Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Bern, Switzerland

The Reformed Church of Peace is located at Friedensstrasse 9 in the Mattenhof district of the city of Bern. The church has 800 seats, the nave is up to 20 m high and the church tower is 46 m high.

Wikipedia: Friedenskirche (Bern) (DE), Website

The Florapark is a small park in Bern's Monbijou district between Monbijoustrasse in the west, Schwarztorstrasse in the south and Sulgeneckstrasse in the east.

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The synagogue of Bern was built in 1905 in the so-called Moorish style and solemnly inaugurated on 10 September 1906 by Rabbi Martin Littmann (1864–1945) in the presence of delegations from the larger sister communities, the authorities, the city clergy, the citizens' council and the University of Bern. It was built according to plans by Eduard Rybi, who, together with Ernst Salchli, had also designed St. Ursula's Church.

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The Holy Trinity Church of Bern is a Roman Catholic basilica located at Taubenstrasse 6 in Bern, Germany. The Holy Trinity Church was built between 1896 and 1899 on the initiative of the theologian and art historian Jakob Stammler, who worked in Bern from 1876 to 1906 as a Catholic parish priest and then as bishop in the diocese of Basel. It was named a minor basilica on 6 April 1956 by order of Pope Pius XII because of its importance as an "outstanding place of worship and piety...", its architectural style and its furnishings.

Wikipedia: Dreifaltigkeitskirche (Bern) (DE)

The redoubts, consisting of the Great and Small Redoubts, are part of Bern's last city fortifications in the west of the old town from the 17th century. When they were no longer used for defence, they were transformed into parks in various stages.

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The Bubenberg Monument is a bronze statue of the Bernese mayor and general Adrian I von Bubenberg in the Swiss capital of Bern.

Wikipedia: Bubenberg-Denkmal (DE)

The Church of the Holy Ghost is a Swiss Reformed Church in Bern, Switzerland. The Swiss heritage site of national significance building is located at Spitalgasse 44 in the Old City of Bern. It is one of largest Swiss Reformed churches in Switzerland.

Wikipedia: Church of the Holy Ghost, Bern (EN)

The Federal Palace is a building in Bern housing the Swiss Federal Assembly (legislature) and the Federal Council (executive). It is the seat of the government of Switzerland and parliament of the country. The building is a listed symmetrical complex just over 300 metres (980 ft) long. It is considered one of the most important historic buildings in the country and listed in the Swiss Inventory of Cultural Assets of National Importance. It consists of three interconnected buildings in the southwest of Bern's old city. The two chambers of the Federal Assembly, the National Council and Council of States, meet in the parliament building on Bundesplatz.

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The Bärenplatz fountain is located in the middle of the Bärenplatz in the city of Bern. It is one of the non-figurative Bernese fountains of the 18th and 19th centuries. When the fountain was moved to the square in 1901, a group of bears was added. This was replaced in 1935 by a figure of a rice runner with a bear.

Wikipedia: Bärenplatzbrunnen (DE)

The Käfigturm is a Baroque tower in Bern, Switzerland. It is part of the UNESCO Cultural World Heritage Site of the Old City of Bern and the tower is a Cultural Property of National Significance. The original tower was built as a gate house during the second expansion of Bern in 1256. The tower was demolished in 1640 and completely rebuilt immediately thereafter.

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The Anna-Seiler-Brunnen is a fountain on Marktgasse in the Old City of Bern, Switzerland. It is a Swiss Cultural Property of National Significance and is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Old City of Bern.

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The Rathaus zum Äusserer Stand is a historic building at Zeughausgasse 17 in the old town of Bern.

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Since 1893, the organized workers of the city of Bern have gathered in the Volkshaus Bern on Zeughausgasse. The stock corporation of the same name was founded in 1905 with the purpose of operating the Volkshaus. In 1914, the new reinforced concrete building, built according to plans by the architect Otto Ingold, was opened. Since its renaming to Hotel Bern in 1981 and its complete renovation until March 1983, the house with its well-preserved façade in the neoclassical style has been run as a business and seminar hotel.

Wikipedia: Volkshaus Bern (DE)

The French church is a reformed church building on Zeughausgasse 8 / Predigergasse in Bern.

Wikipedia: Französische Kirche (Bern) (DE)

The Kornhaus in Bern is a former grain memory and today's cultural center in the upper and restaurant in the underlying at Kornhausplatz 18 in the old town of Bern.

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The Kornhausbrücke is a road bridge in Bern, Switzerland. It spans the river valley of the Aare and connects the old town in District I with the northern districts of Altenberg, Spitalacker and Breitenrain in District V.

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The Zytglogge Theater is a basement theater in Bern. The theatre existed from 1949 under the name Theater der Untern Stadt at Kramgasse 70 in Bern ; In 1962 it was given the name Theater am Zytglogge. Together with the Junkere 37, it was a popular meeting place for Bernese non-conformists. The theatre closed in 1992, but two years later the Chäller-Kumedi association opened a new performance venue at Kornhausplatz 10 under the name Zytglogge Theater. In it, in-house productions were performed; it also functioned as a guest performance. During its 60-year history, the Zytglogge Theatre has mainly hosted spoken theatre and cabaret events.

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The Schützenbrunnen is located in Marktgasse in the old town of the city of Bern and belongs to the main group of fountains in Bern, which was created between 1542 and 1546. The fountain was moved several times and rotated in 1939.

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The Zytglogge is a landmark medieval tower in Bern, Switzerland. Built in the early 13th century, it has served the city as a guard tower, prison, clock tower, centre of urban life and civic memorial.

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The Hôtel de Musique is a social house on Theaterplatz in Bern, Switzerland.

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The Kirchenfeld Bridge connects Casinoplatz in the old town of Bern across the Aare with Helvetiaplatz in the Kirchenfeld district.

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Bern Minster is a Swiss Reformed cathedral in the old city of Bern, Switzerland. Built in the Gothic style, its construction started in 1421. Its tower, with a height of 100.6 m (330 ft), was only completed in 1893. It is the tallest cathedral in Switzerland and is a Cultural Property of National Significance.

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The Klingende Museum Bern is a music museum in the Swiss city of Bern, specializing in historical wind instruments. It was initially opened in 2017 as the "Musical Collection" and presents a permanent exhibition, a study collection and special exhibitions.

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The Old City is the medieval city center of Bern, Switzerland. Built on a narrow hill bordered on three sides by the river Aare, its compact layout has remained essentially unchanged since its construction during the twelfth to the fifteenth century. Despite a major fire in 1405, after which much of the city was rebuilt in sandstone, and substantial construction efforts in the eighteenth century, Bern's old city has retained its medieval character.

Wikipedia: Old City (Bern) (EN)

The Rathaushofbrunnen, also known as the Chancellery Fountain or Hermes Fountain, is located in the courtyard of the Bern City Hall at Rathausplatz 2 in the old town of the city of Bern.

Wikipedia: Rathaushofbrunnen (DE)

The Lenbrunnen is the oldest surviving spring fountain in the city of Bern. It is located in Bern's old town in the house at Postgasse 68, entrance via the State Chancellery or Lenbrunnengässli. The fountain is no longer in operation and is not open to the public. However, it can be visited freely during the office hours of the State Chancellery.

Wikipedia: Lenbrunnen (DE)

Nydegg Castle is a ruined medieval town castle from the 12th century in today's Matte district in the city of Bern.

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The Untertorbrücke is a stone arch bridge that spans the Aare at the easternmost point of the Enge peninsula in the city of Bern, Switzerland, connecting the Mattequartier in the Old City to the Schosshalde neighbourhood. Built in its current form in 1461–89, it is the oldest of Bern's Aare bridges, and was the city's only bridge up until the middle of the 19th century. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

Wikipedia: Untertorbrücke (EN)

The Felsenburg is a fortified castle and tower in the city of Bern, Switzerland. It is part of the UNESCO Cultural World Heritage Site of the Old City of Bern and, together with the adjacent Untertorbrücke, it is a cultural property of national significance

Wikipedia: Felsenburg (Bern) (EN)

The Zentrum Paul Klee is a museum dedicated to the artist Paul Klee, located in Bern, Switzerland and designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano. It features about 40 percent of Paul Klee's entire pictorial oeuvre.

Wikipedia: Zentrum Paul Klee (EN), Website