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Hello,
My sister-in-law and brother-in-law have moved to Bern, Switzerland for 2 years just this week. I would like to organise to send them a grocery hamper of various items that they may need and I would like to know if a local supermarket or department store would do this. Alternatively maybe a local company who provides such a service of gift hampers etc.
Any feedback or comments are welcome and appreciated.
Raffaella
There is a department store called Globus that does it for sure. However that is an upscale grocery store. www.globus.ch
The normal grocery stores are called Migros and Coop (www.migros.ch and www.coop.ch) but I do not think that you can organize something like you want over the internet.
Thank you so much, for your helpful information.
I am very grateful.
Cheers
Raffaella
The vast majority of people in Bern are tourist-friendly and only too willing to help. Be polite, and speak slowly and clearly in your language if necessary (normally everyone understands at least some English and French) and you will be taken good care of. Many Bernese people do appreciate - and indeed rely on - the tourist industry. Have fun!
First of all: for most information you can try this page:
http://www.berne.ch/en/frameset.html
One of the most beautiful place of Berne is the Rose Garden with a nice view to the roofs of the old town...
to reach it, take bus Nr. 15 direction Ostermundigen and leave it at 'Rosengarten', which will be about a 10 minutes ride.
If you are really in a hurry, but have half an hour left before your train leaves, take the elevators in the train station up to the top: sometimes it's possible to see the mountains even from the terrace upstairs the station... near the main building of the university it is said, that Bernese people don't like to hurry... and this creates an atmosphere of warmth and makes you feel comfortable...
Below few words in Swiss German that you can use while visiting Switzerland.
Hello - Grüezi
Hello (to more than one person) - Grüezi mitenand
Good evening - Gueten Abig
Hi (more informal than "grüezi") - Hoi/Salü/Sali
Hi (to more than one person) - Hoi zäme
Good bye - (Uf) Widerluege/Ciao/Tschüss
Thanks a lot - Merci vilmal
See you later - Bis spöter
Monday - Määntig
Tuesday - Ziischtig
Wednesday - Mittwuch
Thursday - Dunschtig
Friday - Friitig
Saturday - Samschtig
Sunday - Sunntig
One - Eis
Two - Zwei
Three - Drüü
Four - Vier
Five - Feuf
Six - Sächs
Seven - Sibe
Eight - Acht
Nine - Nüün
Ten - Zää
Eleven - Elf
Twelve - Zwölf
Thirteen - Driizä
Fourteen - Vierzä
Fifteen - Füfzä
Sixteen - Sächzä
Seventeen - Sibezä
Eighteen - Achzä
Nineteen - Nünzä
Twenty - Zwänzk
Twenty-four - Vierezwänzk
Loeb is a local store, where you can shop all kind of things, wear, books, gifts. Window-shopping is really original there, it seems like there would be always new ideas. So just have a look, it might be funny...
It's near the main station of the railways SBB
Meeting point Nr. 1 in the city is the Loeb Corner.
There are many museums in Bern. The historical, the museum of art, Museum of communications, etc...
Of course there are many old buildings like the Münster or the goverment center. Even the building where Albert Einstein used to live is in Bern.
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