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garbage bags by Nemorino, 1 more photos
The reason for this, as I was told at great length by an elderly Swiss lady in 1961, is that garbage collectors are people, too, and just because it's their job to collect the garbage doesn't mean they have to suffer the indignity of actually coming into contact with the stuff. It was in this connection that I first learned the German word zumuten, which means to make unreasonable or outrageous demands on someone.
So I was glad to see that in 2008 the Swiss are still keeping up standards in this regard. When I took this photo I was actually trying to get a picture of the young lady on her Velo, but it turned out that there were a dozen or more typical Swiss garbage bags behind her, ready for pickup.
Update: Thanks to Swiss VT member yumyum (Sonja) for pointing out that there is a tax on each garbage bag you use and colours vary across the country.
Second photo: Garbage bags by my hotel. Leave a Comment
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 by ExoticGal
In this picture there are several Swiss guys, not sure if there was any from Bern. Hehehhe... I couldn't see the difference anyway, 'cuz Swiss German always sounds very fast to me. Leave a Comment
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Bern is in the German-speaking portion of Switzerland. I don't speak German, but I didn't have any trouble communicating. You'll find people who speak English...or you can just use sign language. I ordered a pastry from a non-English speaking woman by pointing at what I wanted and smiling...it worked! Leave a Comment
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 by berne1
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. Leave a Comment
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Opening hours
Mondays closed
Tuesdays - Sundays 10.00 am - 5.00 pm
Wednesdays 10.00 am - 8.00 pm
24 and 25 December closed
Admission charges
Adults: CHF 8.–
reduced: CHF 4.–
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 by Tolik
A Swiss-born painter and graphic artist whose personal, often gently humorous works are replete with allusions to dreams, music, and poetry, Paul Klee,(1879 - 1940), is difficult to classify.
Primitive art, surrealism, cubism, and children's art all seem blended into his small-scale, delicate paintings, watercolors, and drawings. Klee grew up in a musical family and was himself a violinist. After much hesitation he chose to study art, not music, and he attended the Munich Academy in 1900. There his teacher was the popular symbolist and society painter Franz von STUCK. Klee later toured Italy (1901-02), responding enthusiastically to Early Christian and Byzantine art.
Klee's early works are mostly etchings and pen-and-ink drawings. These combine satirical, grotesque, and surreal elements and reveal the influence of Francisco de Goya and James Ensor, both of whom Klee admired. Two of his best-known etchings, dating from 1903, are Virgin in a Tree and Two Men Meet, Each Believing the Other to Be of Higher Rank. Such peculiar, evocative titles are characteristic of Klee and give his works an added dimension of meaning. Leave a Comment
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 by nessie-ch
Most of the famous paintings of Paul Klee are now in the new Paul Klee Centre.
Nevertheless it is worth to go and see the fine art paintings in this museum.
There are some Swiss artists like Albert Anker or Ferdinand Hodler, but as well, Picasso, Matisse, Kandinsky... and of course there are special exhibitions of great art Leave a Comment
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 by nessie-ch
http://www.kornhaus.org
Not to forget the old cellar... where is a restaurant and a bar Leave a Comment
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