Bern , Switzerland

View on houses of Bern, capital of Switzerland.The etymology of the name Bern is uncertain. According to the local legend, based on folk etymology, Berchtold V, Duke of ZÃÂ¤hringen, the founder of the city of Bern, vowed to name the city after the first animal he met on the hunt, and this turned out to be a bear.The city grew out towards the west of the boundaries of the peninsula formed by the River Aare.

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