Berne
Although Berne is the seat of most of the institutions of the Swiss Confederation, the remarkable design coherence of Berne's old town has earned it a place on the UNESCO World Heritage List.Places of Interest
Highlights include Federal Palace of Switzerland and Berne Railway Station.
Federal Palace of Switzerland
Government building
The Federal Palace is a building in Bern housing the Swiss Federal Assembly and the Federal Council. It is the seat of the government of Switzerland and parliament of the country.
Berne Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Mike Switzerland, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bern railway station serves the municipality of Bern, the federal city of Switzerland. Opened progressively between 1858 and 1860, and rebuilt several times since then, it lies on the Olten–Bern and the Lausanne–Bern lines and is near the end of the Lötschberg line.
Clock Tower
Photo: Mike Switzerland, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Köniz and Wohlen bei Bern.
Köniz
Town
Photo: Ikiwaner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Köniz is a statistical town and a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district right on the southern border to Bern in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Wohlen bei Bern
Village
Photo: Hinterkappelen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wohlen bei Bern is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Wohlen bei Bern is situated 4½ km northwest of Berne.
Berne
- Type: Locality with 135,000 residents
- Also known as: “Bern/Berne/Berna” and “CH0351”
- Location: Bern-Mittelland, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.9476° or 46° 56′ 51″ northLongitude
7.4065° or 7° 24′ 23″ eastPopulation
135,000Elevation
548 metres (1,798 feet)Open location code
8FR9WCX4+2HGeoNames ID
7285212
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