Bern
Bern - Aare River & Untertorbrücke, Old Town
Bern is the de facto capital of Switzerland, referred to by the Swiss as their "federal city”.
Bern is also the capital of the canton of Bern, the second-most populous of Switzerland's cantons. The official language in Bern is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the most-spoken language is an Alemannic Swiss German dialect, Bernese German. In 1983, the historic old town, Altstadt in German, in the centre of Bern became a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
