Places To Be

Every day, every half hour between 11 a.m. and 11 p.m., the 26 fountains play (one for each canton). On days when the market is held on the Bundesplatz, the water only starts to flow at 3 p.m. In the winter, the fountains are turned off, and can be admired again at the beginning of spring.

Bern's most frequented swimming pool is the "Marzili". As in all other municipal pools of Bern, no entrance fee is charged for swimming. In the separate open-air spaces "Paradiesli" and "Männerbad", women and men may sunbathe in the nude.

Here you can find one good restaurant after another. While you have a nice coffee, you can watch the fountains on the Bundesplatz or the hustle and bustle on the Waisenhausplatz.

Especially in summer, the Kornhaus square is a popular outdoor meeting place where you can see and be seen. Sometimes there are DJs playing or concerts taking place.

The ‘kleine Schanze’ invites visitors to dream… This small park complete with lawn, a pond with ducks and a hill affording excellent views of the Alps is situated between the railway station and the Matten district.