Bern: Onions and Chocolate Whisper "Fall" to Festival Goers

It seems the folks in and around Bern have been busy this fall season. They're planning the Onion Market, which, I'm told, is THE traditional folk festival in Bern, which means that farmers will be plaiting onions for the end of November show. 100 tons of the plaited strings of onions are expected to be sold on the fourth Monday of November. Still, the onion market is a dying tradition, as this interesting YouTube video mentions.

The Bernese have also been quick in building a 5 meter tall tower out of Toblerone packaging. "Why would they do this?" I hear you ask. Because that's what won Bern the right to host the Toblerone Chocolate Festival on Münsterplatz on October 4th. Toblerone is 100 years old this year, you see. Not the package you're digging into right now, but I mean the concept is quite old.