As a landmark of what was once the largest city-state north of the Alps, it still towers over Bern’s old town. Its foundation stone was laid in 1421. Illness, lack of money, military campaigns and ...

Bern’s Old Town, Zytglogge, Kindlifresserbrunnen, Bern Minster, Einstein’s bench. Christine gets curious about bears, Bern, and the city’s founder, Berthold V. In Old Town, she tours the Zytlogge ...

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“It’s the most beautiful city we’ve ever seen” — celebrated German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote about Bern in a letter to his friend in 1779. Not a lot has changed since that letter was ...

This aerial virtual tour reveals Bern, the capital of Switzerland, from a unique perspective above the city. From the sky, Bern’s historic old town appears almost untouched by time, with its iconic ...