What is the snowiest village in Europe?

Warth-Schröcken, Austria Other nearby villages are also super-snowy, such as Damüls, which gets over 9m a season and markets itself as the snowiest village in the world. Whichever village comes out top, there is no doubt that this little corner of Austria is the snowiest region in the Alps.



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