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Is the capital of a European Union member
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Was divided by a wall 1961-1989
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Was founded earlier (official year of foundation)
Bern: 1191. Berlin: 1237.
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Has a bear in its coat of arms
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Parts of the city are a Unesco World Heritage Site
Bern's historic old town, Berlin's Museum Island and the "Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin"
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Is closer to the sea
Berlin-Swinemünde: approx. 165 km, Bern-Genoa: approx. 300 km
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Its new airport cost more than 7 billion Euro
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Its parliament building is topped by a dome
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Its biggest soccer club beat Juventus Turin in the 2018/19 Champions League
Young Boys Bern won 2-1 on home ground but failed to qualify for the knock-out phase
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Its rivers discharge into the North Sea
Berlin: Spree and Havel via Elbe. Bern: Aare via Rhine.
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Polar bear Knut of the city's zoo became a media star in 2007
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"Lorraine" is one of its neighbourhoods
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Has a higher percentage of foreign residents
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Several towns and villages in the United States are named after it