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- Bern
- Capital
- Swiss Franc (CHF)
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- 7,283,274
- Population
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Bern
Travel Blogs from Bern, Switzerland
Bern
... being a jerk but she confused us enough to wonder. After arriving at the train station, we just spent the day walking around town. Bern is surrounded on three sides by a river which represents the old town and it is nice because when you hit a river, ...
bernese oberland+harley davidsons go well together
It has been 2 nights and 3 days since I have been in Bern, and I am having a great time. I am staying with family, which is always nice, and I have been keeping myself busy. Yesterday, I went into the city and did some window shopping (it was extremely ...
More Contiki Photos
This entry is just to show you all a few more photos from our Contiki Tour. They are a little random. However, most are taken in Switzerland. ...
Bern, Switzerland
... being a jerk but she confused us enough to wonder. After arriving at the train station, we just spent the day walking around town. Bern is surrounded on three sides by a river which represents the old town and it is nice because when you hit a river, you ...
A taste of the good life in Spiez
... course, what else should you do in the landlocked Swiss capital, in front of the Parliament building and the austere Bank of Switzerland, than watch a beach volleyball tournament?! That was good fun, see photos attached. And then it was on to Spiez for ...
En el pais de Heidi
Estoy algo retrasado, asi que voy a tratar de ser breve para aventajar un poco. Estuvimos tres dias en Berna, es una ciudad muy bonita, pero creo que es una ciudad un poco gris, le falta algo, no se qeu la verdad, la gente es tan tranquila, demasiado ...
Traveling through Switzerland
... a supermarket with a buffet bar upstairs and each got Bratwurst, fries and veggie plates. Just that cost us 38 F....oh boy Switzerland is expensive! We decided we better head to Interlaken to our hotel before rush hour. We picked up a Swiss ...
Lucern Switzerland
Taking the train from Lausanne early on a Saturday morning l arrived to the small city of Lucerne in central Switzerland after a spectacular train ride through the snowy fields and Alps of Switzerland. It was a cold and foggy day so l didn't see Lucerne ...
6 Stitches
... then headed towards the train station to catch the 08.00am fast train to Milan where I would catch a connecting train directly to Bern. Unfortunately the universe had other plans for me and as I was crossing one of the busier roads near ...
Farewell Grillen
... Freunden verabschieden zu können (oder zumindest von denen die Lust dazu hatten), beschlossen wir ein Farewell Grillen im Eichholz in Bern zu organisieren. Mit dem Wetter hatten wir unverschämtes Glück und einen sehr sonnigen und warmen Tag erwischt! ...
Seraina's 30. Geburi Surprise-Weekend
Am 28. Mai feierte Seraina ihren 30. Geburtstag. Jules schenkte ihr Zeit; 3 Tage Action und alles Überraschung! Etwas besseres gibt es wohl nicht :). Zudem waren wir mit unserem Toyota unterwegs - sowieso immer spannend und abenteuerlich. ...
world arounded
liebe freunde, friends, amigos mein abenteuer hat ein glückliches ende gefunden: gesund, mit vielen eindrücken, mit über 1000 bildern, mit über 38000 zurückgelegten kilometern, mit höhendifferenzen von -36 m ( dead sea) und 4350 m ü m quito, ...
Alea jacta est
So! Die letzten Zweifel sind ausgeräumt, die grobe Reiseroute rund um die Kugel auf der Karte festgehalten und selbige feierlich an der Westwand von Simmel's Klause festgenagelt. Der Sommer weht vom Marzili rüber, und Bro weist darauf hin, dass wir ...
Bugs and Bravery
... through it together and had a blast overall. Check out the pictures. We only have the canyoning pics right now, but we'll upload more Switzerland pics later. Tomorrow we will do some more hiking in the Alps, and then we are on to Bern. More soon. Miss you ...
Bern
... left Lausanne and the French part of Switzlerland that morning we headed up to the German-speaking and little-known capital of Bern. The Swiss are lucky in that respect - their country has three official languages - French, German and Italian and also ...
Visas!!
08.07 Sent my passport to the Russian Embassy 14.07 My passport was sent back without visa and explanations 18.07 I went to Bern, I accidentaly slept on my host's neibourgh's couch :P applied again for the Russian Visa 05.08 Got my Russian visa!! :D ...
The Waiting Game
From Eric... What's new? As you know, you spend your life waiting for one thing or another.When you are 10 years old, you can't wait until you get to 16. When you reach 16, you can't wait to get to 20.Then you get a job, you can't wait to get your first ...
Top of Europe, Bern and off to Paris
... to do it: we caught the 2nd train up and virtually had the place to ourselves and a lot of great pics trained to bern and spent 2 hours there and then caught our TGV to Paris: im a little beat so ending this now and will expand ...
Papilliorama
... I visit Papilliorama so that took care of my day trip today. Papilliorama is a pavilion in the outskirts of Bern. It took some time to get to by train because there was no direct route from Basel, but it was worth the trip. The ...
My New Swiss Family Gasser
... to hook up with my Swiss Family. We spent the first day just hanging around and killing a day. We quickly found out that Bern, yes was beuatiful, lots to do, not really. We toured the church and basically just walked the streets. It was getting late ...
Switzerland
Switzerland was just wonderful. In all we had approximately 4 days in Switzerland but I would have liked to spend more time there. Highlights: * Basel - The architecture and history. Crossing the Rhine by Ferry was ...
Journey to Schynige Platte - Switzerland
... which were popping their sleepy heads out from the snow covered earth. It was another adventure filled with fun and excitement. Switzerland welcomed us with an abundance of fresh snow and sunshine and as we took our final train ride up to Murren, the ...
Lake Geneva to Interlaken
... Camp fire next to the river at the campsite Lauterbrunnenn, in the mountains south of Interlaken, Switzerland 14 July, Thursday Start point: Bern - Swiss Capital End point: Lauterbrunnenn, in the mountains south of Interlaken Via: Thun ...
On a mission
The plan... Friday: Travelling with the early morning flight to London Heathrow. Check out the huge indian community there, especially in Southall (you've seen it in Bend it like Beckham). Eating strange spicy stuff. Haggling for a saree. See the ...
Museum Hopping in Bern: Natural History and Alpine
... a locker - oh well. On the main floor were a bunch of dioramas of the topography of different areas of Switzerland. So you could see the glaciers and mountains, although it kind of made me sad because I had really wanted to be on the ...
Bifangstrasse 22 and some little adventures...
... The Rhinefalls are big water falls on the Rhine river (go figure) and they are right by a town called Schaffhausen (in Northern Switzerland). We took a train there, walked through the little town which was very quaint, then all the way along the river to ...
Bern, baby Bern
... , some kind of soft cheese, and pickles, a surprise! It was good though. I also got that pastry and 2 gala apples. Apparently in Switzerland you're supposed to weight your produce before going to the check out line, which I didn't know, so I had to ...
Lucern, Switzerland
... the town but being unsure about the weather, we decided against that and instead, we just walked around the town for 4 or 5 hours. Switzerland is very expensive when it comes to food. Other than food it really isnt that bad. So to combat the expensive ...