Country Info
- Bern
- Capital
- Swiss Franc (CHF)
- Currency
- 7,283,274
- Population
- CH
- Country Code
Bern Slideshow
Bern
Travel Blogs from Bern, Switzerland
Sunburnt in Bern
... - no nonsense down to earth and very organised- in short, the perfect travel companion who was to be my travel buddy for Bern and Lauterbrunnen. Bern was so beautiful. On the outskirts it is just like any other big city but the centre of the capital - the ...
Bern Like A Bear
... I thought it said Helvetica, and found it only fitting that the most used typeface in the world is derived from Switzerland itself. The gallery is currently showing a collection called animism, which somehow ties in many animal traits into the human ...
thanx
liebe brige, lieber carlo herzlichen dank für eure idee, mich mit einem herrlichen apero zu verabschieden. ich habe mich gefreut, all unsere ...
Bern baby BERN
... adults into the cars and head of to Bern. No one is Swiss, no one has any idea how to actually dive to Bern, but we figured that since Switzerland has been so well marked thus far, we should find our way no problems. We did ... kind of. Bern is one ...
Bern
... , we derived most entertainment chancing 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 ...
Trip to the "Rikli" Hotel in Switzerland
... in Switzerland, as well as stopped at an antique store where Monica bought an antique cow bell. When we arrived in Kanderstag, Switzerland in late afternoon and had no trouble finding the hotel. The name of the hotel is the Royal Park Hotel and it ...
Wayhey we are in Switzerland!!!
... toll roads and going via the scenic route..... big whoops.......... now this may work in other countries but when traveling to Switzerland through mountain passes, all I can say is my gawd was it the scenic route! Not even sure if they were ...
One-A-Days
... for a very interesting art collection. After getting stuffed full of UN knowledge, we left to catch a train to Bern. Bern is the capitol of Switzerland and is a relatively small capitol. It is comprised mostly of an old medieval like town surrounded by ...
DO feed the bears!
... a very short train trip. We had a little wander around before calling it an early night. Today was excellent. We did the Bern Audio Tour, which basically comprises of wandering around the Bern town for 5 hours with a video iPod to provide picture ...
Switzerland
Hello everyone, we do still exist! We have been hanging out in Sunny Switzerland for the last week and a half. A brief update: - The morning we left the Faroe Islands, it was a beautiful sunny day. When we arrived at Copenhagen, it was raining (seems ...
Off to Jakarta
Endlich gehts los! :-) Mit 12.5 Kg Gepäck im Rucksack gehts nun Richtung Zürich. Um 16.00 geht der Flug Richtung Doha (6h Flugzeit), um 2:20 Morgens folgt der Weiterflug Richtung Jakarta (9h Flug). Ich versuche euch die nächsten 2 Monate hier mit ...
Goodbye home and welcome adventures
So jetzt hani wohl gnueg lang gstürmt....äs geit ändlich los! Pass hani u mini andere 7 Sache hoffentlich o! I äs paar Stung geits los....u z erste Hindernis wartet ja scho z Züri am Flughafe....mau luege wiä guets z Check-in mitem Velo geit. Isch ...
Geocaching in Bern
... is a fascinating city. Albert Einstein lived here, Tobelerone chocolate is made here and here Swiss cheese originated. It is the capital of Switzerland and it was built in 1191. We felt like we were in scenes from medieval times while walking through the ...
Gimmelwald, Switzerland
... . Tomorrow we are headed for Lugano, Switzerland which is supposed to be a nice resort town on a lake almost on the Italy/Switzerland border. Its also supposed to be fairly warm there so I am really looking forward to that. Especially after today when we ...
Switzerland!!
... , and just took in the sights. That night, we took a quick train to Luzern (and found a good Indian restaurant in Switzerland). The city was amazingly beautiful, with all these old covered bridges with frescoes painted on them to cross the river. The ...
Heimfahrt
Die dunklen, tiefhängenden Wolken über dem Meer verheissen nichts Gutes. Der kräftige Bora, ein typischer Küstenwind an der Adria, lässt die Wellenkämme weiss schäumen. Die Stimmung ist düster, so als wolle es nie richtig Tag werden. Ich ...
Gimmelwald, Switzerland
A gorgeous village perched on the side of the Swiss Alps almost a mile above sea level. It took about an hour to get here from Interlaken and we had to take a train, bus and a gondola to get there. Check the pics for a sense of the amaying scenery. ...
Bern!
... remember to introduce yourself. I dont think we did much else really? Such clean and welcoming place. And SO easy to be there - Anywhere in Italy, the easiest things became a nightmare... Looking forward to going back to Switzerland one day!! - ...
Bern
... ) we had some internet time before checking out and heading to the train station. We had booked an overnight train from Bern, Switzerland's capital city, to Barcelona since out train schedule did not show a Zurich to Barcelona line. Bern is about an ...
The Swiss Alps!
... ! Perfectly clear, and not a cloud in the sky with a cool breeze, which was awesome while we were hiking. I love love love Switzerland and I dont want to leave. The bartender at our hotel is from Florida, and she has vacationed here 4 times. She said ...
Bern: Football, Rösti, and a bear
Arriving in the capital of Switzerland we were excited about our next Swiss adventure. We had booked another hostel but found out it was across town. Shannon and I wanted to be more centrally located so we looked for alternate accommodations. I don't want ...
The Swiss Capital
Once again, no time to write much. I will update, i promise. And pictures as soon as i can, but im spending money like crazy on this stuff, and i cant really afford ...
Bern
... hour chatting with some swiss snowboarders in a snowboard shop that gave me some info on good places to go boarding and when. Switzerland already seemed different from europe, and I had only seen paris. it was so much cleaner, cars actually stop for you ...
Anniversary in a Palace
... with moving figurines. The River Aare bisects the city and ran in front of our hotel. We enjoyed our visit to Switzerland, the only blight being the unjustifiably high food prices. The land of Heidi, cowbells, cuckoo clocks, chocolates and cheese ...
Paradise
... update for a while, but now I am in Paris, my laptop is working again, and I have posted updates for Venice, Florence, Rome, and Bern (Switzerland). If you click here, it will take you to the Venice entry. Then, I have posted the link to the ...
The Alps
Hello everyone, Well we have reached our final destination in Switzerland ... Gimmelwald up in the alps it is beautiful up here and Colin got excited seeing the snow (we arent actually in the snow we can just see the snow capped mountain ...
Heather n Heinz -KC
Heather is a good friend of mine from Westmont. She got swept off her feet by a swiss mountain man and he wisked her away to a beautiful home at foot of the Swiss alps. Tough. :) Had a great time, wish i took more pics of her beautiful view!! I'll be ...
