ENGLISH VERSION
You see the
Website
of the
Baeregrabe-Schraenzer
Baern
ENGLISH INTRODUCTION
This
page
is specially written to all Internet-Surfers in the world. How ever you
found
this website we welcome you. In the following text we would like to
tell
you about where you are and who we are. Please understand, that
the
rest of the Website will be written in German because our informations
are
thought for locals. Any further questions can be placed with an E-mailand will be
answered
promptly.
WHERE
YOU ARE
You
find
yourself in Switzerland and more precisely in the capital, Berne. The
city
is a little bit more than 800 years old, lies 550m above sealevel an is
settled
in a U-turn of the river Aare. The surrounding is green and and hilly.
Including
the suburb we count approximatly 300'000 people. Zurich is 130 km to
the
east, Lausanne is 120 km to the west and 60km to the south, we see the
white
caps of the Swiss Alps like Eiger, Moench and Jungfrau. We speak our
Bernese
Dialect wich is familiar to the german language. The name Berne is
related
to the Bear. When the city was founded in 1191 it was a bear who was
last
shooted in the forest when they prepared the area. You can still see
some
bears in our "Baeregrabe" or "Bear-Pits".
CARNEVAL
OF BERNE
Once
we
had it, then not and since 1983 we have it again: The "Baerner
Fasnacht" or
the "Carneval of Berne". It takes place end of February or beginning of
March.
Three days long Berne is a great place for entertainment and fun. Even
if
its cold and frosty weather thousands of people visit the city. The
streets
are filled with the rhythm of the musicgroups and you can discover all
the
different costumes and masks. There are many places in Restaurants and
Ballrooms
where you can join the presentations of all different kinds.
WHO
WE ARE
Baeregrabe-Schraenzer
Baern is one of these musicgroups who takes part on the "Bernese
Carneval".
We are a so called "Guggenmusik" and this means to day a group of
musicians
who play the pieces by heart, who play it very loud and it seems to be
a
little bit unorganized. We exist since 1984 and our name, you can guess
it,
would be in English:
"The
Bear-Pit-Growlers"
FINALLY
If
you
ever stay in Berne in February or March have a look around for the
"Bernese
Carneval". It lasts only 3 days but it worth to see it.
Goodbye,
and have a good time.
Updated 20.12.1998