Guidebook for Bern

Sara And Rob
Sara And Rob
Guidebook for Bern

Food Scene

One of the oldest restaurants in Bern serving traditional Swiss cuisine right next door.
8 locals recommend
Harmonie
3 Hotelgasse
8 locals recommend
One of the oldest restaurants in Bern serving traditional Swiss cuisine right next door.
Okay, you get a two-for-one here. The Bear Park is here and a fun fresh restaurant serving a casual menu and micro-brewed beer! Great patio and view!
68 locals recommend
Altes Tramdepot
6 Grosser Muristalden
68 locals recommend
Okay, you get a two-for-one here. The Bear Park is here and a fun fresh restaurant serving a casual menu and micro-brewed beer! Great patio and view!
The service and food are excellent. The decor in the back room is old Bern through and through, very charming. The menu is diverse and has something for everyone.
9 locals recommend
Postgasse
48 Postgasse
9 locals recommend
The service and food are excellent. The decor in the back room is old Bern through and through, very charming. The menu is diverse and has something for everyone.
This cosy restaurant is over one hundred years old. Run by a great team serving fresh and local meals. Check out their lunch specials!
Falken
This cosy restaurant is over one hundred years old. Run by a great team serving fresh and local meals. Check out their lunch specials!
A beautiful terrace in the warmer months and a very good lunch menu offered daily. Give a try and let us know what you think.
10 locals recommend
Casino Bern
1 Casinopl.
10 locals recommend
A beautiful terrace in the warmer months and a very good lunch menu offered daily. Give a try and let us know what you think.
Very historic Fondue restaurant in a cellar in the old town.
Kloetzlikeller
62 Gerechtigkeitsgasse
Very historic Fondue restaurant in a cellar in the old town.
Lötschsberg is a great restaurant serving a fresh daily menu. They have a great beer and wine selection, awesome cheese, a kids' menu and and an appealing atmosphere.
39 locals recommend
Lötschberg
16 Zeughausgasse
39 locals recommend
Lötschsberg is a great restaurant serving a fresh daily menu. They have a great beer and wine selection, awesome cheese, a kids' menu and and an appealing atmosphere.
Multicourse menus specializing in upscale European fare in an underground wine cellar.
Wein & Sein
50 Münstergasse
Multicourse menus specializing in upscale European fare in an underground wine cellar.
We like this small Thai restaurant because it is run by a mom, sister and daughter group. Nothing better than home cooked Thai food. The service is good but the food may take a little while if busy.
Pad Thai Restaurant und Take Away
39 Gerechtigkeitsgasse
We like this small Thai restaurant because it is run by a mom, sister and daughter group. Nothing better than home cooked Thai food. The service is good but the food may take a little while if busy.
French inspired casual fine dining. Everything we've tried has been excellent.
Zimmermania
19 Brunngasse
French inspired casual fine dining. Everything we've tried has been excellent.
Located in Einsteins former house, comfortable interior, good coffee, don't forget to visit their Einstein au Jardin at the Münsterplattform as well!
16 locals recommend
Einstein Café & bel étage
49 Kramgasse
16 locals recommend
Located in Einsteins former house, comfortable interior, good coffee, don't forget to visit their Einstein au Jardin at the Münsterplattform as well!
Bakery, right outside our front door, once owned by our family! Open early.
Bread à porter AG
74 Münstergasse
Bakery, right outside our front door, once owned by our family! Open early.
Satellite of the larger cafe up the road with stunning views and in the park setting of the Münster Plattform.
7 locals recommend
Einstein au Jardin
5 Münsterplattform
7 locals recommend
Satellite of the larger cafe up the road with stunning views and in the park setting of the Münster Plattform.
Great food, especially the pizza, cozy atmosphere, reasonable prices. Only about 1 minute from our front door! Reservation recommended.
9 locals recommend
Da Bucolo
10 Amthausgasse
9 locals recommend
Great food, especially the pizza, cozy atmosphere, reasonable prices. Only about 1 minute from our front door! Reservation recommended.
moment
56 Postgasse
Excellent food, super service and gorgeous terrace at the river.
Casa Novo
6 Läuferpl.
Excellent food, super service and gorgeous terrace at the river.
Great food! Decent prices, super service!
căntin vietnamese comfort food
Great food! Decent prices, super service!
The views cannot be beat! There is a garden terrace in fair weather for casual dining. The main dinner menu is great too! Sit inside along the glass to really soak in the view over dinner.
174 locals recommend
Rosengarten
31b Alter Aargauerstalden
174 locals recommend
The views cannot be beat! There is a garden terrace in fair weather for casual dining. The main dinner menu is great too! Sit inside along the glass to really soak in the view over dinner.
Easily the best coffee roasters in town (and sandwiches and cocktails too!). They have two cafés on the Kornhausplatz to enjoy. The other is called VERSA, check them out!
33 locals recommend
Adrianos Bar & Café
2 Theaterpl.
33 locals recommend
Easily the best coffee roasters in town (and sandwiches and cocktails too!). They have two cafés on the Kornhausplatz to enjoy. The other is called VERSA, check them out!

Essentials

Migros is large grocery. The main floor is general grocery fare, downstairs is personal items, clothing and baby supplies. On the top floor is Denner, where you can purchase tobacco and alcohol.
33 locals recommend
Migros Supermarkt
2 Kappelenring
33 locals recommend
Migros is large grocery. The main floor is general grocery fare, downstairs is personal items, clothing and baby supplies. On the top floor is Denner, where you can purchase tobacco and alcohol.
Grocery and liquor store is located upstairs. On the ground floor you’ll find a large take away section. A larger Coop with luggage, clothing, cosmetics etc etc can be found on Aarbergergasse.
8 locals recommend
Coop City Marktgasse
24 Marktgasse
8 locals recommend
Grocery and liquor store is located upstairs. On the ground floor you’ll find a large take away section. A larger Coop with luggage, clothing, cosmetics etc etc can be found on Aarbergergasse.

Sightseeing

Einstein's Bern apartment and is also a museum.
38 locals recommend
Einstein's House
49 Kramgasse
38 locals recommend
Einstein's Bern apartment and is also a museum.
Our street's namesake, climb the tower for 5 CHF for 360 degree views on two different levels, high, and higher. Visit the churchyard afterward for a coffee or to play in the sandbox.
44 locals recommend
Berner Münster
1 Münsterpl.
44 locals recommend
Our street's namesake, climb the tower for 5 CHF for 360 degree views on two different levels, high, and higher. Visit the churchyard afterward for a coffee or to play in the sandbox.
You can take a tour of this famous clock tower, book your tour at the tourist office at the train station!
104 locals recommend
Zytglogge
1 Bim Zytglogge
104 locals recommend
You can take a tour of this famous clock tower, book your tour at the tourist office at the train station!
A great place to look over the city from the east, a nice restaurant with beautiful terrace and great playground for kids. The flowers are amazing when in bloom. Walk or take the bus.
Bern Rose Garden
A great place to look over the city from the east, a nice restaurant with beautiful terrace and great playground for kids. The flowers are amazing when in bloom. Walk or take the bus.
Once a pit that housed the bears, it is now a beautiful hillside parkland for the bears. Nice restaurant located above.
103 locals recommend
Bear Pit
4 Grosser Muristalden
103 locals recommend
Once a pit that housed the bears, it is now a beautiful hillside parkland for the bears. Nice restaurant located above.
Bern's local mountain, At 858 meters above sea level lies green meadows and views of the of the Bernese Oberland region. You'll also find restaurants, a 25-metre-high viewing tower and a children's playground.
28 locals recommend
Gurten Park in the Green
Gurtenweg
28 locals recommend
Bern's local mountain, At 858 meters above sea level lies green meadows and views of the of the Bernese Oberland region. You'll also find restaurants, a 25-metre-high viewing tower and a children's playground.
Here you can book city tours and get lots of tips of what to see in and around the city.
Tourist Information Bern
10A Bahnhofpl.
Here you can book city tours and get lots of tips of what to see in and around the city.

Arts & Culture

Beautiful building housing the largest collection of art by Paul Klee. Children can enjoy a daily art project atelier for a small fee. Multiple languages. The cafe is also great in the large atrium.
90 locals recommend
Zentrum Paul Klee (Paul Klee Center)
3 Monument im Fruchtland
90 locals recommend
Beautiful building housing the largest collection of art by Paul Klee. Children can enjoy a daily art project atelier for a small fee. Multiple languages. The cafe is also great in the large atrium.
A great museum with an eclectic collection of well known masters as well as contemporary showings of modern artists. Try the desserts in the café, mmmm.
30 locals recommend
Kunstmuseum
8 Hodlerstrasse
30 locals recommend
A great museum with an eclectic collection of well known masters as well as contemporary showings of modern artists. Try the desserts in the café, mmmm.
Perfect for kids of all ages, interactive, hands on exhibits about communications and technology, don't miss this one if you have kids. Multiple language displays. We recommend 2-3 hours.
43 locals recommend
Museum of Communication
16 Helvetiastrasse
43 locals recommend
Perfect for kids of all ages, interactive, hands on exhibits about communications and technology, don't miss this one if you have kids. Multiple language displays. We recommend 2-3 hours.
This is the 2nd largest museum in Switzerland and house a vast historical collection from all over Bern. A must see! There is also an extensive Einstein collection housed in this museum.
48 locals recommend
Bernisches Historisches Museum - Einstein Museum
5 Helvetiapl.
48 locals recommend
This is the 2nd largest museum in Switzerland and house a vast historical collection from all over Bern. A must see! There is also an extensive Einstein collection housed in this museum.
Intimate theatre, bar and gallery with a large variety of events: music, improvisational theatre, stand up comedy, etc etc
Theater ONO
6 Kramgasse
Intimate theatre, bar and gallery with a large variety of events: music, improvisational theatre, stand up comedy, etc etc
Why not go to a ballet or Opera?
Stadttheater
Why not go to a ballet or Opera?

Shopping

Information about all the outdoor market spots and dates. Including the Münstergasse Market on our street!
Markt Waisenhausplatz
Waisenhausplatz
Information about all the outdoor market spots and dates. Including the Münstergasse Market on our street!

Getting Around

All things public transit can be found here.
BERNMOBIL Städtische Verkehrsbetriebe Bern
All things public transit can be found here.
SBB, Switzerland national Railway. Buy tickets at the main train station, online or download the app SBB Mobile
SBB P+Rail
SBB, Switzerland national Railway. Buy tickets at the main train station, online or download the app SBB Mobile