Saas Fee has been car-free for over sixty years, which was decided by the residents after a new road was built in 1950. Since then it has gained an ISO certification, has been awarded the status of an ‘Energy Town’ and has won a ‘Winter Sport Diamond’. Today it claims to be the ‘most environmentally friendly and sustainable holiday destination in Switzerland’.

And that may well be correct; Saas Fee is involved with several green initiatives and the town has even had a study conducted on it so that other towns can effectively  use their ideas and strategies to become green, too.

Saas Fee is entirely powered by hydroelectricity and has a strict legislative policy on building and zoning. The town also has tight limitations for people wanting to purchase a second home there, which means less houses spend most of the year empty.

Most of the chimneys in Saas Fee have particle filters, which reduce the amount of particle matter in the air, making it super clean. It aims be the first particle-free community in the world, and to cut carbon emissions by 30% by 2020. Good luck to you, Saas Fee!

Find out more about Saas Fee’s environmental policies here.