is located in Switzerland - some 66 mi or ( 106 km ) South of Berne , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Zermatt

Time in Zermatt is now 02:48 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Zurich " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Sankt Niklaus, Lucerne, Le Vichiesso, Lausanne, and Herbriggen. Being here already, consider visiting Sankt Niklaus . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Zermatt ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Zermatt - Matterhorn: Winter

1:56 min by ZermattTourismus
Views: 5968 Rating: 5.00

www.zermatt.ch Skiing and snowboarding the whole year round, snow 365 day a year - you can only find that in Zermatt. As the highest altidtude, all-year round ski resort in the Alps, Zermatt has an ab ..

Täsch Zermatt Shuttle

8:37 min by funimag
Views: 3920 Rating: 5.00

Matterhorn-Gotthard Bahn (MGB) Shuttle between Täsch and Zermatt Stadler BDSeh 4/8 rack train (Video with Nikon D90) ..


Zermatt

0:14 min by Dom24amb
Views: 3565 Rating: 5.00

Im Dorf,Kirchplatz, Bahnhofstrasse ..

TPV Visperterminen: Einmarsch + Auftritt im Festzelt (OWTPF Zermatt 2012)

36:54 min by KaWeBue
Views: 2811 Rating: 4.00

Mit abwechslungsreichen Stücken faszinierte der Tambouren- und Pfeiferverein Visperterminen seine Zuhörer am 71. Tambouren- und Pfeiferfest in Zermatt . Der TPV steht unter der Leitung von Didier Furr ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Gornergratbahn

The Gornergratbahn, or Gornergrat Bahn (GGB), is a nine-kilometre metre-gauge mountain rack railway, with Abt rack system. It leads from Zermatt, Switzerland, up to the Gornergrat . The Gornergrat is a starting point for many hikes, as it lies surrounded by 29 peaks rising above 4,000 m in the Alps and several glaciers, including the Gorner Glacier (which is billed as the second longest glacier in the Alps). At the end of the line on Gornergrat, the Matterhorn is visible on a clear day.

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Located at 46.02 7.75 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Electric railways in Switzerland, Metre gauge railways in Switzerland, Mountain railways, Rack railways of Switzerland, Railway companies of Switzerland, Railway lines in Switzerland, Railway lines opened in 1898, Railways using three-phase power, Transport in Zermatt

Matterhorn Museum

The Matterhorn Museum in Zermatt is a cultural-natural museum whose main theme is the Matterhorn. The museum is in the form of a reconstituted mountain village consisting of 14 houses (church, hotel, huts and granaries), and relates the history and development of tourism in the Zermatt area, including the story of the first ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party.

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Located at 46.02 7.75 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: History museums in Switzerland, Matterhorn, Museums in Valais, Zermatt

Winkelmatten

Winkelmatten is a suburb of Zermatt, Switzerland. It was once a separate small hamlet, but as Zermatt has grown it has become incorporated within the greater conurbation.

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Located at 46.01 7.74 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Villages in Valais, Zermatt

Zmutt

Zmutt (also spelled Z'mutt, Z'Mutt, Z-Mutt) is a small village in the municipality of Zermatt, Valais, Switzerland, situated at 1936 m in the Zmutt Valley (Zmuttal) west of Zermatt. The village chapel is dedicated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria, patroness of the Valais. The valley passes the northern slope of the Matterhorn and terminates in the Zmutt Glacier on the border to Italy's Aosta Valley.

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Located at 46.01 7.72 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Dams in Switzerland, Glaciers of the Alps, Valleys of Switzerland, Villages in Valais

Sunnegga Paradise ski area

The Sunnegga Paradise is a ski area that forms part of the Zermatt ski resort, in Valais, Switzerland. The area relating to skiing is found on the Rothorn mountain, above the town of Zermatt. The trails extend to the valley floor between the Rothorn and Gornergrat mountains, and includes the ski runs directly down to the Oberhausern area of the town of Zermatt, terminating at the passenger lift that takes skier directly down inside the funicular train station in the area.

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Located at 45.98 7.75 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Valais, Ski areas and resorts in Switzerland, Visitor attractions in Valais, Zermatt

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Historical Weather

temperature and rainfall during the year in Zermatt