Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Bern, Switzerland

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Number of sights 12 sights
Distance 5.2 km
Ascend 78 m
Descend 103 m

Explore Bern in Switzerland with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in BernIndividual Sights in Bern

Sight 1: Tram-Museum

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The Tram Museum Bern is the second tram museum in Switzerland after the Tram Museum Zurich. It is housed in the Weissenbühl Museum Hall and represents the history of the Bern tramway.

Wikipedia: Tram-Museum Bern (DE)

614 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 2: Protestant Church in Switzerland

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The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), formerly named Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches until 31 December 2019, is a federation of 25 member churches – 24 cantonal churches and the Evangelical-Methodist Church of Switzerland. The PCS is not a church in a theological understanding, because every member is independent with their own theological and formal organisation. It serves as a legal umbrella before the federal government and represents the church in international relations. Except for the Evangelical-Methodist Church, which covers all of Switzerland, the member churches are restricted to a certain territory.

Wikipedia: Protestant Church of Switzerland (EN), Website, Twitter, Facebook

704 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 3: Florapark

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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.

Wikipedia: Florapark Bern (DE)

613 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 4: Lichtspiel / Kinemathek

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The Lichtspiel / Kinemathek Bern is a film archive in Bern, Switzerland.

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

654 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 5: Swiss Federal Archives

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Swiss Federal Archives

The Swiss Federal Archives are the national archives of Switzerland. Additionally, the cantons have official archives of their own. The building and its collections are a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

Wikipedia: Swiss Federal Archives (EN), Website

305 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 6: Swiss National Library

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Swiss National Library

The Swiss National Library is the national library of Switzerland. Part of the Federal Office of Culture, it is charged with collecting, cataloging and conserving information in all fields, disciplines, and media connected with Switzerland, as well as ensuring the widest possible accessibility and dissemination of such data.

Wikipedia: Swiss National Library (EN), Website

118 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Gymnasium Kirchenfeld

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Gymnasium Kirchenfeld

The Gymnasium Kirchenfeld is a grammar school in the city of Bern in Switzerland.

Wikipedia: Gymnasium Kirchenfeld (DE), Website, Website

211 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: Natural History Museum of Bern

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The Natural History Museum Bern is a natural history museum in Bern, Switzerland. It is one of the most important natural history museums in Switzerland. It is visited by up to 131,000 people a year and works closely with the University of Bern in teaching and research. Among the most famous objects in the house are the legendary rescue dog Barry, the giant crystals from the Planggenstock and the collection of African animals of the big game hunter Bernhard von Wattenwyl. His historical dioramas of native and African animals made the museum internationally known in the 20th century. The museum is also a research institution with a focus on meteorite research, paleontology, cynology, malacology, herpetology and arachnology.

Wikipedia: Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern (DE), Website, Website

203 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Historical Museum of Bern

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Historical Museum of Bern

The Bern Historical Museum is the second largest historical museum in Switzerland. It was designed by the Neuchâtel architect André Lambert and built in 1894. Since it was initially conceived as the Swiss National Museum, the architect took as his model various historic castles from the 15th and 16th centuries. An extension to the original museum building was completed in 2009.

Wikipedia: Bern Historical Museum (EN), Website

226 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 10: Museum of Communication

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The Museum of Communication is an interactive museum dedicated to the subject of communication in Bern, Switzerland. In 2019 it was awarded the Council of Europe Museum Prize. It was founded in 1907 as the corporate museum of Swiss Post, the national postal service of Switzerland. The restructuring of the museum into a foundation of Swiss Post and Swisscom led to a broadening of the overall theme and a new name, the Museum of Communication. The latest incarnation of the museum, which opened its doors with a redesigned permanent exhibition in 2017, is focused completely on its visitors.

Wikipedia: Museum of Communication Bern (EN), Website, Facebook

923 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 11: Berne Animal Park

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The Tierpark Dählhölzli, or Dählhölzli Zoo, is a public zoo in Bern, Switzerland.

Wikipedia: Tierpark Dählhölzli (EN), Website

651 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 12: Ka-We-De

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Ka-We-De, short for Dählhölzli Artificial Ice Rink and Wave Pool, is an artificial ice rink and outdoor swimming pool in the Kirchenfeld-Schosshalde district of Bern, Switzerland. It is directly adjacent to the Dählhölzli Zoo and the former U.S. Embassy. From 1933 to 1967, the ice stadium was the home ground of SC Bern of the National League A, which won two Swiss championship titles.

Wikipedia: Ka-We-De (DE)

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