Bear Pits (Barengraben) Bern

East end of Nydeggbrucke, Bern , Bern, Switzerland

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    Bern

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    Entry containing 4 photos titled: Capital of Switzerland, Clock Tower, Tierpark, Bear Pits

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    Bears, the chindlifresser and a country is born

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    ... the one out of the eleven statues which featured a "child eating ogre" or chindlifresser. Our other challenge was to find the bear pits, and we succeeded on both accounts. After a morning of bear-admiring and warily eyeing the ogre eating many little ...

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    Bern, Baby, Bern

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    ... flowing. The houses started to get older the further we walked and eventually we found ourselves crossing the river to the famous bear pits of Bern. The reason for the bears is that the guy that originally founded Bern in 1191, named it after the bear ...

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    Neat City

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    ... like 1,000 years ago by some Duke guy and it has a bear for its mascot.  I've never heard it before but they have these bear pits with bears in them.  So I went to the bear pits and guess what, there were no bears in them.  They are ...

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    Generic portion of Sound of Music lyrics

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    ... and Munster, and playing on a kid's playground. They were all suitably lovely and picturesque, but when we looked at the bear pits, it was a bit depressing seeing those massive creatures in such a small space, but I've been reliably informed that they ...

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    Bear-Faced Cheek

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    ... Mickey Rourke.  Classic.  The next morning I checked out, then the three of us set off to have a look at the bear pits, which Bern is famous for.  It was quite sad, actually, seeing the four bears in captivity with no other animals nearby, ...

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    Bern

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    ... upon a street game of giant chess, which appeared to be somewhat of a spectator sport in Switzerland! Over the turquoise river, we stopped at the bear pits to see them being fed Haribo by small children! And so concludes a day in the ...

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    DO feed the bears!

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    ... a video iPod to provide picture references, video clips and audio instructions. Very clever! The end of the tour finished at the Bear Pits... and yes... there are still brown bears in there. We saw two, and got to feed them (grapes and diced apple ...

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    Switzerland!!

    ... also just walked around the city, checked out the shops, and visited the Towers and Cathedral of Bern. We saw the famous bear pits (after which Bern gets its name), but we felt really bad for the two bears shoved into a tiny space :-(. There was a also ...

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    Bern!

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    ... day was spent finding Albert Einsteins house (but not bothering to go in, figuring there wasnt much of a need) and peering over the bear pits. Pretty dire place for them, but apparently theyre being moved to a PARK soon. Goodo. That night we went on ...

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    Bern!

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    ... by the side mirror, but were not hurt). We mostly just walked around the city and shops and buildings, etc. We stopped at the bear pits but did not feed the bears fruit as they allow. Mark and Jon, however, went floating down the river in Bern, which ...