Tucked behind Bern’s grander streets are narrow passages like this—arched corridors that slip quietly between centuries-old buildings and open unexpectedly into another piece of the city. Bicycles lean against stone walls, sunlight waits at the far end, and for a moment the Swiss capital feels less like a capital and more like a neighborhood that has simply been lived in for hundreds of years.

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