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Juf (Romansh pronunciation:) is a village in the municipality of Avers in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland. At 2,126 metres (6,975 ft) above sea level, it is historically the highest village with permanent residents in Western Europe, [ 1 ] as well as one of its coldest localities.
Juf is a remote alpine village located in the municipality of Avers in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland. The village is situated at an altitude of 2,126 meters above sea level, making it the highest permanently inhabited village in the Swiss Alps.
Cresta lies at 1,958 meters above sea level and is the main town of the Avers municipality, and Juf is found at the far end of the valley. Europe’s highest permanently inhabited community lies at an altitude of over 2,100 meters above sea level. Show on map.
- Mazda: A Great Partner.
- It's All About timing.
- But Where Are The locals?
- The Rooftops of Juf.
- Good Thing That These Roofs Will Last Up to 200 Years!
- The Alpenrose Vacation Home.
- We're Finally Meeting Some locals.
- Small Town Switzerland.
- Knocking on The Doors of Juf.
- A Fusion of Old and New.
After two months of planning and researching the town, Jochen and I embarked on our journey with Mazda. We figured a Monday morning when many people ventured back to work after a weekend in the mountains would be a great time to take off... Our car and driver were awaiting us in Thalwil. We arrived with a full suitcase, three backpacks and other ph...
We stopped the car, grabbed our gear and umbrella, and went out to capture the moment. Unfortunately, we missed our window of opportunity as the sky further thickened with clouds, blocking out the sun. Seeing that the sky was rapidly changing but determined to get that shot, we set up camp in the four-degree drizzle and waited for the beams to come...
Having captured the first images, we followed the winding road into Juf – the end of the line. With a population of about 24 people (!), we were hoping to capture the majority of them on camera. However, work and rain meant that a great many inhabitants were nowhere to be found. We started at Restaurant Edelweiss. The only restaurant in town, it is...
After having a hot Ovomaltine drink, we set out to climb up one side of the valley to get a picture of the village from above. The weather was still not cooperating, but Jochen settled in and patiently waited for the lighting to improve. Laying in the moss like a sniper, he had the great fortune to be ready when for a brief ten second window, sunli...
You could have the roof installed and only your great-great-grandchildren would need to worry about having it done over. The first holiday bookings for the newly renovated hotel have already been made. Surely, by then, Juf will be under a deep blanket of snow and guests can count on a white Christmas.
On the roof, I also met Markus Menn, the owner of the Alpenrose. He was there to lend a helping hand in order to get the place finished before Christmas. The first holiday bookings for the newly renovated hotel have already been made. Surely, by then, Juf will be under a deep blanket of snow and guests can count on a white Christmas.
Wanting to meet yet more locals, we went to Bernadette Wilhelm who makes jewelry from local rocks. A few years ago, the Zürich native and her husband made their way to Juf and fell in love with the place. As luck would have it, they were able to buy an old building dating back to the 1600s. Along with her husband, an architect by trade, she set out...
Going through town, we stopped by the Juf Lädeli. This small post office and tourist shopis run by the Menn family, one of the main families in Juf. When asked whether we could take her picture, Corina Menn kindly and modestly refused. Instead, she invited us to take all the pictures we would like inside her shop. It is a fitting shop for such a sm...
Still not satisfied with the number of portrait photos we had taken, we started knocking on doors. The modest refusals for portraitures were always countered by kind invitations to come in for coffee and a chat. That is exactly what happened as we knocked on Deti's door. Sitting in one of the newest homes in Juf, we were again having a drink with s...
Deti's house is one of the newest in the village. But like Bernadette’s, it is on a lot where there was already a building. Before the house was constructed, there used to be a barn for cows. The modern house incorporates a great deal of the old barn, including the swinging temperature regulator doors in the entrance, which look like the doors to a...
Juf is a village in the municipality of Avers in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland. At 2,126 metres above sea level, it is historically the highest village with permanent residents in Western Europe, as well as one of its coldest localities.
Juf is a village in the canton of Grisons in Switzerland. At 2126 metres above sea level, it is historically the highest village with permanent residents in ...
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Nov 8, 2019 · Where is Juf. Juf village is in Graubünden canton not that far from Italy (if you walk through mountains). Avers is the next-door village to Juf – little bigger. But the village is pretty isolated and the next big city is Chur, 64 kilometers away.
