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.Photo: Amstuzmarco, Public domain.
- Type: Quarter
- Description: old town of Bern, Switzerland and UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Also known as: “Old City of Bern”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Einstein House and Clock Tower.
Einstein House
Museum
Photo: Dsmntl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Einsteinhaus is a museum and a former residence of Albert Einstein. It is located on Kramgasse No. 49 in Bern, Switzerland. A flat on the second floor of the house was occupied by Einstein, his wife Mileva Marić, and their son Hans Einstein from 1903 to 1905.
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.
Bern Minster
Church
Photo: WillYs Fotowerkstatt, CC BY 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, was only completed in 1893.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mattequartier and Loeb-Egge.
Mattequartier
Quarter
The Mattequartier is a historic neighbourhood on the Aare riverfront in the Old City of Bern, Switzerland.
Old City
- Categories: old town, urban area, World Heritage Site, and locality
- Location: Berne, Bern-Mittelland, Canton of Bern, Berne Region, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.94829° or 46° 56′ 54″ northLongitude
7.45127° or 7° 27′ 5″ eastOpen location code
8FR9WFX2+8GOpenStreetMap ID
node 2194901120OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterWikidata ID
Q687973
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Old City” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المدينة القديمة”
- Arabic: “مدينة برن القديمة”
- Armenian: “Հին քաղաք”
- Basque: “Bernako Hiri Zaharra”
- Bulgarian: “Старият град на Берн”
- Burmese: “ဘန်းမြို့ဟောင်း”
- Catalan: “centre històrica de Berna”
- Chinese: “伯城”
- Chinese: “伯尔尼古城”
- Chinese: “伯尔尼老城”
- Chinese: “伯爾尼古城”
- Dutch: “Oude binnenstad van Bern”
- Dutch: “Oude stad Bern”
- Esperanto: “Malnovurbo (Berno)”
- Finnish: “Bernin vanhakaupunki”
- French: “vieille ville de Berne”
- French: “Vieille ville de Berne”
- French: “Vieille ville”
- Galician: “Cidade vella de Berna”
- German: “Altstadt von Bern”
- German: “Altstadt”
- German: “Berner Altstadt”
- Hindi: “बर्न का पुराना शहर”
- Hungarian: “Bern óvárosa”
- Indonesian: “Kota Tua Bern”
- Italian: “città antica di Berna”
- Italian: “Città vecchia”
- Italian: “Città Vecchia”
- Japanese: “ベルン旧市街”
- Persian: “شهر قدیمی (برن)”
- Persian: “شهر قدیمی”
- Portuguese: “Cidade Antiga de Berna”
- Russian: “Старый Берн”
- Russian: “Старый город”
- Slovenian: “Staro mesto Bern”
- Spanish: “Casco antiguo”
- Spanish: “Centro historico de Berna”
- Spanish: “Centro histórico de Berna”
- Spanish: “Ciudad vieja de Berna”
- Swedish: “Altstadt von Bern”
- Swedish: “Berner Altstadt”
- Swedish: “Berns gamla stad”
- Swedish: “Gamla stan i Bern”
- Swiss German: “Berner Altstadt”
- Tosk Albanian: “Berner Altstadt”
- Turkish: “Eski Şehir”
- Ukrainian: “Старе місто”
- Ukrainian: “Старий Берн”
- Vietnamese: “Thành cổ Bern”
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