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GETTING TO KNOW

SWITZERLAND

DISCOVER Getting to Know Switzerland drama, and rich in world-class art, culinary adventures and fascinating
Cradled by Europe’s highest peaks, Switzerland is the capital of alpine

folklore. Outside the cities, Switzerland is a land of mesmerising natural
beauty with twisting valleys, dizzying mountains and shim mering lakes.

BERN Best for
A magnificent Old Town
PAGE 62 The gateway to the Alps, Switzerland’s oft-overlooked Home to
capital has a wealth of attractions – from its medieval Old
Zytglogge, Kunstmuseum
Town (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) to urban swim-
ming in the clean waters of the Aare River. The city is also Experience
the seat of Switzerland’s government and the Houses The boutiques, cafés and
restaurants hidden under the
of Parliament are often open to the public. Always at lauben, covered walkways that
the heart of the country’s intellectual culture, Bern is a line the Old Town streets
laid-back place for serious thinkers. The former haunt
of Albert Einstein has plenty of café-lined squares and
pretty gardens to chew over the day’s politics, ponder
Modern Masters and debate matters of time and space.

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