Next to the World Cup venue: Here people are losing their homes and property

Exactly 3,8 kilometers as the crow flies lie between the celebrating biathlon village and a ghost town where human tragedies are currently unfolding. On the sidelines of the Biathlon World Championships in Switzerland, our editor moves between worlds that couldn't be more different.

21. February 2025

From Lenzerheide

From:
Alexander Foppa

It caught my eye as soon as I arrived from St. Moritz: a huge landslide above a small mountain village idyllically situated on a plateau. According to my satnav, it was only a few minutes' drive from the biathlon arena in the Lenzerheide district of Lantsch.