Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Bern, Switzerland

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Number of sights 14 sights
Distance 5.4 km
Ascend 180 m
Descend 213 m

Experience Bern in Switzerland in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in BernIndividual Sights in Bern

Sight 1: Zentrum Paul Klee

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Zentrum Paul KleeJean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France / CC BY 2.0

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

1518 meters / 18 minutes

Sight 2: Bear pit

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Bear pit

The Bärengraben, or Bear Pit, is a tourist attraction in the Swiss capital city of Bern. It is a bear pit, or enclosure housing bears, situated at the eastern edge of the old city of Bern, next to the Nydeggbrücke and the River Aar. Although still in use, the Bärengraben has been supplemented since 2009 by the adjacent BärenPark, a larger and more natural enclosure alongside the River Aar.

Wikipedia: Bärengraben (EN), Website

385 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 3: Burg Nydegg

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

Wikipedia: Burg Nydegg (DE)

432 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 4: Lenbrunnen

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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)

180 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Old City

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Old City

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)

118 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Rathaushofbrunnen

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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)

256 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Münster

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Münster André P. Holzer, Bern / CC BY-SA 3.0

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.

Wikipedia: Bern Minster (EN), Website, Opening Hours

289 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: Klingendes Museum Bern

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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.

Wikipedia: Klingendes Museum Bern (DE), Website

394 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 9: Kirchenfeldbrücke

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

Wikipedia: Kirchenfeldbrücke (DE)

173 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Kunsthalle

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Kunsthalle

The Kunsthalle Bern is a Kunsthalle on the Helvetiaplatz in Bern, Switzerland.

Wikipedia: Kunsthalle Bern (EN), Website

124 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: Swiss Alpine Museum

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Swiss Alpine Museum

The Swiss Alpine Museum is a museum focusing on the relationship between mountains and people, culture, and nature in the Swiss Alps. It is located at Helvetiaplatz 4 in Bern.

Wikipedia: Swiss Alpine Museum (EN), Website, Twitter, Facebook

966 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 12: Kleine Schanze

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Kleine Schanze

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.

Wikipedia: Schanzen (Bern) (DE)

359 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 13: Synagogue

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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.

Wikipedia: Synagoge (Bern) (DE)

224 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 14: Trinity 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)

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