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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
city’s government.

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Münstergasse
 C3
The medieval cobbled
Running parallel to nearby street of Münstergasse
Kramgasse, Münstergasse with its outdoor cafés
links Theaterplatz with
Münsterplatz, which is lined Stadt- und
with arcaded buildings. On Universitätsbibliothek
Tuesday and Saturday ⌂ Münstergasse 61 § 031
mornings (and Thursday from 631 92 11 # 8am–7pm Mon–
EAT April to October), this square Fri, 8am–noon Sat
is filled with a busy meat and
cheese market. During
Lötschberg Advent, it is replaced by a
This place has large large Christmas market. 10
communal tables, no Where Münstergasse and Gerechtigkeits gasse
reservations and a Theaterplatz meet stands
cheesy menu. the Stadt- und Universitäts-  C3
 B3 bibliothek, the City and Some of the oldest and most
⌂ Zeughausgasse 16 University Library. This 18th- beautiful arcaded buildings
∑ loetschberg-aoc.ch century building stages exhib- in Bern line this street. Many
itions on the history of Bern of them were built as guild

and on literary subjects. houses, and their façades are
A fountain with the figure heavily decorated with motifs
Confiserie la Praline of Moses holding the Ten Com- reflecting the relevant trade.
A little restaurant mandments stands at the Gerechtigkeitsgasse, or Street
and bakery with corner of Münstergasse and of Justice, also has a fountain,
old-world charm and Münsterplatz, opposite the the Gerechtigkeits brunnen,
tasty treats. Münster. He points to the which features a figure
 D1 second of them, which forbids personifying Justice.
⌂ Rütlistrasse 2 idolatry, one of the main Where Gerechtigkeitsgasse
∑ lapraline.ch tenets of the Reformation. leads to Nydegggasse a castle
 On the Münster’s south side once stood, probably about
is the Münsterplattform, a ter- 100 years before Berthold V
race with trees and Baroque chose the location as a secure
pavilions from which there spot on which to establish
are views over the River Aare. a new town. In the late
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