For two days in October, the red carpet is rolled out in the Old City. Local fashion labels present their collections to make a statement for a more conscious approach to fashion and promote sustainability. Learn more. More info. For two days each year, artists and performers from all over the world make the streets of Bern's Old City come alive with a mix of theatre, music, acrobatics, and dance, fascinating and entertaining spectators of all ages.
Kramgasse Bern. Website Directions. Bern's Old City. Also typical for the city are its quaint alleys and the six kilometres of arcades. WhatsApp E-mail Facebook Twitter. Sights and monuments in the Old City. Zytglogge Clock Tower.
Once a city gate, the Clock Tower now attracts spectators from all over the world. The Bernese Minster has the highest church spire in all of Switzerland and is one of the most important landmarks of the capital. There are steps to reach the viewing deck — but the wonderful panorama from the Old City to the peaks of the Bernese Oberland is absolutely worth it.
The Continental is an Oslo institution that has been run by the same family for four generations and is more than a century old. Situated in the heart of Oslo, next to the National Theatre, the hotel is known both for outstanding service and restaurants as well as its links with the Oslo arts scene. Located in a park overlooking central Bern, this luxury hotel oozes personality and style.
Home to one of the country's best jazz clubs, Marians Jazzroom, it also has two excellent restaurants. All 26 rooms are individually decorated some with a jazz theme and each has Wi-Fi access. The hotel also has conference rooms. A solid bet for a mid-range stay, with an Old Town location five minutes' walk from the train station. Its impressive art nouveau exterior hides a more modern interior, and there's a good restaurant on site — the Volkshaus The property sits adjacent to the medieval Zytglogge Tower.
Bern Weather. Local time Bern. The streets are bordered with arcades. Steeples and bell towers, fountains with blossoms, houses with corner towers, tile roofs and public gardens make up a harmonious architectural landscape which, for the most part, dates to the 17th and 18th centuries. Criterion iii : The Old City of Berne is a positive example of a city that has conserved its medieval urban structure whilst responding, over time, to the increasingly complex functions of a capital city of a modern State.
Share this page Share. Discover the platform. Login Signup. Bern, Switzerland. Public buildings for secular and religious authorities were always located at the periphery, a principle also respected in the 19th century during the construction of the large public monuments confirming the function of Berne as the federal city from Berne developed along the lines of exceptionally coherent planning principles.
The medieval establishment of Berne, reflecting the slow conquest of the site by urban extensions from the 12th to the 14th century, makes Berne an impressive example of the High Middle Ages with regard to the foundation of a city, figuring in the European arena among the most significant of urban planning creations.
The features of Berne were modified to reflect the modern era: in the 16th century, picturesque fountains were introduced to the city and restoration work was carried out on the towers and walls and the cathedral was completed. In the 17th century, many patrician houses were built of sandy limestone, and towards the end of the 18th century, a large part of the constructed zones underwent transformation.
However, this continual modernization, right through to the present day, was carried out observing the need to conserve the medieval urban structure of the city. The Old City of Berne is a unique example demonstrating a constant renewal of the built substance while respecting the original urban planning concept, and presenting a variation of the late Baroque on a theme of High Middle Ages.
Criterion iii : The Old City of Berne is a positive example of a city that has conserved its medieval urban structure whilst responding, over time, to the increasingly complex functions of a capital city of a modern State. The property comprises all the urban historical structures, with all the stages of its development from the 12th century to the 14th century, including the developments of the 19th century such as the well-preserved bridges and large public monuments.
It therefore retains all the requisite elements to express its Outstanding Universal Value. Although during the first decades of the 20th century, the safeguarding of the Old City was specifically concentrated on the appearance of the buildings facades, roofs , the large majority of the historic buildings representing diverse periods have retained their interior structures, and the overall medieval plan has remained intact.
The city today demonstrates a good state of conservation of the buildings and a very dynamic and contemporary urban activity. The property benefits from special legislation since , which has been amended several times since then, and which clearly details the safeguarding of the urban landscape, strictly regulating any possible interventions. Development pressure involving potentially inappropriate transformations is controlled by this legal mechanism.
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