EURO 2008 INFO

Berne has achieved the title of 'Best Host City' ahead of all the other headquarters of UEFA EURO 2008 ™ after winning the 'championship of the Big City' launched by the Swiss television.

The title
At the end of the event, the first three candidates for the first five rounds strove to win the event with the highest score in the categories of 'Hospitality', 'Shopping', 'moving', 'Volunteers' and' Friends and help '. At the end, Bern was triumphant after respond properly to 79.09 percent of the questions, alzándose with the title of 'Best Host City'. In addition, Berne helped Switzerland to finish ahead of Austria in the national classification with a 69.12 per cent compared to 67.1 of its neighbour.

Great performance
While fun was the main objective of the event, the mayor of Berne, Alexander Tschäppät, was excited by the victory of his city: "It was a great performance. Our dedicated participation by our selection demonstrates that Berne can not wait until the EURO. " In addition, spontaneously, invited the champion to celebrate their victory and, as a bonus, were invited to a game of the UEFA EURO 2008 ™.