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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Sandstein, Public domain.
- Opening hours:
Monday—Friday: 9:00 AM—6:00 PM
Saturday: 9:00 AM—4:00 PM
Sunday: closed - Type: Public building
- Description: national library of Switzerland, based in Bern
- Also known as: “BNS”, “Gebäude Schweizerische Landesbibliothek”, “NL”, “SLB”, “SNB”, “SNL”, and “SZ”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Natural History Museum of Bern and Museum of Communication.
Natural History Museum of Bern
Museum
Photo: Rick Thorne, Public domain.
The Natural History Museum of Bern is a museum in Bern, Switzerland. In its teaching and research it cooperates closely with the University of Bern. It is visited by around 131,000 people yearly.
Museum of Communication
Museum
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.
Bern Historical Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Bern Historical Museum is situated 190 metres north of Swiss National Library.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marzili and Old City.
Old City
Quarter
Photo: Amstuzmarco, Public domain.
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.
Mattequartier
Quarter
The Mattequartier is a historic neighbourhood on the Aare riverfront in the Old City of Bern, Switzerland.
Swiss National Library
Latitude
46.94135° or 46° 56′ 29″ northLongitude
7.44976° or 7° 26′ 59″ eastLevels
5Open location code
8FR9WCRX+GWOpenStreetMap ID
way 40859920OpenStreetMap feature
building=publicWikidata ID
Q201787
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Swiss National Library” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المكتبة الوطنية السويسرية”
- Armenian: “Շվեյցարիայի ազգային գրադարան”
- Azerbaijani: “İsveçrə Milli Kitabxanası”
- Belarusian: “Швайцарская нацыянальная бібліятэка”
- Belarusian: “Швейцарская нацыянальная бібліятэка”
- Bosnian: “Nacionalna biblioteka Švicarske”
- Catalan: “Biblioteca Nacional de Suïssa”
- Chinese: “瑞士國家圖書館”
- Czech: “Biblioteca nazionale svizzera”
- Czech: “Bibliothèque nationale suisse”
- Czech: “Schweizerische Landesbibliothek”
- Czech: “Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek”
- Czech: “Švýcarská národní knihovna”
- Dutch: “Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek”
- Egyptian Arabic: “المكتبه الوطنيه السويسريه”
- Esperanto: “Nacia Biblioteko de Svislando”
- Esperanto: “Svisa Nacia Biblioteko”
- Finnish: “Sveitsin kansalliskirjasto”
- French: “Bibliothèque nationale suisse”
- French: “BN”
- German: “e-helvetica”
- German: “Helveticat”
- German: “NB”
- German: “Schweizerische Landesbibliothek”
- German: “Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek, ISIL-Verzeichnis / ISplus”
- German: “Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek”
- German: “SLB”
- German: “SNB”
- Greek: “Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη της Ελβετίας”
- Hebrew: “הספרייה הלאומית של שווייץ”
- Hebrew: “הספרייה הלאומית של שוויץ”
- Indonesian: “Perpustakaan Nasional Swiss”
- Italian: “Biblioteca nazionale svizzera”
- Italian: “Biblioteca Nazionale Svizzera”
- Italian: “BN”
- Italian: “ISplus”
- Japanese: “スイス国立図書館”
- Korean: “스위스 국립도서관”
- Kurdish: “Pirtûkxaneya Neteweyî ya Swîsreyê”
- Latin: “Bibliotheca Nationalis Helvetica”
- Macedonian: “Швајцарска национална библиотека”
- Persian: “کتابخانه ملی سوئیس”
- Polish: “Szwajcarska Biblioteka Narodowa”
- Romansh: “Biblioteca naziunala svizra”
- Romansh: “BN”
- Russian: “Швейцарская национальная библиотека”
- Slovenian: “Švicarska nacionalna knjižnica”
- Spanish: “Biblioteca Nacional de Suiza”
- Swedish: “Schweiz nationalbibliotek”
- Swedish: “SNB”
- Swiss German: “Schwiizerischi Nationalbibliothek”
- Tosk Albanian: “Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek”
- Ukrainian: “Швейцарська національна бібліотека”
- Welsh: “Llyfrgell Genedlaethol y Swistir”
- “Biblioteca nazionale svizzera”
- “Biblioteca naziunala svizra”
- “Bibliothèque nationale suisse”
- “Schweizerische Landesbibliothek”
- “Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Swiss National Library and Swiss Literary Archives.
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