Old Town (Altstadt) Bern

Bern , Bern, Switzerland
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    Chilling in Bern

    ... Prague in seven days - for us to meet back in Rome in a week or so. First stop for this random tour of Switzerland was Bern. What a brilliant couple of days, a beautiful city, great food and an absolute pleasure to not be staying in a hostel. Massive ...

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    Room for two more bears?

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    · Bern, Switzerland · GMT +1:00 hour In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love; they had ...

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    A night out in the Capital.

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    ... to be a kebab as Switzerland is extortionately expensive and we are sticking to our budget. Delicious however and wandering round the Old Town was very romantic. Did spend ages in the internet cafe getting cross about not being able to put our photos ...

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    Never underestimate the value of clean clothes

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    ... best days so far. Sabine is an absolutely delightful human being and so easy to be around. We spent the day walking around Bern old town and along the river to the bear pit. We stopped and had a light lunch before tackling the rest of the city. The ...

  • 5

    Bern, Baby, Bern

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    ... why I am the doctor and he is the tour guide!!!   Eventually we found the River Aare and followed it into the old town. The old town of Bern lies on a tongue of land surrounded on both sides by the River Aare, which is a gorgeous green colour and ...

  • 6

    Neat City

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    ... the museum was closed.  I think that's my 4th museum that was closed on me.  Nuff said.  I headed into the Old Town and did find the Einstein Apartment which wasn't too exciting.  It was basically a studio apt that he lived in with ...

  • 7

    Berne

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    ... and cloud for 3 days. When I arrived in Bern the weather cleared up to reveal the most pretty little city I have been to.. The old town and city centre is perched on a hill in a bend of the Aare River. Cobble stone streets are lined with an ecclectic ...

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    Switzerland Bern & Zurich

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    Hi guys, i spent a few night in Bern the capital of Switzerland, it is a very small capital city but very beautiful! There is a Bear pit down by the river which is really sad but everyone goes there to feed the huge brown grizzly bears. They do get put ...

  • 9

    Zurich

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    ... ;a Sunday this famous Swiss city is a relatively sedate place, where l spent hours easily wandering around the graceful old town in the morning, taking in the city views from Polyterrasse where l could view the Fraumünster, dual towered ...

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    Martin and Sabine: Gracious Hosts

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    ... job planning both the days we were in Bern!  we did things we hadn't done in weeks such as Walk through old town Bern Swim in a lake Farmers Market          Hike  beauttiful greens   ...