About Bern - presentation, information, photos and recommendations
General Information
Romantic, medieval lanes, 6 kilometers arcades and the longest covered shopping promenade in the world invite to stroll, shop, dine and enjoy. The painter Paul Klee worked in Bern, and the museum of arts owns his worldwide greatest collection. Paul Klee Centre Bern: opening 2005, the centre of this cultural institution build the person, the life and the life-work of Paul Klee.
The city was fonded 1191 between 'Seeland' and 'Emmental' by Duke of Zähringen on a peninsula. Numerous sights you must see in Bern. The 'Berner Münster' is one of the most important building sight and in front of the clock-tower - short called 'Zytglogge', four minutes to each hour a figure play starts. The 'Baerengraben' is the mark of the city of Bern - bears were kept since the fonding of the city. Visit the 'Mutze' and feed it with a 'Ruebli' (carott).
How to get there
By car:
From region Lausanne (West Switzerland) motorway A9/A12 Vevey - Fribourg - Bern. (alternative: motorway A1 Lausanne - Yverdon-les-Bains: mainroad to Payerne: motorway A1 to Bern: exit Bern-Forsthaus
From region Biel (Jura): motorway A6 Lyss - Bern: exit Bern-Wankdorf
From region Basel (North Switzerland): motorway A2/A1 or Zurich (East Switzerland): motorway A1 to Bern: exit: Bern-Wankdorf
From region Berner Oberland, Wallis or Centre Switzerland): Autoverlad Lötschberg - Spiez: motorway A6 or Interlaken: motorway A8/A6 to Bern: exit Bern-Ostring
By train:
main station Bern:
Daily connection to various European cities and each half an hour or hourly connections to Switzerlands big cities and tourism centres.
By plane:
International airports Zurich, Basel und Geneva .
Regional airport Bern (9 km).
Summer resort
Aktivities in Bern in summer: fishinig, beach-volleyball, paragliding, fitnesstraining, minigolfing, horse riding, swimming, squash, tennis, billiard, ballooning, curling, cycling, bowling, rafting, rowing, tabletennis, motorsailing, hiking - something for each type!
Winter resort
As Bern is located by the river, there is a great variety of winter activities like snow hiking, skating and many more to feel warm in winter time!
Bern | General Information
Romantic, medieval lanes, 6 kilometers arcades and the longest covered shopping promenade in the world invite to stroll, shop, dine and enjoy. The painter Paul Klee worked in Bern, and the museum of arts owns his worldwide greatest collection
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