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Bern The city’s Zytglogge (Clock Tower) is an important landmark
mind-blowing. Check out Schloss Hünegg. After Thun, and fantastical folk
the views from Harder you’ll get to the country’s capital figures frolicking on
Kulm (www.harderkulm. quickly via the A6. 16th-century fountains,
ch), or do a daredevil such as the Kindlifresser-
activity with Outdoor brunnen (Kornhausplatz).
Interlaken (%033 826 77 4 Bern Be sure to visit Bern’s
19; www.outdoor-interlaken.ch; Wandering through the Münster (www.berner
Hauptstrasse 15; h8am-7pm), picture-postcard Old muenster.ch; Münsterplatz
organised in advance. Town, with its laid-back, 1; tower adult/child Sfr5/2;
Leave the car in Inter- riverside air, it’s hard h10am-5pm Mon-Sat,
laken after spending the to believe that Bern 11.30am-5pm Sun May–mid-
night here and head to (Berne in French) is the Oct, noon-4pm Mon-Fri, 10am-
the Top of Europe (Jung- Swiss capital, but it is, 5pm Sat, 11.30am-4pm Sun
fraujoch) very early the and a Unesco World rest of year), the beautiful
next morning. Heritage site to boot. The Zytglogge (Marktgasse),
flag-festooned, cobbled the famous Bären Park
4 p549 centre, rebuilt in distinc- (Bear Park; www.baerenpark-
The Drive » From Interlaken tive grey-green sandstone bern.ch; h9.30am-5pm), the
to Bern is a one-hour (54km) after a devastating 1405 architecturally daring
drive via Lake Thun’s fire, is a delight, with Zentrum Paul Klee (%031
Seestrasse, past turreted 6km of covered arcades, 359 01 01; www.zpk.org;
Schloss Oberhoffen and art- cellar shops and bars, Monument im Fruchtland 3;
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