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‘World’s steepest’ cable car opens

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Also: Winter solstice and skiing across international borders View in Browser 12.21.24 It's a  solstice Saturday  in the Northern Hemisphere as December 21 is the shortest day of the year and the official first day of winter. Yes, that's right. It's only just begun. Cheer yourself up with our last  travel  news roundup of 2024.   By Maureen O'Hare   🇨🇭 Switzerland aims high The Schilthorn Cableway in Switzerland. (Marco Zurschmiede/Schilthorn Piz Gloria) A spectacular new cable car has opened in Switzerland's Bernese Alps. The Schilthorn Cableway takes riders up to the mountaintop revolving restaurant made famous in the James Bond movie "On Her Majesty's Secret Service."   Its makers say it's the  steepest in the world , climbing 775 meters (2,543 feet) in just four minutes at a gradient of 159.4%. It connects the village of Stechelberg with the car-free village of Mürren, some 1,650...
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