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The "Wäck" landlord wants to change (Swiss Press Text 2015, by Chantal Desbiolles) - Swiss Press Award

Berner Zeitung

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2015

Chantal Desbiolles

The Wäckerschwend is well-known even in Valais. Bernhard "Bänz" Fiechter welcomed guests from all over to his parents' house, which had been converted into a concert venue. Here, on the border between Emmental and Oberaargau, the Bernese dialect scene flourished in the 1990s – and the Wäck with it. Polo, Sina, and the rest are no longer filling venues, and even the busy Fiechter is getting on in years.

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