Population: 130,000
Elevation: 542 meters (1,778 ft.)
Tourist office information: Railway Station, CH-3001 Bern, tel. +41/031/311 6611, fax 312 1233
Driving distances from Bern to:
- Basel 101 km 63 miles
- Geneva 156 km 97 miles
- Interlaken 58 km 36 miles
- Lausanne 106 km 66 miles
- Lucerne 118 km 73 miles
- Zürich 125 km 78 miles
Rail/bus times to:
- Zurich 0:58
- Lucerne 1:05
- Basel 0:54
- Lausanne 1:06
- Interlaken 0:54
- Geneva 1:41
Closest airports:
Zurich, Geneva, Basel/Mulhouse
Events:
- Bern Dance Days, mid-June
- Gurten Festival: music festival on Gurten hill in Bern, July
- Bern Onion Market: 4th Sunday in Nov.
- Carnival in Bern: February
