Every year thousands of Dutch tourists visit Switzerland for skiing vacation. But how to learn and prepare for skiing down the Alps in a country without mountains? The solution is indoor skiing ramps, where the Dutch can prepare for the winter sport vacation. Because of the indoor skiing facilities the Dutch can fly down the snow slopes throughout the year.
For the SRF news program Tagesshau reporter Henriette Engbersen visits indoor skiing ramp Snow World in Zoetermeer and meets Dutch families preparing for winter sport in Switzerland. She also interviews representatives from the Dutch Ski Association and from the Swiss ski region Saas-Fee. Last but not least she obviously also does some skiing herself to try out this obscure phenomena.
For this reportage Featurez gave advice, did the research, set-up and planning, booked a rental car, did the driving and accompanied the filming.