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Simon Bajada

In our end-of-year Winter Sports guide, Simon Bajada presents us with the cowbell sounds and cheesemakers of the traditional Swiss mountain village Levron, just down the valley from the luxurious Verbier ski resort. In the image, photographer Pierre Menasse returns to the village of Le Chable with his St Bernard dog after spending the day up on the slopes.

Piedmontese hazelnuts after being shaken from the tree.

Seal blood tartelette with blue mussel and seaweed served at Koks in the Faroe Islands.

Matthieu Frécon pours absinthe in his kitchen at Edelweiss Distillery.

A lavvu tent at Aurora Safari Camp.

Jonas Gejke prepares an outdoor fika (a coffee and cake break) that includes waffles and cinnamon buns.

If you're lucky, you may get to see the sky light up with the Northern Lights.

The Outpost, originally a general store, is now a four-bedroom lodge that travellers can use as a base from which to explore the wilderness on snowshoes, snow bike or snowmobile.

Mårdudden’s population doubled from seven to 14 during the pandemic, as Swedes escaped city life, but it’s fair to say it’s still a small town.

Here, they refuel and we bed down in cabins. The next day, as the sun finally peeps above the horizon, breaking the darkness of the long night, a typical Swedish breakfast buffet energises us for the day ahead.