Squares and Fountains of Bern
Bern · Switzerland
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Stroll through the heart of the old city to discover the ornate water features that define Bern's public spaces. You will see colorful stone figures and wide open squares where the city gathers. This walk reveals how water and stone create the unique atmosphere of the city center.
The walk
Stops 1–6 of 11. The rest are in the app.
Old City of Bern
A medieval peninsula city shaped by a great fire and the legend of a hunting bear.
Kindlifresserbrunnen
A sixteenth-century fountain featuring an ogre eating children, sparking centuries of debate over its true meaning.
Anna Seiler Fountain
A tribute to the woman who founded Bern's first hospital, standing on a recycled Roman pillar.
Mosesbrunnen
A sixteenth-century fountain featuring a horned Moses born from a biblical translation error.
Pfeiferbrunnen
A Renaissance bagpiper born from a Dürer woodcut and a hotel for traveling minstrels.
Universal Postal Monument
A bronze celebration of the time Bern became the center of the world's mail.
Stop 7
Stop 8
Stop 9
- 5 more stops in the app
Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places
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How a walk works
5 more stops in the app
This page shows the first 6 of 11 stops. The rest of the walk, and the guide who narrates it, are in the app.
Pick a walk
Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.
Pocket your phone
Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.
Listen as you arrive
On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.
Free to install · Every city’s featured walk is free, start to finish.
The route, followed
A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.
In four languages
English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.
Or build your own
Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.
The unglamorous things
Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.
No signal needed
Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.
Picks up where you left off
Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.