Discover Bern, the captivating capital of Switzerland, nestled in a scenic bend of the Aare River. Founded in 1191 by Duke Berthold V of Zähringen as a military outpost, Bern boasts a remarkably ...

The sidewalk along the Aare River is congested with wet and happy Swiss, hiking upstream in swimsuits just to float back into town. I join them – marveling at how this exercise brings out the silly in ...

Somewhere in the world there is likely a grander restaurant hall than Kornhaus in Bern, Switzerland's Old Town, but I haven't seen it yet. The cavernous dining room, which in its earliest incarnation ...

The Old Town of Bern, the capital of Switzerland, was first settled on the peninsular land surrounded by the Aare river in the 12th century, and since then has been a city of many firsts. From one of ...

The binoculars caught my attention as soon as I entered my suite at the Hotel Bellevue Palace in Bern, Switzerland. From my window, I could see the River Aare. Through the binoculars, I could gaze at ...

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