Last Sunday I made a flash visit to Bern with A. As I’ve mentioned before, it’s one of my favorite cities in Switzerland, and it’s so easy to get to from Basel that even a short stop is worth it.

By the time I walked into the old town it was already dark and it had been raining. The cobblestones were still wet and reflected the lights from the shop windows and street lamps, as you can see in the picture above. In the center is the Käfigturm, with its clock and pointed spire, and on the right you can spot the green dome of the Federal Palace.

A short visit, but Bern never disappoints, even on a rainy evening.

I passed through Bern again a couple of days ago. As I’ve mentioned here before, it’s one of my favorite cities in Switzerland, and it’s super easy to get to from Basel.

I was actually going to Vaud that day, but since the weather was so lovely and the day was perfect, I decided to stop for a while.

I continued my usual walk from the city center to the bear pit, but I paused at the Aare bridge. The landscape was so beautiful that I had to stop and take pictures of the river.

The view was incredible: the turquoise water flowing beneath the bridge, set against the bright green of the trees, grass, and forested slopes on the left riverbank, as you can see above.

A couple of days ago we did our usual day trip from Basel to Bern, but this time we took a really nice walk along the Aare River. We passed by Freibad Marzili and ended up at the Bern Tierpark, enjoying beautiful weather all along the way. We wrapped up the trip with a well-deserved drink before crossing the Kirchenfeldbrücke again. It was the perfect way to unplug from the daily routine!

The history of the famous German physicist Albert Einstein is closely intertwined with that of the renowned Swiss city of Bern. It was here, in 1905, while working at the patent office, that Einstein published four groundbreaking scientific papers that changed the course of modern physics: the photoelectric effect, Brownian motion, the special theory of relativity, and the iconic equation E = mc².

Many years ago, when I visited Bern for the first time, I had the opportunity to visit the Einstein House, a museum located in the apartment where Einstein lived during his time in the city. However, last weekend, I discovered something new: the bench near the Bear Pit that I had passed many times also features a statue of the famous physicist. Quite fascinating!