Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #4 in Bern, Switzerland

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 7 sights
Distance 4 km
Ascend 113 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: 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

299 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 2: 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

124 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 3: Kunsthalle

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Kunsthalle

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

Wikipedia: Kunsthalle Bern (EN), Website

1213 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 4: Synagogue

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The Synagogue of Bern was built in the so -called Moorish style from 1905 and on September 10, 1906 in the presence of delegations of the larger sister communities, the authorities, the city clerk, the burger council and the University of Bern by Rabbi Martin Littmann (1864–1945) ceremoniously inaugurated . It was created after plans by Eduard Rybi, who, together with Ernst Salchli, also designed St. Ursula’s Church.

Wikipedia: Synagoge (Bern) (DE)

155 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: 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)

1359 meters / 16 minutes

Sight 6: Friedenskirche

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Friedenskirche Mike Lehmann. Pilot: Catherine Nussbaumer, Heliswiss -- Mike Switzerland 12:04, 11 June 2007 (UTC) / CC BY-SA 3.0

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 bell tower is 46 m high.

Wikipedia: Friedenskirche (Bern) (DE), Website

853 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 7: Holligen Castle

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Holligen Castle is a castle in the municipality of Bern of the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

Wikipedia: Holligen Castle (EN), Website

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