Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Bern, Switzerland

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)

Der Altenbergsteg ist eine kleine Hängebrücke für Fussgänger über der Aare in der Stadt Bern. Sie verbindet die Altstadt von Bern mit dem nördlich gelegenen Altenberg.

Wikipedia: Altenbergsteg (DE)

The Bern Botanical Garden is a botanical garden located in Bern, the capital city of Switzerland.

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The Blood Tower was the northern final link of the fourth western belt of Bern's historic city fortifications.

Wikipedia: Blutturm (Bern) (DE)

The Museum of Fine Arts Bern, established in 1879 in Bern, is the museum of fine arts of the de facto capital of Switzerland.

Wikipedia: Museum of Fine Arts Bern (EN), Website

The Stadttheater Bern is the theater of the Swiss federal city and part of the Bühnen Bern institution.

Wikipedia: Stadttheater Bern (DE), Website

The Erlach Monument in Bern is an equestrian statue of Rudolf von Erlach, the legendary victor of the Battle of Laupen from the von Erlach family.

Wikipedia: Erlach-Denkmal (DE)

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.

Wikipedia: Kornhausbrücke (Bern) (DE)

The Kornhaus in Bern is a former granary and today's cultural centre in the upper floors and restaurant in the basement at Kornhausplatz 18 in Bern's old town.

Wikipedia: Kornhaus (Bern) (DE)

The French Church is a Reformed church building at Zeughausgasse 8 / Predigergasse in Bern.

Wikipedia: Französische Kirche (Bern) (DE)

The Lindenbrunnen, today also known as the Zeughausgassbrunnen, is located in the Zeughausgasse in the old town of Bern. It is one of the non-figurative Bernese fountains of the 18th and 19th centuries.

Wikipedia: Lindenbrunnen (Bern) (DE)

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

Wikipedia: Rathaus zum Äusseren Stand (DE)

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.

Wikipedia: Schützenbrunnen (Bern) (DE)

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.

Wikipedia: Zytglogge Theater (DE), Website

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.

Wikipedia: Zytglogge (EN), Website

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

Wikipedia: Hôtel de Musique (DE)

The Casino Bern, temporarily called Kultur Casino Bern at the turn of the millennium, is a concert hall at Casinoplatz 1, formerly Herrengasse 25, in Bern and a cultural asset of national importance, KGS no. 8996. From 2017 to September 2019, Casino Bern was closed and was extensively renovated. Since then, the house has had several gastronomy concepts – bistro bar, salon d'or, chef's table and guild table – and combines them with a cultural offering, which includes the Bern Symphony Orchestra in particular.

Wikipedia: Casino Bern (DE), Website

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

Wikipedia: Kirchenfeldbrücke (DE)

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.

Wikipedia: Federal Palace of Switzerland (EN), Website

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.

Wikipedia: Käfigturm (EN)

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.

Wikipedia: Anna-Seiler-Brunnen (EN)

The main building of the University of Bern at Hochschulstrasse 4 in Bern was inaugurated on 4 June 1903 and is still the central building of the University of Bern today.

Wikipedia: Hauptgebäude der Universität Bern (DE)

The SAPA Foundation, the Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts, preserves and disseminates Switzerland's cultural heritage in the field of performing arts. The SAPA Foundation operates three offices in Bern, Lausanne and Zurich.

Wikipedia: Stiftung SAPA, Schweizer Archiv der Darstellenden Künste (DE), Website

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 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)

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 Theater an der Effingerstrasse is a spoken theatre in the Swiss capital of Bern.

Wikipedia: Das Theater an der Effingerstrasse (DE), Website