Theme Week Swiss – Davos, the highest located town in Europe
Monday, 13 June 2011 - 03:49 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Free Trade Association Category/Kategorie: GeneralReading Time: 3minutes
Davos is a municipality in the district of Prättigau/Davos in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has a permanent population of 11,248 (2009). Davos is located on the Landwasser River, in the Swiss Alps, between the Plessur and Albula Range. At 1,560 meters (5,118 ft), it is the highest city in Europe.
Davos is host to the World Economic Forum (WEF), an annual meeting of global political and business elites (often referred to simply as Davos) and the home of one of Switzerland’s biggest ski resorts. At the end of every year it serves as the site of the annual Spengler Cup ice hockey tournament, hosted by the HC Davos local hockey team.
Davos is home to seven sites that are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance. These heritage sites include the Town Archives, the Kirchner Museum, the Grosses Jenatschhaus (a type of charity house known as a Pfrundhaus) and the Forest Cemetery (Waldfriedhof). Several hotels and spas are also included on the list. The three hotels or former hotels are; Berghotel Schatzalp, the former Grand Hotel Belvédère and the Zürcher Höhenklinik von R. Gaberel.
Besides being famous for cross country skiing, offering some 60 miles of pistes and the largest natural ice skating field, there are six main ski areas in winter, adding to a total of 200 miles of slopes:
Parsenn / Gotschna which connects to the partner town of Klosters from Davos Dorf
Jakobshorn which can be reached from Davos Platz direcly
Pischahorn which can be reached by frequently running busses into Flüela valley
Rinerhorn to start from Davos Glaris
Madrisahorn located in neighbouring Klosters
Schatzalp is privately owned by the Schatzalp Hotel and a speciality as a “decelerated” skiing area
