Country Info
- Bern
- Capital
- Swiss Franc (CHF)
- Currency
- 7,283,274
- Population
- CH
- Country Code
Bern Slideshow
Bern
Travel Blogs from Bern, Switzerland
I love Switzerland!
... some people I met at the hostel but it started to rain. So I went for a tour of the Swiss parliment, since Bern is the capital of Switzerland. Sorry if this doesn't make sense, internet is 12 Canadian dollars per hour so I'm trying to get this info out ...
And It Stoned Me
Per Richard's request, I've come back for the big cow show. Per my heart's begging, I've returned to paradise. For a girl who grew up in the mountains, one would think I'd have had my fill by now, but my god... This place is truly amazing. And truly ...
Bern the capital of Switzerland!
Hello everyone! Well here we are in EXPENSIVE switzerland... you have heard it in stories it definitely is the home of the most expensive maccas in world!! No we didnt buy any maccas we havent been down that road yet but we just wanted to confirm the ...
Gimmelwald
Words cannot describe how amazing this place is. I was so glad I decided to go with the girl I met in Interlaken. I ended up staying just over a week and still didnt want to leave, but it was time to move on to a new place. It was a place to go and relax ...
Generic portion of Sound of Music lyrics
... time to Tschugg and presented our gift to them for keeping us so well, a bottle of red wine. Our final full day in Switzerland and we said goodbye to Tschugg and set off to the bright lights of Bern. We spent the day perusing the various attractions, ...
Bear-Faced Cheek
... emm. Bern is a very odd city. At 130,000 people it is only the 5th biggest in Switzerland, yet remains the nation's capital. Bern station is without a doubt the busiest station I have ever set foot in, including rush hour underground stations ...
Four mountain passes in four days
... the next couple of days. This was the part I'd been looking forward to. Some of the highest and hardest mountain passes in the heart of Switzerland and the heights of the map told me I was in for a treat. I had 4 passes planed over the next 4 days. The ...
all good things must come to an end
... a terrible memory, and a bad sense of direction... it is a wonder I didn't lose myself more often. I am very happy that I saved Switzerland for the end, and got to spend some time alone with family here- which I've never done before. I learned so much ...
Bern baby Bern
Right class, we are only going to tell you this once so pay attention! Bern is the capital city of Switzerland with a population of 130,000, similar in size to Rob's home town, Hartlepool, but with less thieves and boarded up houses! It's also much more ...
Switzerland Bern & Zurich
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 ...
Bern, Thun & Interlaken - The Swiss Alps!
... a yet another story. It first started with a simple train ride from Barcelona to Geneva, then Geneva to the capital of Switzerland, Bern. The beginning of the travels started smooth enough at 7 am with a quick spurt through the metro system of Barcelona ...
Zurich
Arriving from Luzern l spent the evening at the YHA on the outskirts of Zurich. I awoke early and toured Zurich on the Sunday. During a Sunday this famous Swiss city is a relatively sedate place, where l spent hours easily wandering around ...
Motto
Patent Ochsner, Globetrotter I bin es fass ohni bode & ne fernwehfahrer gah bis a rand vor wäut & när no ei schritt meh ohni kompass, ohni stoppuhr s git no so viu, won I no nie ha gseh d wäut isch es wunger, bi drüber & drunger es ...
Berna, Capital da Suiça e do Chocolate
Depois de visitar Roma, em vez de voltar para casa em München, preferi parar algumas horas em Berna para visitar a capital da Suiça. Mas não havia trem noturno direto de Roma para Berna. Eu tinha que fazer conexão em uma ...
Lucky on the Tracks
... my passport, tickets, travellers checks and eurail pass were found on the train tracks a few stations back. I had to cancel all my cards but luckily the bastard didn't get much. Bree and I only made it as far as Bern, Switzerland. Still heading to ...
Swiss Cheese
Got to Bern, Switzerland, Nice place but a little dull. Internet is far to expensive for me. 12 bucks for half an hour. Ill be going to Interlaken tommorow. But i dont think there will be any extreme sports for me. More ...
Germany, Austria, Italy
After leaving Amsterdam we travelled south through the most amazing mountains and villages to a place called St Goar in Germany and spent the night there in this tiny little village where we explored the world's largest Cuckoo clock and various ...
Martin and Sabine: Gracious Hosts
... twice a week and has named all 40,000 of them. Now that is commitment! His beehives are farther into the countryside of peaceful Switzerland. It was fun to drive to wear Martin kept his bees becuase I got to role down the car window, my head sticking ...
1x1 der Automechanik
Am 14. Juni sind wir ein zweites Mal nach Thun gefahren, wo wir unseren ‚Sandbug' für 1 Woche in der Garage Böhlen gelassen haben. Dort wurde unser Toyota reisetauglich auf Vordermann gebracht. Wir liessen es uns nicht nehmen, ...
Switzerland - cheese anyone?
... and Amber (are you back in TO yet?), rather than hitting Octoberfest in Munich, Tania and I decided to head to Switzerland. Numerous changes of trains, running to busses, and purchasing of expensive cable-car tickets later, we finally made it to ...
Abflug
Guten Tag! Also morgen gehts endlich los! Ich muss auf den ersten Zug, den Bern , Richtung Zuerich Kloten, verlaesst! Wird lustig, denn der Zug nach Bern faehrt um diese Zeit noch nicht... Ich fliege 2h nach Madrid (IBERIA) und dann weiter, ...
The Swiss Alps
Hello! Monica and I are just relaxing here in Murren. We had a bit of a stressful time getting here because we had to switch trains seven times... and we missed the first one. It all worked out though and we ended up arriving about the same time we ...
1 Woche vor Abflug
mitten in vorbereitungsarbeiten finde ich doch noch zeit mein erster blog von zuhause aus zu schreiben. wenn du diesen liest bin ich bestimmt schon "down under" pech für dich glück für mich. ich werde versuchen diesen blog möglichst auf neustem stand ...
Ogres & Bears
20th June - Zurich to Bern At the station we jumped on a train to Bern, capital of Switzerland. This was a bit of a detour for us as we had originally hoped to go east into Austria but found it hard to find anywhere to stay as it was a Sat night. ...
Bachelor Diplomfeier
Hola amigos, Habe eigentlich nicht gross etwas zu berichten. Ich habe letzte Woche einen kurzen Abstecher in die Schweiz gemacht um an der Promotionsfeier unserer Fakultät teilzunehmen und mein Bachelordiplom abzuholen. Die Zelebration war meines ...