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Bundeshaus Bern up in lights!

November 16, 2011, No comments

For the past couple of weeks there’s been a crowd of people standing in the heart of Bern watching an imaginative display...

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Ten essential facts about Bern

September 14, 2011, 10 Comments

The New York Times recently had a great little article about 36 hours in Bern, with 12 things to see and do in...

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What is Bern’s secret pleasure?

June 9, 2011, 7 Comments

Sometimes the only way to find out about the best places to go in a city is to live there – or...

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Is this the street where you live?

June 2, 2011, 6 Comments

   A rather different post today. A man in Texas sent me this photo and asked if I could identify the street...

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Lunchtime art in Switzerland

May 24, 2011, 4 Comments

Lunch boxes as art. These days anything is possible but this photo is real, and it says so much about Swiss life....

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Ten free things to do in Switzerland

April 20, 2011, 13 Comments

Free lunches are as hard to find in Switzerland as anywhere else. You might even think that there is nothing that’s free...

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Is Bern the haircut capital of the world?

March 23, 2011, 7 Comments

  When the weather plays along, and I’m not running late, I walk to work. It’s uphill most of the way...

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Basel, Bern & Lucerne carnivals in pictures

March 18, 2011, 11 Comments

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Richard Gere wins – but only just

March 6, 2011, No comments

Three weeks ago he had a clear lead. Today that was cut to just a few thousand but it was still enough...

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Beauty vs the beast in Bern

March 2, 2011, 3 Comments

This Sunday there’s a by-election in Canton Bern that wouldn’t normally get too much coverage, even in a country that lives, eats...

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