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Travelt — Christmas holidays i Switzerland, skoleferie i 7 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Munsterplatz bell-ringing (31. des – 1. jan)

Travelt — Berner Fasnacht, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Berner Fasnacht

  19.–21. febKarnevalMye folk

  Three days from the Thursday after Ash Wednesday: the bear is let out of its cellar at eight in the evening, then guggenmusik cliques and a Saturday parade through the arcades. Kilde ↗

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i mars.

Fortsatt på gang: Berner Fasnacht (19.–21. feb)

Travelt — Easter holidays i Switzerland, skoleferie i 6 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Graniummarit (Geranium Market)

  20.–30. apr · vanligvisStor festival

  The oldest and only market of its kind in Switzerland, a single spring day when Bundesplatz fills with geranium and balcony-plant stalls timed to the traditional post-frost planting weekend. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Spring holidays i Switzerland, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Sesong

  Aare swimming season

  20. mai – 15. sep · vanligvisSommersesongen åpner

  The city swims in the river, not a pool: in at Eichholz, out at the Marzili, and the current does the work. The Aare stays glacier-cold well into June and the exit steps are the whole skill.

Travelt — skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de beste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i juni.

Fortsatt på gang: Aare swimming season (20. mai – 15. sep (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Gurtenfestival, Summer holidays i Switzerland

• Festival

  Gurtenfestival

  15.–18. julMusikkfestivalMye folkBestill tidlig

  Four days on the hill above the city, reached by the funicular, which means the crowd is with you on the way up and again at midnight on the way down. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Swiss National Day

  1. augNasjonaldagStengningerMye folk

  1 August is a public holiday nationwide. Towns and villages hold speeches, lantern walks and bonfires, fireworks go up after dark unless a dry summer brings a ban, and most shops close. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Aare swimming season (20. mai – 15. sep (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Swiss National Day, Buskers Bern

• Festival

  Buskers Bern

  6.–8. augKunstfestivalMye folk

  Street performers take over the old town lanes for three evenings on a hat-money basis. The arcades funnel the crowds, so the centre is slow going after seven. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Aare swimming season (20. mai – 15. sep (vanligvis)), Swiss National Day (1. aug)

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Aare swimming season (20. mai – 15. sep (vanligvis))

Travelt — Autumn holidays i Switzerland, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Rendez-vous Bundesplatz

  17. okt – 21. novLys og ild

  A free projection show on the parliament building, three times a night for about five weeks. It is the reason the square is busy on a cold Tuesday in November. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Zibelemarit onion market, Christmas markets

• Festival

  Zibelemarit onion market

  23. novStor festivalMye folk

  On the fourth Monday of November the old town becomes a market of onion braids from four in the morning, with confetti, onion tart and mulled wine. It is over by six in the evening. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Christmas markets

  28. nov – 24. desJul og nyttårMye folk

  Two markets, on the Waisenhausplatz and under the Munster, both small enough to walk in twenty minutes. The arcades keep the rain off, which is more useful here than the size. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Rendez-vous Bundesplatz (17. okt – 21. nov)

Toppsesong — Christmas markets, Christmas holidays i Switzerland

• Festival

  Munsterplatz bell-ringing

  31. des – 1. janJul og nyttår

  Locals gather outside the cathedral with their own glasses as the tower keeper strikes the 700-year-old bell twelve times, then rings the rare full chime for fifteen minutes to welcome the new year. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Christmas markets (28. nov – 24. des)