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  2. Bern Town Hall - Wikipedia

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    The ground floor of the town hall is a single, large room, measuring about 22 m × 22 m (72 ft × 72 ft) and 5.5 m (18 ft) high. Originally built as a market hall and a court room the hall was a center of Bernese city life. The 1940–42 renovation returned it to the original medieval appearance.

  3. Zibelemärit - Wikipedia

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    Zibelemärit in Bern. The Zibelemärit (Bernese German dialect; English: Onion market) is an annual market with aspects of a fair in the old town of Bern, Switzerland. It takes place the fourth Monday in November.

  4. Swiss cuisine - Wikipedia

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    Swiss cuisine (German: Schweizer Küche, French: cuisine suisse, Italian: cucina svizzera, Romansh: cuschina svizra) is an ensemble of national, regional and local dishes, consisting of the ingredients, recipes and cooking techniques developed in Switzerland or assimilated from other cultures, particularly neighboring countries.

  5. Bern - Wikipedia

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    Bern (Swiss Standard German: ⓘ), or Berne (French: ⓘ), [note 1] is the de facto [note 2] capital of Switzerland, referred to as the "federal city". [ note 3 ] [ 3 ] With a population of about 133,000 (as of 2022 [update] ), Bern is the fifth-most populous city in Switzerland , behind Zürich , Geneva , Basel and Lausanne . [ 4 ]

  6. Federal Palace of Switzerland - Wikipedia

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    The Federal Council convened in the Erlacherhof; the National Council operated at an 1821-built music hall known as the "casino" and if necessary the Bern town hall; while the Council of States met in the Äusseren Stand town hall . The federal court and administration moved into various buildings in the Old City.

  7. Kramgasse - Wikipedia

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    The Kramgasse ("Grocers Alley") is one of the principal streets in the Old City of Bern, the medieval city centre of Bern, Switzerland. It was the center of urban life in Bern until the 19th century. [1] Today, it is a popular shopping street.

  8. Junkerngasse - Wikipedia

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    As the city's greatest urban palace, the Erlacherhof served as General Guillaume Brune's headquarters in 1798, as the seat of the French Embassy to Switzerland until 1832, and as the first seat of the Swiss Federal Council and the federal administration from 1848 to 1857. It has since been used as the seat of the government of the city of Bern. [9]

  9. Berner Platte - Wikipedia

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    The Berner Platte (English: Bernese plate) is a traditional meat dish of Bernese cuisine in Switzerland. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It consists of various meat and sausage varieties such as smoked pork and beef , pork belly , sausage, bacon and pork ears or tails cooked with juniper -flavored sauerkraut , and other foods such as potatoes and green and/or ...