Sunday, December 27, 2009

Bern Onion Festival


The “Zibelemärit” (onion market) is hosted yearly on the fourth Monday in November in the Swiss capital of Bern. During the one-day festival, Bernese citizens and visitors will be able to buy plaited strings of onions, onion sculptures, winter produce, nuts, and crafts from more than 700 stalls.















10 comments:

  1. look at those!!

    i love them!!!

    happy new year!

    enjoy!

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  2. look at those!!

    i love them!!!

    happy new year!

    enjoy!

    it shows up as anonymous by mistake before!!

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  3. Incredible! They all look great! Those lady bugs are so cute:) Hope you are having a fantastic holiday my friend!

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  4. Oh, I would feel so guilty eating them!

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  5. Awww, how cute those all are. Do they get eaten or are they ornamental? What do you do with them once they are purchased?

    So much to see and do! I'd have to take a long vacation just to enjoy all the sights.

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  6. Those onions are all so cute! I had no idea you could do so much with an onion!

    I hope you had a very Merry Christmas and that you have a Happy New Year!

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  7. Wow, those are neat looking! We don't eat onions in my house but that would be awesome to have fun with.

    Thanks for visiting my blog. Do you mind if I follow yours?

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  8. I've never heard of this festival. I love it! It's amazing, creative, and so charming to see what they do with the humble onion!

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  9. Very adorable + Nice pictures!

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