Somewhere in the world there is likely a grander restaurant hall than Kornhaus in Bern, Switzerland's Old Town, but I haven't seen it yet. The cavernous dining room, which in its earliest incarnation ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about luxury travel, food and wine. If you plan on visiting multiple cities in Switzerland and don't fancy driving the ...

When it comes to Switzerland, visitors typically follow the same playbook: ski the majestic snow-capped alps in Zermatt, Gstaad, and St. Moritz. Get up close to Lakes Geneva and Lucerne. Feast on ...

Located along a bend of the Aare River, Bern is the capital city of Switzerland. Founded in 1191, the city developed into an important medieval center. After a major fire in 1405, much of Bern was ...

On hot summer afternoons in the Swiss capital of Bern, an unusual scene unfolds along the turquoise waters of the Aare River.

“It’s the most beautiful city we’ve ever seen” — celebrated German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote about Bern in a letter to his friend in 1779. Not a lot has changed since that letter was ...

Bern is the fifth-most populous city in Switzerland and is referred to as the federal city. But is Bern, the capital of Switzerland, a fact or fiction? Read on to find out. Fact or Fiction: ...