02 January

Berchtold’s Day

Celebrated as Berchtoldstag this day is a public holiday in the following parts of Switzerland: Aargau, Bern, Fribourg, Glarus, Jura, Lucerne, Neuchâtel, Obwalden, Schaffhausen, Solothurn, Thurgau, Vaud, Zug and Zurich. It commemorates Duke Berchtold V, who founded Bern, the capital of Switzerland, in the twelfth century… Click here to register to read more.

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