Bern is the capital of the canton of Bern, the second-most populous of Switzerland's cantons.
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Bern is the capital of the canton of Bern, the second-most populous of Switzerland's cantons.
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Bern was made a free imperial city in 1218 and, in 1353, it joined the Swiss Confederacy, becoming one of its eight early cantons.
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Since then, Bern became a large city-state and a prominent actor of Swiss history by pursuing a policy of sovereign territorial expansion.
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In 1218, after Berthold died without an heir, Bern was made a free imperial city by the Goldene Handfeste of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II.
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In 1353, Bern joined the Swiss Confederacy, becoming one of the eight cantons of the formative period of 1353 to 1481.
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Bern invaded and conquered Aargau in 1415 and Vaud in 1536, as well as other smaller territories, thereby becoming the largest city-state north of the Alps; by the 18th century, it comprised most of what is today the canton of Bern and the canton of Vaud.
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Bern was occupied by French troops in 1798 during the French Revolutionary Wars, when it was stripped of parts of its territories.
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Bern was made the Federal City within the new Swiss federal state in 1848.
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The countryside around Bern was formed by glaciers during the most recent ice age.
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The site of the old observatory in Bern is the point of origin of the CH1903 coordinate system at.
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Closest weather station near Bern is located in the municipality of Zollikofen, about 5 kilometres north of the city centre.
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Any resident of Bern allowed to vote can be elected as a member of the Municipal Council.
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Any resident of Bern allowed to vote can be elected as a member of the City Council.
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Municipal Council of the city of Bern decided against having twinned cities except for a temporary cooperation with the Austrian city Salzburg.
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Bern is home to 114 Swiss heritage sites of national significance.
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Musikpreis des Kantons Bern is an annual musical event where "Outstanding musicians which styles shape the Bern music scene" are honored.
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SC Bern is the major ice hockey team of Bern which plays in the PostFinance Arena.
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Bern Cardinals is the baseball and softball team of Bern, which plays at the Allmend.
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Bern Grizzlies is the American football club in Bern and plays in the top level Nationalliga A at Athletics Arena Wankdorf.
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Bern was a candidate to host the 2010 Winter Olympics, but withdrew its bid in September 2002 after a referendum was passed that showed that the bid was not supported by locals.
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Bern is served by a dense network of trains, trams, trolleybuses, and conventional motorbuses.
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Bern is well connected to other cities by several motorways .
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Bern Airport located outside the city near the town of Belp, as of March 2021 mostly serves general aviation and charter flights.
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