GPS FRIDLEY: St. Imier Drive NE and Saint-Imier, Switzerland
Virtually visit faraway places that parts of Fridley are named for.
Fridley has a short, curving street called St. Imier Drive. A town by the same name, Saint-Imier, is in the French-speaking part of Switzerland.
Take a quick trip over Saint-Imier, Switzerland, in the YouTube video above.
Saint-Imier is where Longines watches are made (see the second YouTube video). The population is about one-sixth of Fridley's: 4,771 people live there.
Thanks to Courtney Rathke, who suggested St. Imier Drive at the Fridley Patch Facebook page.
Past GPS FRIDLEY locations include Jupiter Drive, Georgetown-on-the-River apartments, and Windermere Drive.
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