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Thousands Go Onion-Crazy In Swiss Capital


(MENAFN- Swissinfo) Bern's traditional annual onion market, known as the Zibelemärit in Swiss German, got off to a busy start in the early hours of Monday morning despite bad weather conditions. Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend the festival in the Swiss capital. This content was published on November 24, 2025 - 08:43 2 minutes Keystone-SDA
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The streets of Bern's Old Town began to come alive shortly after 4am on Monday, the Keystone-SDA news agency reported. In temperatures just above freezing, the first visitors strolled across the Bundesplatz main square and enjoyed the plaited strings of onions.

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This content was published on Nov 23, 2006 The 'Zibelemärit' or onion market attracts crowds of people to the Swiss capital every year. swissinfo visited a farming family preparing their stand at the market. (Michele Andina, swissinfo)

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