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Zermatt (German: [tsɛʁˈmat] ⓘ, Swiss Standard German:) is a municipality in the district of Visp in the German-speaking section of the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It has a year-round population of about 5,800 and is classified as a town by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO).
They descended to Zermatt, sought and engaged Peter Taugwalder, and gave him permission to choose another guide. When they returned to the Monte Rosa Hotel, they encountered Michel Croz who had been hired by Charles Hudson. They had come to Zermatt with the same intention, to attempt to ascend the Matterhorn.
Finally, another major influx of Scots into northern Ireland occurred in the late 1690s, when tens of thousands of people fled a famine in Scotland to come to Ulster. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] It was only after the 1690s that Scottish settlers and their descendants, the majority of whom were Presbyterian , gained numeric superiority in Ulster, though still ...
With crowded celebrations of Ireland’s patron saint no longer appealing to her, Nicola Brady discovers why St Brigid’s women-led festivities are worth a trip to the Emerald Isle
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Arguably the best team each nation has produced for a generation meet at Murrayfield with the Six Nations title on the line
First successfully completed in 1911, the Haute Route ski tour is probably the most famous and coveted ski tour in the world. Using high mountain huts to allow skiers to stay high and cover substantial distances, it winds through the highest, most dramatic peaks of the Alps from Mont Blanc to the Matterhorn .
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