All posts tagged Bern

Paul Klee Zentrum, 2005
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Bern’s six most beautiful buildings

March 27, 2012, 4 Comments

Which are the most beautiful buildings in Bern? Not an easy question to answer as the Swiss capital has countless candidates. 

Carnival princess

A year of festivals in Switzerland

February 28, 2012, 10 Comments

The Basler Fasnacht, or Carnival, is one of the biggest festivals in the Swiss calendar, and it’s a pretty full calendar!

Bundesplatz fountains

Bundeshaus Bern up in lights!

November 16, 2011, No comments

For the past couple of weeks there’s been a crowd of people standing in the heart of Bern watching an imaginative display of sound and lights.

Zytglogge Clock

Ten essential facts about Bern

September 14, 2011, 3 Comments

The New York Times recently had a great little article about 36 hours in Bern, with 12 things to see and do in the Swiss capital.

  • Lunchtime art in Switzerland
    May 24, 2011, 6 Comments

    Lunch boxes as art. These days anything is possible but this photo is real, and it says so much about Swiss life. Or at least daily life in Bern or ...

  • Bundeshaus, 1902 - seat of the Federal Assembly and government
    Ten free things to do in Switzerland
    April 20, 2011, 12 Comments

    Free lunches are as hard to find in Switzerland as anywhere else. You might even think that there is nothing that’s free in the land of luxury, but you’d be wrong. 

  • Is Bern the haircut capital of the world?
    March 23, 2011, 4 Comments

    [googlemaps http://maps.google.ch/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=217028413170666691531.00049da352751a7d69ca7&ll=46.944549,7.439075&spn=0.014063,0.027466&z=15&output=embed&w=600&h=480]  When the weather ...