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I know it’s not for another 9 years but it’ll be here soon enough!

Yesterday, Annecy was designated as France’s choice in the candidacy to host the 2018 Winter Olympic games.  The lakeside town, in the French Alps, not far from the Swiss border was named ahead from Grenoble, Nice, and Pelvoux-les-Ecrins .  It is situated next to the cleanest lake in Europe, 80 per cent of the necessary infrastructure are already in place.

Here are the other selected cities around the world:

Asia:

•  Almaty, Kazakhstan

• Harbin, China
• Pyeongchang, South Korea

Europe:

• Annecy, France
• Bukovel, Ukraine
• Bursa, Turkey
• Geneva, Switzerland
• Munich, Germany
• Sofia, Bulgaria
• Sweden:

1. Åre
2. Falun
3. Östersund

• Upper Carniola, Slovenia
• Zaragoza, Spain

North America:

• Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

South America:

• Santiago, Chile

Oceania:

• New Zealand

The host will be announced in July 2011 in Durban.