The Oppenheim fountain
The Meret Oppenheim's fountain in Bern has caused a lot of controversy, yet is the pride of many of the city's inhabitants. swissinfo.ch took a closer look at this special artwork and asked what the artist would think of it today. (Michele Andina, swissinfo.ch)
The Eleven Folklore Fountains of Bern | Switzerland | Documentary (2018)
This 2018 documentary film follows my magic(k)al and insightful journey in discovering the eleven 16th century folklore fountains, supposedly built by Hans Gieng, situated in the Swiss capital of Bern.
Bern | Wikipedia audio article
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Bern or Berne (German: Bern [bɛrn] (listen), Alemannic German: Bärn [b̥æːrn], French: Berne [bɛʁn], Italian: Berna [ˈbɛrna], Romansh: Berna [ˈbɛrnɐ] (listen)) is the de facto capital of Switzerland, referred to by the Swiss as their (e.g. in German) Bundesstadt, or federal city. With a population of 142,656 (March 2018), Bern is the fifth-most populous city in Switzerland. The Bern agglomeration, which includes 36 municipalities, had a population of 406,900 in 2014. The metropolitan area had a population of 660,000 in 2000. Bern is also the capital of the canton of Bern, the second-most populous of Switzerland's cantons.
The official language in Bern is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the most-spoken language is an Alemannic Swiss German dialect, Bernese German.
In 1983, the historic old town (in German: Altstadt) in the centre of Bern became a UNESCO World Heritage Site.