Culinary tips

This bar and brewery with superb views of the Bernese Old Town is located next to the multimedia Bern Show and Bear Park (opening autumn 2009). Sit in the restaurant and watch how we brew our delicious beer in copper vessels using hops and malt.

The Bracher family takes great pride in producing beetroot salad, berry wines, and liqueurs: all specialities that carry the “Ämmitaler Ruschtig” regional quality label.

This butchery uses traditional recipes as a basis for creating exquisite Emmental meat delicacies smoked in genuine kitchen smoke for periods ranging from two to six weeks.

At this Alpine dairy the milk from buffalo and cows is made into wonderful speciality products. Visitors may watch production in progress and view the buffalo herds. (Reservations essential 034 493 42 93)

Local farmers deliver their milk, produced using natural and silo-free methods, to the Glauser family at this cheese factory. Here it is made into Emmentaler AOC, a wide range of cheese specialities such as Appenberger, Kiesentaler and Hanfmutschli, or into such things as Yoghurt, butter and Ziger cheese.