Gurtenturm

Gurtenturm is a tower in Köniz, Bern-Mittelland, Canton of Bern. Gurtenturm is situated nearby to the theater building Kulturschür UPtown, as well as near the garden Gurtengärtli.

Photo: Tschubby, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Opening hours: 8:00 AM—10:00 PM
Type: Tower
Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gurten and Wabern bei Bern railway station.

Gurten

Peak

Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Gurten is a mountain situated just to the south of Bern, the capital city of Switzerland. It is 858 metres high, and the summit yields views of Bern, of the Jura mountains and of the Alps.

Wabern bei Bern railway station

Railway station

Photo: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wabern bei Bern railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Bern and municipality of Köniz. It serves, and derives its name from, the village of Wabern bei Bern, in reality a suburb of the city of Bern. Wabern bei Bern railway station is situated 1¼ km northeast of Gurtenturm.

PTT Archive

Library

Photo: Archives PTT (Suisse), CC BY-SA 4.0.

The PTT Archive is the archive of the former Swiss Postal, Telegraph and Telephone Services. In 1997 PTT was split into two companies: Swiss Post) and Swisscom. PTT Archive is situated 2 km west of Gurtenturm.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Spiegel and Wabern bei Bern.

Spiegel

Suburb

Photo: GraceKelly, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Spiegel is a suburb.

Wabern bei Bern

Suburb

Photo: Funck77, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wabern, or Wabern bei Bern, is a village in the municipality of Köniz in the Swiss canton of Bern. Situated some 3.5 kilometres from the centre of the city of Bern, it can be considered a suburb of that city.