Somewhere in the world there is likely a grander restaurant hall than Kornhaus in Bern, Switzerland's Old Town, but I haven't seen it yet. The cavernous dining room, which in its earliest incarnation ...

When it comes to Switzerland, visitors typically follow the same playbook: ski the majestic snow-capped alps in Zermatt, Gstaad, and St. Moritz. Get up close to Lakes Geneva and Lucerne. Feast on ...

The sidewalk along the Aare River is congested with wet and happy Swiss, hiking upstream in swimsuits just to float back into town. I join them – marveling at how this exercise brings out the silly in ...

It’s summertime in Bern, capital of Switzerland. I’ve joined hundreds of people swimming down the frigid Aare (pronounced Ar-reh) River and we’re all whooping and laughing like children. The scenario ...