Bernese Lowlands
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About Bernese Lowlands
The central, flatter part of the canton of Berne is marketed as the Swiss Mittelland by the Swiss tourism office. This region includes the northern part of the canton of Berne, the German speaking part of Fribourg as well as the southern half of the canton of Solothurn.
Bernese Lowlands travel guide
Understand
Public holidays The public holidays are different in each canton. These are the public holidays in addition to those observed in the whole of Switzerland:
St. Berchtold (2 January, observed in Berne and Fribourg) St Joseph's Day (19 March, observed in parts of Solothurn) Labour Day (1 May, observed as a half day in Solothurn) Corpus Christi (60 days after Easter, observed in Fribourg and most parts of Solothurn) Assumption (15 August, observed in Fribourg and most parts of Solothurn) All Saints Day (1 November, observed in Fribourg and most parts of Solothurn) Immaculate Conception (8 December, observed in Fribourg) In the canton of Solothurn many towns have their own local holiday on the day of their saint patron.
Getting there
There is an airport in this region, near the city of Bern. However, as this airport doesn't offer that many connections, for most travellers it will make more sense to take the plane to Zurich.
See
Visit the picturesque Emmental which is not only home to the cheese but also boasts a hilly landscape with traditional farm houses: 1 Emmentaler Show Dairy (Emmentaler Schaukäserei), Schaukäsereistrasse 6, 3416 Affoltern im Emmental. Daily 09:00-18:30 (17:00 in winter). Learn how the famous Emmentaler cheese is made. Fr. 10 for audioguide tour. (updated Nov 2016)
Overview adapted from Wikipedia, travel guide fromWikivoyage (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.