It is part of being from Bern," says Reto Ramstein, 37, a Bern native, who last went in the river a few days ago. In fact, one is hard-pressed to find someone who hasn't been in the river recently.

The latter, a sprawling expanse with cafés and a swimming channel that attracts as many as 10,000 people in summer, is considered the most beautiful river bath in Switzerland. Bern also has its ...

Bern is one of Switzerland’s oldest and prettiest cities, where you can bathe in the River Aare, sample absinthe and hunt for Emmental cheese on an electric bike.

Feeling the Bern: How to spend a wellness weekend in this peaceful town in Switzerland Caroline Scott Published July 17, 2022 1:20pm Updated July 19, 2022 11:23am ...

Bern’s 15th-century cathedral, Catholic-turned-Protestant, is capped by a 330-foot-tall tower, the highest in Switzerland. During the Reformation, religious icons were destroyed by Protestants.

The son of a high-ranking Indonesian politician has gone missing after a swim in a river in Switzerland. Police in the city of Bern were informed about three people experiencing difficulties in ...

The parliament building in Bern, Switzerland, is near a public swimming complex called Marzili on the banks of the Aare River. Federal workers often flock to the complex after work. (John Kelly ...

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.

Located just across the river, the four-star Hotel Allegro Bern charms with sweeping views of the Old Town and distant Bernese Alps from the rooms on the higher floors. Doubles from CHF150 (£113 ...