The central, flatter part of the canton of Berne is marketed as the Swiss Mittelland by the Swiss tourism office.
Cities
- Berne — the capital of Switzerland, whose old town is a World Heritage Site
- Biel — the bilingual (German and French) watch-making capital
- Solothurn — at the southern edge of the Jura mountains, a small town and capital of the canton of the same name
Understand
Talk
Get in
Get around
See
- Visit the picturesque Emmental which is not only home to the cheese but also boasts a hilly landscape with traditional farm houses:
- 1 Emmentaler Show Dairy (Emmentaler Schaukäserei), Schaukäsereistrasse 6, 3416 Affoltern im Emmental. Daily 09:00-18:30 (17:00 in winter). Learn how the famous Emmentaler cheese is made. Fr. 10 for audioguide tour.