Discover Bern, the captivating capital of Switzerland, nestled in a scenic bend of the Aare River. Founded in 1191 by Duke Berthold V of Zähringen as a military outpost, Bern boasts a remarkably ...

Swimming in the Aare River is a must-do experience in Bern for visitors who really want to get to know the city.

BERN, Switzerland - The mouthwash-green water is churning along at an incredible pace. Eddies and small whirlpools fly past in a surprisingly swift current, given how wide the waterway is. Neither ...

Discover 10 must-visit places in Bern, the world’s most liveable city for 2025–26, from its UNESCO Old Town and medieval ...

The sidewalk along the Aare River is congested with wet and happy Swiss, hiking upstream in swimsuits just to float back into town. I join them – marveling at how this exercise brings out the silly in ...

Green-turquoise under the cloudless sky, the water flowed at a pace I was unable to match – and I was walking with a fixed time-limit and purpose. Was I really going to risk a swim in the Aare river?

“It’s the most beautiful city we’ve ever seen” — celebrated German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote about Bern in a letter to his friend in 1779. Not a lot has changed since that letter was ...

It’s summertime in Bern, capital of Switzerland. I’ve joined hundreds of people swimming down the frigid Aare (pronounced Ar-reh) River and we’re all whooping and laughing like children. The scenario ...

Somewhere in the world there is likely a grander restaurant hall than Kornhaus in Bern, Switzerland's Old Town, but I haven't seen it yet. The cavernous dining room, which in its earliest incarnation ...

Swiss workers and families swim in city rivers during summer. Could greater access to urban swimming be on the cards for Australians?