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Registration is great; SPR-2011 re- we don't need if you have not further a hotel yet served to do advertisment Bern, Switzerland we advise ! ... so immediately it's just so Society for Psychotherapy Research to stop writinghard about 41st International Meeting, June 29-July 2, 2011 all Bern has to offer ! 3rd Newsletter, May 2011 Welcome! This newsletter serves the purpose of giving those who have decided to come to Bern some information that is possibly useful in making plans beforehand. Of course, it also serves the purpose of keeping those jealous who can't come. First of all a reminder in case somebody has not booked the flight yet: Swiss is our official carrier. Use the link under "travel information" on our home page! Much information related to travelling, registration, etc.: See FAQ's on the home page Getting to Bern: Depending on what travel plans you have it may be worth buying a pass for the Swiss railways system. Information in English: http://www.swisstravelsystem.ch/en/. If you go for this option, make sure you use it already for the first trip from the airport to Bern. So it's worth dealing with the issue before you start your trip! Lunches/accompanying persons Accompanying persons have the possibility of registering for the welcome reception only instead of the full package with all meals. Given space limitations for lunches we encourage this. Banquet There is still room for more people at the Saturday night banquet. You can still register for the banquet on the conference homepage. Please register now, we need the required number of seats/meals. The banquet will take place in the Kultur Casino, a magnificient building right in the heart of the city that offers a beautiful view of Bern. Live music and dancing are course part of the deal! There will also be quiet space if you prefer to talk without "noise"! (fees: 90 US$ for non students, 80 US$ for students) Menues in English: See home page! If you want to use the chance to know more about the Swiss: Swiss Watching is utterly absorbing and brilliantly written. In his unique and engaging style Diccon Bewes zeroes in on the Switzerland we don't really know, the one that's hidden behind all those majestic peaks, quaint chalets, well-fed cows and the chocolate, cheese and precision watches. The book is a comprehensive and very fair account of all things Swiss - especially the people- and the author's sharp and perceptive observations cut through to the very core of the national men- tality. Want a book about Switzerland full of gushy prose ex- tolling the country's numerous virtues?...dozens of such books exist, have been around for a hundred years and may be found in the travel section of bookshops the world over. Prefer a no-holds-barred, balanced treatise that will accurately reveal the Swiss to you in a way you never thought possible? If you want to have ...this is THE book. For author Diccon Bewes, researching and your copy signed: then writing Swiss Watching has clearly been a labour of love; Bewes directs the he is to be heartily congratulated for producing such an out- English Book Shop standing and seminal work in which he truly has nailed the in the Stauffacher Swiss like no-one has before. As it's right up there with the book shop in Bern. most enjoyable and informative books I've ever read. (An Amazone Review) If you want to test the autor's writing or simply find Switzerland too expensive any- way, go to Bewes' blog "Ten free things to do in Switzerland" (http://swisswatching.wordpress.com/2011/04/20/ten-free-things-to-do-in-switzerland/) For those who don't have the time to go into any depth: "Swiss" is the adjective for Switzerland. It is neither the adjective for Sweden, nor does it (originally mean clean nor healthy (although it's flattering for us if used this way) On the left you see the Red Cross Flag. It makes sense to use it to indicate where you find any kind of medical aid. On the right you see the Swiss flag. It does not make any sense to use it for medical aid. In the true flag, the white part consists of five equilateral squares, not rectangles. ! You can burn the Swiss flag without being punished, but you have to do so with- out polluting the environment. Getting around IN Bern: It's costly to have/park a car in the city. In the city center it's easy to walk. There are, in addition, excellent bus, tram, and city train connections. For transportation in Bern and in the area close to Bern you can buy a week pass for zones 10/11, which costs 36.00 francs. If you have a hotel in the city and intend to walk to the conference site, and stay only for the conference days, it does not pay, else it may, and it also gives you the comfort of not having to seek money and buy a ticket each time you use a bus. These "Bern Mobil" (= urban transportation system) passes can't be bought on line, you get them at the "Libero Shop" (Bubenbergplatz 5, (vis-à- vis Loeb), 3011 Bern. Info online (unfortunately only in German): http://www.bernmobil.ch/Seiten/aktuell/?oid=1213&lang=de A bike you can rent for free for the first 4 hours - if you don't mind that McDonalds is the main sponsor: http://www.bernrollt.ch/ ("Bern rolls") You need to deposit an ID and 20.- Francs. Every following hour costs 1.- Franc. Be aware of the hills in Bern. You can also rent an electric bike. conference site ! Museums: (hints from Martina Belz) please verify the opening hours before you go there Before the conference:(21.05-28.06.2009) Spring Gardens, Tue-Sun 10.00-18.00, 1.5 car hours, 100 m from Bern; 2 hrs. by public transportation): The gardens of chateau Vullierens, in in the very special surrounding of a country estate with view into the vineyards, lake Geneva and the Alps, is unique in Switzerland. New garden design, art gallery & exhibition of sculptures, famous iris collection, tea room, boutique. Adresse http://www.jardinsdesiris.ch/ Jardins du Château de Vullierens, Jardin d'Iris, 1115 Vullierens Telefon: +41 (0)79 274 79 64, [email protected], www.jardindesiris.ch Swiss National Museum, Zurich (right beside the main railway station) The permanent exhibi- tion HISTORY OF SWITZERLAND reveals Swiss history from the earliest times to the present day, looking at four thematic areas. The first section shows the history of migration and Other permanent exhibitions are on such diverse and settlement, the second Swiss topics as Swiss furnishing, battles, coins, arms examines religious and and clothing, armory, and costumes. intellectual history, in the Special exhibitions on the WWF and Bernese song- third Swiss political writer Mani Matter. history is looked at and http://www.musee-suisse.ch/e/index.php, the fourth section focus- Tel. +41 (0)44 218 65 11 ses on the economic de- velopment of the country. Museums: (continued) Fondation Beyeler in Riehen/Basel This is one of the greatest art museums in Switzerland, based on the collection of famous galerist Beyeler, in the unique building by star architect Renzo Piano. Summer exhibition with Constantin Brancusi (1876–1957) and Richard Serra (*1939). Brancusi’s and Serra’s works meet in an open-ended dialogue, while both can also be understood as comprising a concentrated retrospective of the two oeuvres. An exemplary selection of about 40 Brancusi sculptures is juxtaposed with a superb ensemble of 10 sculptures and a range of works on paper by Serra. These reflect the development of his idea of sculpture over the past forty years, in a form never before seen in Switzerland. This holds for Brancusi, too, to whom a retrospective had yet to be devoted in our country. Divided into thematic groupings of works, the exhibition avoids strict chronolo- gy. It is more like an open-ended game that plays out in the museum spaces, with moments when the sculptures meet directly, but also sequences of rooms devoted to one or the other artist, but whose visual experience is mutually conditioned. open: Baselstrasse 101 CH-4125 Riehen +41 061 645 97 00 [email protected] www.fondationbeyeler.ch daily 10 - 18, Wed. 10 - 20 Uhr The Lucerne artist Rudolf Blättler (*1941) is one of the most important sculptors of the present. Parallel to his sculptures, he worked on a comprehensive gra- phical oeuvre, which is on exhibit here. In the center are his ink drawings with the topic "body", which deve- loped in the last five years. Luzern, beautifully situated at the lake, is about 1 train hour from Bern. Open Wed-Sat 14.00 – 17.00 Uhr, Sunday 11.00 -17.00 Uhr Museum im Bellpark, Luzernerstrasse 21, 6011 Kriens, +41 041 310 33 81 E-Mail: [email protected], URL: www.bellpark.ch Museums: (continued) Again in Basel: Museum Jean Tinguely. Swiss sculpturist. Special Exhibition "Car fetish. I drive, therefore I am" Museum Tinguely | Paul Sacher-Anlage 2 | P.O. Box 3255 CH-4002 Basel + 41 61 681 93 20 Opening hours: Tuesday-Sunday 11-18 h | Monday closed. Back to Zurich: Kunsthaus Zürich: Roman Ondák (and permanent exhibitions) Heimplatz 1 +41 (0)44 253 84 84 Measuring the [email protected] Universe www.kunsthaus.ch MOM, N.Y, Sat/Sun/Tues 10 a.m. -6 p.m.