Bern City
Bern (or Berne) is the capital of Switzerland and is the 5th most populous city in Switzerland with a population of about 144,000.
About Bern
Τhe historic old town in the center of Bern became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983.
The city of Bern, founded in 1191 and first mentioned in a document in 1208, grew to become the biggest aristocratic city-state north of the Alps and a major power in the Old Swiss Confederacy.