Bern | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-23

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bern


00:01:19 1 Etymology
00:02:26 2 History
00:02:35 2.1 Early history
00:04:01 2.2 Old Swiss Confederacy
00:05:45 2.3 Modern history
00:07:37 3 Geography and climate
00:07:47 3.1 Topography
00:11:01 3.2 Climate
00:13:28 4 Politics
00:13:37 4.1 Subdivisions
00:13:57 4.2 Government
00:16:24 4.3 Parliament
00:19:09 4.4 National elections
00:19:18 4.4.1 National Council
00:20:08 4.5 International relations
00:20:18 4.5.1 Twin and sister cities
00:20:40 5 Demographics
00:20:50 5.1 Population
00:25:56 5.2 Historic population
00:26:10 5.3 Religion
00:27:56 6 Main sights
00:30:29 6.1 Heritage sites of national significance
00:31:51 7 Culture
00:32:00 7.1 Theatres
00:32:23 7.2 Cinemas
00:32:48 7.3 Film festivals
00:33:13 7.4 Festivals
00:33:36 7.5 Fairs
00:33:56 8 Sports
00:36:08 9 Economy
00:39:05 10 Education
00:42:42 11 Transport
00:45:10 12 Notable people
00:59:42 13 See also
00:59:55 14 Notes and references



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Bern or Berne (German: Bern [bɛrn] (listen); Alemannic German: Bärn [b̥æːrn]; French: Berne [bɛʁn] (listen); Italian: Berna [ˈbɛrna]; Romansh: Berna [ˈbɛrnɐ] (listen)) is the de facto capital of Switzerland, referred to by the Swiss as their "federal city", in German Bundesstadt, French ville fédérale, and Italian città federale. With a population of about 140,000 (as of 2019), Bern is the fifth-most populous city in Switzerland. The Bern agglomeration, which includes 36 municipalities, had a population of 406,900 in 2014. The metropolitan area had a population of 660,000 in 2000. 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 (in German: Altstadt) in the centre of Bern became a UNESCO World Heritage Site.