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Canton of Bern
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Country	Swiss
Area	5 959 km²
Population	1 036 281 hab. (End of 2018)
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Canton of Bern is a canton Swiss straddling three tourist regions.

Understand

Regions

46 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ N 7 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ E Canton of Bern

Main towns

Swear

Bernese plain

Bernese Oberland

To speak

• German and German Switzerland mainly. English is very fluent.
• French is spoken and understood by most hoteliers, traders and restaurateurs. Little problem in general, especially with a payment card.

To go

Key points of view

• 46.547357.983131 Jungfraujoch (3 471 m) – The railway station, the highest in Europe. Access by cogwheel train while tunneling from Kleine Scheiddeg, including 2 stops on the way up to discover glaciers and seracs through large bay windows. Lots of visitors. Hiking, Nordic skiing, dog sledding, and the start of the Aletsch Glacier at your feet. High price (we can understand why). Competitor site of Klein Matterhorn and Gornergrat in Zermatt (CH), and also of the Aiguille du Midi in Chamonix (F). (last update June 2019)
• 46.585097.961222 Kleine Scheiddeg (2 061 m) – The railway station, intermediate between Grindelwald, Lauterbrunnen and the Jungfraujoch (the highest station in Europe). The most beautiful view of the triptych of the Alps, at least the closest. Main base camp for the view of the climbs on the north face of the Eiger. (last update June 2019)
• 46.674697.999463 Faulhorn (2 681 m) – With hotel at the top. Dominant Grindelwald and Lake Brienz. The resort gives access to the longest toboggan run in the world 15 km. However, you have to finish the climb on foot for almost two hours, on a path. This is often closed in winter. (last update jul. 2019)
• 46.612537.942184 Männlichen (2 225 m) – Access from Grindelwald by cable car. (last update jul. 2019)
• 46.652097.910855 Schynige Platte (1 967 m) – Access by cogwheel train from Wilderswil, near Interlaken. (last update jul. 2019)
• 46.55747.835126 Schilthorn (2 970 m) – Site opposite the Jungfrau, Monch and Eiger triptych. Revolving panoramic restaurant. Site famous for the film with James Bond "On Her Majesty's Secret Service". (last update June 2019)
• 46.64627.652587 Niesen (2 362 m) (last update June 2019)
• 46.787348.039618 Brienzer rothorn (Rothorn Kulm) (2 350 m) – By old-fashioned steam train from Brienz. (last update June 2019)

Remarkable cities

• 46.74998.07229 Swiss Traditional Open-Air Museum Ballenberg Brienz (last update June 2019)
• 46.59347.90710 Lauterbrunnen  – An exceptional setting in a U-shaped glacial valley (now thawed), overlooked by the spectacular Staubbach waterfall. (last update June 2019)
• 46.475267.2839911 Gstaad (The southernmost place in the canton of Bern.) (last update June 2019)
• 46.557827.8915712 Mürren (Accessible by cable car from Stechelberg at the bottom of the Lauterbrunnen (Lauterbrunnental) valley, the most spectacular. Other access by train and cable car at the start, in front of Lauterbrunnen station.) – Village without car. (last update jul. 2019)
• 46.7317.667713 Oberhofen (Oberhofen am Thunersee) (On the north shore of Lake Thun.) – Elected most beautiful village in Switzerland 2018 by the magazine l'Illustré. (last update jul. 2019)
• 46.71167.969714 Iseltwald (From Interlaken, go to Bönigen and follow Lake Brienz for a few km or on the A8 at the exit of the same name, between Interlaken and Brienz.) – Peninsula village west of Brienz Lake. Cross the village, go around it to the right and see the panorama from the overhanging road. (last update jul. 2019)

Postcard sites

• 46.4948.04715 Aletsch Glacier  – Seen from Junfraujoch. (last update June 2019)
• 46.73177.446916 Gantrisch regional park (Gantrisch Nature Park) Gurnigel (Gurnigelpass, Riggisberg, Schwarzenburg. Do not miss the 4 wooden bridges between Rüti and Rüschegg-Graben.) – Between Lac Noir / Schwarzsee in the canton of Friborg to Gurnigel 1 608 m, scenic route and at the pass, view of Lake Thun and the Eiger / Mönch / Jungfrau (in good weather). (last update jul. 2019)
• 47.13347.060517 Chasseral regional park (1 607 m. Above Nods and Lake Biel.) – The Jura plateau is meadows, woods and wild beauty. (last update jul. 2019)
• 46.5837.49518 Diemtigtal Nature Park (Diemtigtal Nature Park) Diemtigen (South-west of Lake Thun, between the Simmental (to the west and north) and Frutigtal (to the south-east) valleys. From Spiez, Wimmis and Diemtigen, to Grimmialp.) (last update jul. 2019)
• 47.0737.70219 Emmental country Langnau im Emmental (Between Berthoud/Burgdorf, Lueg, Affoltern and its cheese factory, Langnau im Emmental, Trubschachen, Shallenbergpass.) – Region with specific valleys, with large farms surrounded by enclosed gardens, vegetables and flowers. (last update jul. 2019)

• 46.77368.348520 Gental Valley, Engstlenalp and Engstlensee lake (Take the road from Meiringen to Innertkirchen then towards the Sustenpass, and between Willer and Hopflauenen, turn north. The street goes up and the valley opens up to you.) – Inn, hotel, cows and marmots. Natural and scenic on 14 km. Toll road. Change of scenery guaranteed. (last update jul. 2019)
• 46.44557.738721 Gasterntal valley (Access to the end of Kandersteg, to go above, take the left toll road. Superb.) For hikers, a mini-bus service runs almost every hour between Kandersteg station and 3 hotels and restaurants to Selden. (http://kander-reisen.ch/cms/?page_id=94).. – Go to another world by the superb single-lane road (20 min. Regulated times) panoramic toll carved into the rock. 4 various inns and lodges. Surrounded by 18/20 mountains over 3 000 m, go (also by car) to the Berggasthaus Heimritz, located at the far end. (last update jul. 2019)
• 46.68088.156322 Rosenlaui Valley (Between Meiringen and Innertkirchen near Lammi. There we rise. In Rosenlaui the road is a cul-de-sac, but to cross the Grosse Scheidegg pass 1 962 m only the postbus is allowed to reach Grindelwald.) – When I saw the valley in 1969, 50 years ago, the trees were much smaller (Lapalissade). (last update jul. 2019)

The lakes

• 46.49787.718123 Oeschinen lake (Oeschinensee) (Access from Kandersteg on foot or by cable car.) – Magnificent setting 1 700 m, with a mountain front of 3 600 m which plunges steeply. Certainly the most beautiful small mountain lake in Switzerland and the Alps. Summer toboggan. (last update jul. 2019)
• 46.7127.6724 Thun lake (Thunersee)  (last update jul. 2019)
• 46.7397.99725 Brienz Lake (Brienzersee)  (last update jul. 2019)
• 47.17.19426 Biel lake (Bielersee)  (last update jul. 2019)

Rivers

• 46.72058.205327 Aar Gorges (Aareschlucht) (From the East exit of Meiringen, to the switchbacks above Innertkirchen.) (last update jul. 2019).
• 46.714478.1829828 Reichenbach Falls (Reichenbachfall) (Access to the falls by funicular from Schattenhalb near Meiringein) – Related to Sherlock Holmes. (last update jul. 2019)
  • 46.719558.187829 Reichenbachfall funicular  (last update jul. 2019)
• 46.734698.022630 Giessbach Falls Brienz (Facing Brienz.) – 14 successive falls. With its hotel and its restaurant very beautiful epoch, opulent. (last update jul. 2019)
• 46.58987.905131 Staubbach fall (Staubbachfall) Lauterbrunnen – Located overlooking the village. Unmissable with its fall from 240 m/270 m. (last update jul. 2019)
• 46.57037.91332 Trummelbach Falls (Trümmelbachfälle) (At the exit of Lauterbrunnen towards Stechelberg.) (last update jul. 2019)

Circulate

Do

Skiing in winter sports resorts

• 46.49297.559111 Adelboden  (last update jul. 2019)
• 46.62558.04072 Grindelwald  (last update jul. 2019)
• 46.60767.92393 Wengen  (last update jul. 2019)

• Swiss mountain resorts (from all cantons)

Climbing and main mountains

• Eiger  – 3 970 m. Bernese Alps. (last update jul. 2019)
• Monch  – 4 107 m. Bernese Alps. (last update jul. 2019)
• Jungfrau  – 4 158 m. Bernese Alps. (last update jul. 2019)
• Finsteraahorn  – 4 274 m. Bernese Alps. (last update jul. 2019)
• Lauteraahorn  – . Bernese Alps. (last update jul. 2019)
• Schreckhorn  – 4 078 m. Bernese Alps. (last update jul. 2019)
• Gross Fiescherhorn  – 4 049 m4049 m. Bernese Alps. (last update jul. 2019)
• Hinter Fiescherhorn  – 4 025 m. Bernese Alps. (last update jul. 2019)
• Klein Fiescherhorn  – 3 913 m. Bernese Alps. (last update jul. 2019)
• Wetterhorn (Overlooking Grindelwald.) – 3 692 m. Bernese Alps. (last update jul. 2019)
• Titlis  – 3 238 m. Uranian Alps. (last update jul. 2019)

Other sports

• Rafting
• Paragliding

To buy

Eat

• Sturgeon caviar from the farm of the tropical house of Frutigen (Tropenhaus) Frutigen – With restaurant. Tropical garden and sturgeon breeding ponds. (last update jul. 2019)
• Kambly Trübschachen – Taste without reservation, before buying cookies from well-known establishments, even outside Switzerland. (last update jul. 2019)
• Meiringen meringues Meiringen – Meiringen meringues are larger and rather served with ice cream or Chantilly cream; while the smaller Gruyère meringues are served mainly with double cream. (last update jul. 2019)
• Emmental cheese Affoltern im Emmental – Factory, exhibition, store and the possibility of creating your own personalized cheese. (last update jul. 2019)
• Rösti  – Bernese rösti with bacon. (last update jul. 2019)

Have a drink / Go out

See in cities.

Housing

See in cities.

Security

• The mountain is always dangerous. Before leaving, it is necessary to question the weather and local specialists and for escalations to prevent.
• Pay attention to the level of difficulty of the hiking trails.

 * Signaling in Switzerland  (last update jul. 2019) * Swiss Alpine Club CAS  (last update jul. 2019) * Swiss Association of Mountain Guides ASGM  (last update jul. 2019) * REGA - Swiss Air Rescue Guard  (last update jul. 2019)

• We bathe in the lakes, but special attention is necessary, because the temperatures are not those of the sea or of a swimming pool.

 Following the death of Florijana Ismaili, captain of the Bern Young Boys' women's football team in Lake Como this Saturday, June 29, 2019. Message from pouett on the Team's website on 07/01/2019 at 19:32 "Unhappy, but so classic , throw yourself into the water, simple and harmless except when you dive. Because the water is hot at a depth of 1 or 2 m, beyond that you gun down squarely. So do the usual practices well, get it wet. torso as well as the head before immersion. If you are seized with tremors, go in the water slowly, if the tremors persist or increase, come out immediately. "

Around

• Canton of Vaud
• Canton of Friborg
• Canton of Neuchâtel
• Canton of Jura
• Canton of Solothurn
• Canton of Aargau
• Canton of Lucerne
• Canton of Obwalden
• Canton of Nidwalden
• Canton of Uri
• Canton of Valais