#canton bern

[travelella]

Iseltwald, Canton Bern, Interlaken-Oberhasli District, Switzerland.

#Iseltwald #Canton Bern #Bern Canton #Interlaken-Oberhasli #Switzerland #Europe

[cruiseplan]

Picture-perfect landscapes, stunning mountain vistas, charming towns, and enchanting forests. Welcome to Switzerland. 

#lake thun #swiss alps #canton bern #fork of vevey #lake geneva

[beatricecenci]

Joseph-Désiré Court (French, 1797-1865)

Jeune Suissesse de Brienz

#Joseph-Désiré Court #French Art #Art #Brienz #Canton of Bern #Switzerland #❤️

[hopefulkidshark]

Lake Brienz, Switzerland: Lake Brienz is a lake just north of the Alps, in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It has a length of about 14 kilometres, a width of 2.8 kilometres and a maximum depth of 260 metres. Its area is 29.8 square kilometres; the surface is 564 metres above the sea-level. Wikipedia

#Lake Brienz #Switzerland #canton of Bern #Hotel Chalet Du Lac

[vlkphoto]

Sparkly

Sunlight glinting through the leaves off of the Aare under the Kirchenfeldbrücke. Bern, CB.

#Sony #WalkCam #RX100M2 #river #Aare #Bern #Canton of Bern #Switzerland #looking down #monochrome #botanical #tree

[bskud-blog]

#SwissGlorious #Switzerland #Cantons #TownsAndCities #ExploreSwitzerland #TravelSwitzerland #SwissTourism #CityGuide #Zurich #Geneva #Bern #Basel #Lausanne #Lucerne #Interlaken #Zermatt #SwissAlps #SwissLakes #SwissCulture #SwissHistory #BeautifulDestinations

[travelella]

Lake Brienz, Canton Bern, Switzerland.

#Lake Brienz #Lake #Canton Bern #Switzerland #From Above #FromAbove #Europe

[satakentia]

Lauterbrunnen Interlaken, Canton of Bern, Switzerland

by Littleland

#landscape #curators on tumblr #switzerland #falls #waterfall #europe #outdoors #mountains #cl

[nobrashfestivity]

Meret Oppenheim at work in her studio in Oberhofen, Canton Bern, 1958. Photo: KEYSTONE/Walter Studer.

#meret oppenheim #artist studio

[hopefulkidshark]

Kandersteg, Switzerland: Kandersteg is a municipality in the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is located along the valley of the River Kander, west of the Jungfrau massif. It is noted for its spectacular mountain scenery and sylvan alpine landscapes. Tourism is a very significant part of its economic life today. Wikipedia

#Kandersteg #Switzerland

[vlkphoto]

Kirchenfeldbrücke Too

Something went wrong with previous post of this photo of the Kirchenfeld bridge over the Aare, Bern, CB. Repost in full size and with crop.

#Sony #Walkcam #RX100M2 #Bern #Canton of Bern #Switzerland #cropped

[savvylittlecoxswain]

Bobby’s father, Gaston Moch, immigrated from the Canton of Bern, Switzerland at the rate of 15 to live with his uncle and work at his jewelry store.

From what admittedly little research I’ve done, it seems that people from the Canton of Bern spoke primarily Swiss German circa the 1890s.

So what if Bobby was taught some of the language growing up, but never formally as it was mostly picked up listening to his father (and maybe his uncle). It was probably a lot of little things, individual words and minor profanities and such. And perhaps Bobby’s father began to teach him when he was feeling well enough while staying in the hospital as a way to keep him busy.

In college, Bobby began taking classes on standardized German when his schedule would allow it and found it to be difficult at the start given the many differences between Swiss German and standardized German. But Bobby is nothing if not stubborn, so he worked at it and eventually picked up a fair bit. He enjoys it because he’ll speak a mix of Swiss German and German when he’s home helping out his father in the jewelry shop, and his father seems to light up whenever they engage in his native tongue.

This leads us to the 1936 Berlin Olympics. What if the UW rowing team were being shown around by a German official and a translator. The German official is speaking as they were shown around the facilities with the translator relaying everything to them. But pretty quickly Bobby realizes that the translator is relaying everything to them, that the official is making particular comments and jokes clearly intended for the translator’s ears only. Bobby is growing more and more agitated, doing his best to ignore the snide remarks.

But one hits a nerve and Bobby speaks up like “umm excuse me what did you just say?” And the translator repeats himself but Bobby is like “nonono I’m talking to that guy” and he points to the official. The translator tells him again, definitely annoyed now and so the boys convince Bobby to drop it. They continue the tour but then the translator begins to go over some important information regarding the upcoming days events, maybe when and where they’re expected show up for a pre-race meeting with officials or something equally important, and the things that he’s saying don’t exactly line up with what the official is telling them. Bobby has to speak up now like this is important. The others try to quiet him but he has to figure this out now before they get disqualified due to whatever sabotage is going on here. He’s trying to convince the coaches that something is going on like “but that’s not what he said! He said ABC but he said XYZ.” And then Bobby emphatically jumps into speaking German, but he’s lowkey stressed so it comes out a heavy mix of Swiss German and standard German gibberish so the Germans don’t know what he’s saying. However, they can tell that he knows what they’re saying and grow uncomfortable, eventually admitting that they mixed up the time of the meeting with a different event even though they could tell by that point that it had been no accident.

From then on Bobby begins paying a lot closer attention what’s being said and the coaches and the boys are regularly looking at him to make sure that what they’re being told is true because now they’re nervous.

#Bobby speaking Swiss German #I love the idea of a bilingual Bobby #headcanon #the boys in the boat #bobby moch #boys in the boat #boys n boats #bobby moch is a genius #fic ideas #someone write this please 🙏 #this was a lot longer than I planned

[germanpostwarmodern]

Volume (1984) for the Travelling Theater “Forum culturel du canton de Neuchâtel” in Bern, Switzerland, by Hans-Walter Müller

#1980s #tent #experimental architecture #architecture #switzerland #architektur #bern #hans-walter müller

[niemernuet]

Franaud - an introduction

Sooo, the genius of @ticiie willed the pairing Franjo/Arnaud into existence and while on first glance I was a bit 🤨 I am now fully converted and convinced they are skiing's next power couple. They have similarities, for example their tragic pasts, and they have differences that make them a perfect fit for each other. Because I have nothing better to do (I do but my hyperfixation doesn't let me...) I wanted to do a short introduction on both of them (it's just an excuse to post a few pictures).

First, there's Franjo

He is the blueprint of an average Swiss zoomer from the boonies, in the picture above visible by his stance. Born in 2001, he lives in a constant traffic jam in Boltigen (the town is on the only road to some of Berne's biggest ski places and is basically backed up with cars from Dezember-March). He loves speed in every form, not just on skis but also on motorbikes and in cars.

Because he is from the Canton of Berne and specialised in downhill he is hailed as the heir of Beat Feuz. With his third place in the second race in Garmisch in the past season he did nothing to mitigate these hopes. He was on the podium with Odi, and like Marco he is genial and easy-going and loves a good time with friends. But he has something not even Odi has: a drink of his own.

He almost had to give up racing though because his father died when Franjo was just 17 and in the middle of his apprenticeship as carpenter. Thanks to a crowd-funding however he managed to get enough money to keep going.

Btw I swear I read in an article that his name his an amalgamation of Franz-Josef but for the life of me I can't find it anymore.

On to Arnaud:

He is from Martigny in the French-speaking part of Switzerland and has the most charming accent when he speaks German or English. (also I listened to a radio interview and he could seriously work as the guy who speaks the dialogues on tape for students learning French; he's very easy to listen to) He joined the world cup for the first time in the past season together with Franjo. Unlike Franjo, however, he is already in his mid-twenties (only one year younger than Odi). The reason it took him a bit longer to get into the big league is that he was fate's punching bag for the past few years.

He showed passable results in the European Cup before the pandemic (this one's from the last season but there's Gilles too, so I was powerless) and was allowed to compete in the team try-outs for Wengen 2020. Back then, Lars Rösti (who lives not far away from Franjo) was the reigning youth world champion in downhill. Arnaud beat him in practice but despite his results, the coaches chose Rösti for the last starting place in Wengen. This threw big waves, especially in Valais where people (probably a teeny bit rightfully) assumed that head coach Stauffer, like Rösti and Franjo from Canton of Berne, had shown preferential treatment. Arnaud was promised a start at one of the remaining downhills that season but only one week later, he broke his knee in the European Cup and was out for the season.

(Small parenthesis: Judging by his social media he is a more talented hustler than Franjo whose charm is more...rustic. Here he is listening to one of his sponsors while having very petable hair.)

Once his knee was okay again, he broke his arm, and was out another season. He returned in 2022 and won that season's European Cup in Super-G, which meant he had a fixed place for the past season and no chance to lose it anymore. He was not nominated for Beaver Creek and the first downhill in Val Gardena. Because he won points in his very first Super-G in the World Cup though, he was finally allowed to start in dh too, and the rest is history. He won his first podium only a few weeks after Franjo when he came third in the Super-G in Saalbach.

Btw, a little added shit-dollop to that shitty decision in Wengen: Back in 2020 his father was still alive. He died in 2022 though, and thus never saw his son race in the wc. In the interview I read Arnaud doesn't explicitly talk about that but he mentions that he was very hurt by the decision, and also mentioned his Dad in the post before his first start in the wc.

Why they are perfect for each other:

On first glance, it would be understandable if these two would be nothing more than co-workers. All that is missing from Franjo's entire existence being a pure cliché of a proud Swiss hick is a cow in his profile pic, while Arnaud is more...cerebral. He studied economics and works part-time in a bank over summer, and one of his best friends is Tanguy (that is Dartmouth alumnus and expert-straddler Tanguy Nef to you). Their characters, however complement each other and make them a perfect fit. They are both popular and well-liked by the people around them, and they are both funny as hell. Franjo's humor is more of the straight-forward kind, he's a happy-go-lucky man like Odi while Arnaud can be a downright sarcastic little shit (evidence).

In conclusion, I think there should be 173 fics about these two in all stages of relationship. Thank you for your attention.

#me at me: please get a life #alpine skiing #franjo von allmen #arnaud boisset #ramblings

[the-paintrist]

Jacques Augustin Catherine Pajou - Portrait of Frédéric-César de La Harpe - 1803

oil on canvas, height: 60.5 cm (23.8 in); width: 50.3 cm (19.8 in)

Lausanne Museum of History, Lausanne, Switzerland

Frédéric-César de La Harpe (6 April 1754 – 30 March 1838) was a Swiss political leader, writer and journalist, best known for his pivotal role in the independence of the canton of Vaud from Bern and in the formation of the Helvetic Republic, in which he served as a member of its Directory. He was a personal teacher of Alexander I of Russia and educated him in the ideas of the Lumières.

#Jacques-Augustin-Catherine Pajou #france #neoclassicism #portrait