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Winter tourism in Switzerland during the corona crisis
Photo: Manuel Geisser / imago images
The buffet offers Braumeister ham and Mutschli cheese, with hash browns, crispy from the pan.
The epidemic may rage down in the valleys, but the »Zmorge« - Schwyzerdütsch for: breakfast - in the restaurant on the Säntis summit is hearty.
The guests look beyond their plates, at 2502 meters above sea level, through panoramic windows at snow-covered peaks.
Rock formations in six different countries can be seen from the Säntis when the visibility is good: the view extends across Switzerland to Germany, Austria, France, Italy and Liechtenstein.
The coronavirus is still on the rise in each of the five neighboring countries.
In almost everyone, with the exception of Liechtenstein, public life is therefore subject to drastic restrictions in the run-up to Christmas.
Italians were not allowed to leave their place of residence for weeks.
Restaurants and bars are closed in Austria and Germany.
In France, promised easing of the corona regime was postponed again at short notice.
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