This video shows the Swiss Parliament building from a striking lower angle in the heart of Bern. The view highlights its ...

Members of a Chinese culture summer camp try Chinese shadow puppetry in Bern, Switzerland, July 14, 2026. A summer camp ...

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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 ...

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 ...

On the occasion of this year's fall exhibition, the Kunstmuseum Bern is providing an insight into its collection of Swiss art. From August 15, works from the late 18th to the early 20th century can be ...

A Swiss Woman Gives Up Her Desk Job To Make Wine In The South Of France. A few years ago, Iris Frauchiger left her office job ...

Swiss police intervened Sunday in a pro-Palestinian demonstration held in the capital, Bern. Thousands of people gathered in the city center to take part in the rally in support of Palestine. Tensions ...