"BERN CAPITAL OF SWITZERLAND" Bern by Hosell

Bern Travel Guide: 818 reviews and 1,721 photos

Bern's Old Town

The canton of Bern,is the second most populous and second largest canton of the country (1.990-pop.937.365).The city of Bern,is also the capital of the canton and it is the capital of Switzerland aswell.It has a population of 136.000 pop.The population of canton and city of Bern,is predominantly Protestant and also are german-speaking.

The city is largely medieval in its architecture,it has a beautiful 15th century Town Hall,a noted Munster (Cathedral) of same century,and numerous other historic and beautiful buildings on its Historic Old Town,that is designed by UNESCO as a World Heritage site..

Something happened to me during my short visit to Bern,that I will never forget my short time in the city.We arrived to the city of Bern about 10 o'clock in the morning and then we started a nice walked tour in the old town.I was happy seeing such a nice city and I was very busy making photos everywhere!.I didn't realize about that ,but in midle of a street was placed a huge wooden plank,because some people where making some works on that street and that plank was placed there to cover a huge hole.

Guess what happened to me then? well I was so busy making my pictures that I didn't see that wooked plank and I fell down very noisly!! unfortunatelly I was carrying my nice and new camera around my neck and with lens opened.What a disaster!!!! When I was standing up I realized that my camera was completly broken.So I lost all my pictures from the memory card and you can imagine how I was feeling!! (lucky that no one of my old bones were broken also!!!) :-)

Lucky I found a nice photo shop very close to the area of the city I was on that moment and one hour after,I had a new and cheaper photo camera!.I missed a part of the city walked tour and then I just got a few pictures taken in this beautiful ciy.After my little "accident" I am sure that I will always remember my visit to Bern!!!.

Picture partial view of the Old Town.

Pros and Cons

Pros:Beautiful city and architecture
Cons:Nothing!
In a nutshell:Welcome to Bern!.

Last visit to Bern: Oct 2004
Intro Updated Mar 5, 2005
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NICE VIEWS!! Things to Do (12)

This photo was taken by the riverside aswell.There is some awesome views to the old town,river,bridges and all nice... more travel advice

The last photo! Things to Do (12)

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THE RIVERSIDE Things to Do (12)

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Comments (8)

traveldave Jun 22, 2006 at 7:43 AM Report Abuse

Bern looks like a nice small city. Too bad you lost your new camera and all those pictures. Lucky that you didn't break any of those "old" bones.
hojasdehierba Dec 18, 2005 at 6:10 PM Report Abuse

Good page! Sorry about your lost camera.
globetrott Dec 13, 2005 at 2:48 PM Report Abuse

what a pity you lost your camera, Manuel ! You have a nice page about Bern anyway !!
matcrazy1 Jul 29, 2005 at 2:51 PM Report Abuse

Sorry to hear about lost photoes. But these ones are very nice, good descriptions as well. I liked Bern most of a few Swiss cities I visited.
sim1 Mar 5, 2005 at 9:15 AM Report Abuse

Lovely page about Bern Manuel! :-) Wow, glad to hear you didn't hurt yourself badly during your fall! Sorry to hear about the camera and the photos though :-( But by the looks of it you did buy a great camera back, as your photos are beautiful! :-)
deecat Mar 3, 2005 at 3:09 PM Report Abuse

Your Bern pages are quite lovely, Manuel. Such beautiful scenery, both natural and manmade. You did a great overview. I enjoyed reading about a place I've never seen. Your work entices me to go.
Arenas Mar 3, 2005 at 1:41 PM Report Abuse

Un poco corta la pagina,pero te ha quedado bastante completa!
Marie-Claude Feb 24, 2005 at 10:00 AM Report Abuse

Nice pictures :D