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Erlacherhof
 C3 ⌂ Junkerngasse 47
¢ Closed to visitors
Junkerngasse was once home
to Bern’s wealthiest citizens.
At No 47 is the Erlacherhof,
EXPERIENCE Bern Hieronymus von Erlach, mayor
a Baroque mansion built by
of Bern, and completed in 1752.
Designed in the French style,
its wings are set at a right angle
to the main building, enclosing
a grand courtyard. To the rear
is a formal French garden.
The Erlacherhof is now the
official residence of the mayor
of Bern and the seat of the
The medieval Käfigturm, city’s government.
the old town gate, on
picturesque Marktgasse
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6 7 Münstergasse
Marktgasse Kramgasse  C3 The medieval cobbled
DRINK Running parallel to nearby street of Münstergasse
 B3  C3 Kramgasse, Münstergasse with its outdoor cafés
Laid out in the 13th century, With Gerechtigkeitsgasse, its links Theaterplatz with
Marktgasse runs east to west eastern extension, Kramgasse Café Einstein
from the Zytglogge, the marks the main axis of Bern’s au Jardin Münsterplatz, which is lined Stadt- und
original town gate, to the early medieval town plan. It Perch on the garden with arcaded buildings. On Universitätsbibliothek
Käfigturm, the later gate. is lined with handsome his- terrace, with a famous Tuesday and Saturday ⌂ Münstergasse 61 § 031
Marktgasse is now the centre toric buildings fronted by long Einstein brew in hand, mornings (and Thursday from 631 92 11 # 8am–7pm Mon–
of Bern’s shopping district and arcades and has three foun- and admire the view. EAT April to October), this square Fri, 8am–noon Sat
also has two Renaissance tains: the Zähringer brunnen  C4 is filled with a busy meat and
fountains: the Anna-Seiler- (1542), with a bear in armour ⌂ Münsterplattform cheese market. During
Brunnen, which commemo- holding the standard of ∑ einstein-jardin.ch Lötschberg Advent, it is replaced by a 10
rates the woman who founded Berthold von Zähringer, Bern’s  This place has large large Christmas market.
Bern’s first hospital in 1354, founder; the Simson brunnen communal tables, no Where Münstergasse and Gerechtigkeits gasse
and the Schützenbrunnen (1545), with a figure of Samson reservations and a Theaterplatz meet stands  C3
(Musketeer Fountain). On the subduing a lion; and the Turnhalle cheesy menu. the Stadt- und Universitäts-
adjoining Kornhausplatz is the unadorned Kreuzgassbrunnen Chill out with a local  B3 bibliothek, the City and Some of the oldest and most
macabre Kindlifresserbrunnen (1778). Located at Kramgasse brew in front of an open ⌂ Zeughausgasse 16 University Library. This 18th- beautiful arcaded buildings
(Ogre Fountain), featuring an 49 is the Einsteinhaus, where fire or in the courtyard. ∑ loetschberg-aoc.ch century building stages exhib- in Bern line this street. Many
ogre eating an infant. the great German physicist  B3  itions on the history of Bern of them were built as guild
Off the northwestern side and mathematician Albert ⌂ Speichergasse 4 and on literary subjects. houses, and their façades are
of Kornhausgasse stands the Einstein lived from 1903 to ∑ turnhalle.ch A fountain with the figure heavily decorated with motifs
Französische Kirche (French 1905 and where he began  Confiserie la Praline of Moses holding the Ten Com- reflecting the relevant trade.
Church). Built in the 12th to develop the theory of rela- A little restaurant mandments stands at the Gerechtigkeitsgasse, or Street
century, it is the oldest church tivity while working at the Kornhauskeller and bakery with corner of Münstergasse and of Justice, also has a fountain,
in Bern. It was taken over by patent office. Einstein’s old-world charm and Münsterplatz, opposite the the Gerechtigkeits brunnen,
French Protestants, most of apartment is now a museum, Bern’s most sumptuous tasty treats. Münster. He points to the which features a figure
beer cellar is a must.
them Huguenot refugees, in displaying his writing desk  D1 second of them, which forbids personifying Justice.
the 17th century. and other objects from his  B3 ⌂ Rütlistrasse 2 idolatry, one of the main Where Gerechtigkeitsgasse
time in Bern. ⌂ Kornhausplatz 18 ∑ lapraline.ch tenets of the Reformation. leads to Nydegggasse a castle
∑ kornhaus-bern.ch  On the Münster’s south side once stood, probably about
Einsteinhaus  is the Münsterplattform, a ter- 100 years before Berthold V
The Neo-Renaissance " ' ⌂ Kramgasse 49 race with trees and Baroque chose the location as a secure
façade of the stately # Feb–Dec: 10am–5pm daily pavilions from which there spot on which to establish
Bundeshaus ∑ einstein-bern.ch are views over the River Aare. a new town. In the late
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