14 Facts About New Bern

1. New Bern is well connected to other cities by several motorways.

2. New 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.

3. New Bern is home to 114 Swiss heritage sites of national significance.

4. New Bern was made the Federal City within the new Swiss federal state in 1848.

5. New Bern was occupied by French troops in 1798 during the French Revolutionary Wars, when it was stripped of parts of its territories.

6. New Bern is the second oldest town in North Carolina.

7. New Bern is bear in the German language, and the flags of both towns have the drawing of a bear.

8. New Bern is the birthplace of the international drink, Pepsi Cola.

9. New Bern is a city in Craven County, North Carolina with a population of 29,524.

10. New Bern experiences a humid subtropical climate typical of the Atlantic coastal plain.

11. New Bern is located in the center of Craven County at.

12. At one time New Bern was called "the Athens of the South", renowned for its Masonic Temple and Athens Theater.

13. New Bern is the second-oldest European settled colonial town in North Carolina, after Bath.

14. New Bern was settled in 1710 by Bernese and Palatine immigrants under the auspices of Christoph von Graffenried, 1st Baron of Bernberg.