City break in Bern. Active leisure ideas for Bern - attractions, recreation and nightlife

Bern is famous for its nightlife. In this city you will easily find discos and nightclubs that suit absolutely every taste. Club Prestige is a popular holiday destination for young people. The club has won fame and recognition among public because of its unique musical ideas. The club often organizes performances of world-famous disc jockeys. Among regular customers of Prestige you can easily see many celebrities. The club has everything you need for recreation - a huge dance floor, a luxurious bar with largest selection of drinks and refreshments, as well as a special VIP-area with comfortable leather sofas and antique-styled shades. Via Felsenau club is located in a remote area of the city. During its 10-year long history the club has won recognition of very diverse audience. The location of the club is an original earthen building - the largest building of its kind in Europe. The club regularly hosts various parties and unforgettable performances of popular music groups. The club is really popular, so it is better to purchase tickets in advance.

The hall of Bierhübeli Clubhouse club is divided into several zones. There is a separate area for fans of dancing, a beautiful lounge, and a large stage, on which most famous musical groups in Bern demonstrate their talents to visitors of the club. The club often organizes various events and performances, starting from jazz concerts and retro evenings, to art presentations and parties. Fans of blues and jazz should definitely visit Marians Jazzroom club, which is known as the real pride of local fans of music. The club has already become a regular venue for concerts of world famous stars. Music lovers from different countries come there to enjoy unforgettable concerts. The cultural program of the club changes every week, and show organizers do not cease to surprise and delight their loyal customers.

Bern will be surely liked by fans of shopping – you will definitely find numerous interesting gift shops, large-scale shopping malls and trendy boutiques in the city. Spitalgasse is the main shopping street of Bern. Shoppers should also visit such streets as Marketgasse, Postgasse and Gerechtigkeitsgasse as they will surely find many interesting shops there. The total length of shopping streets of the city estimates approximately 6 kilometers. During a walk vacationers are welcome to visit luxury jewelry stores, traditional street markets, and designer clothes boutiques. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

Bern offers many attractions, a large part of which can be comfortably explored with the help of rented transport. For this purposes, tourists hire bicycles or go on interesting locally organized tours (for example, by companies such as Drahtseilbahn Marzili or Rikscha Walla). Numerous fountains of the city are among its must-have sights - the capital of Switzerland is not in vain called the City Of Fountains. It is worth to find out how beautiful fountains are to fully understand such a name. Separate attention should be paid to many sculptures that can be found in Bern. Among them, there are truly fascinating monuments.

The Swiss capital has two zoos, and it goes without saying that all families arriving in the city with children should get a few tickets. The first zoo is called Tierpark Dählhölzli, here you will find two grounds - the open one, accessible for free, where pets are represented, and the closed one, paid, where there are a terrarium and large animals (bears, lynxes, bison). The name of the second zoo is Bärengraben, and it is famous for its bears. It must be said that the city named after the bear is obliged to have such a symbol in its arsenal.

Local residents are known for their love for sports and healthy lifestyle. This is evidenced by the fact that there are several impressive sports complex in the city. Thus, those who're seeking for swimming opportunities appreciate Freibad Marzili or Wylerbadi Freibad Ka-We-De, to experience zip-line adventures, it's enough to contact ROPETECH Ropes Course, and those wishing to watch sports without participating are always welcome in Stade de Suisse where major football matches take place. Fans of gambling often visit Grand Casino Bern.

Some of the facilities ideally suited for visiting with kids are Spielplatz Laengmuur, Bimano (designed for the smallest tourists), as well as Bernaqua Water Park. By the way, the complex not only offers amazing sliding experience but also good fitness opportunities. People who cannot imagine their holidays without escape quests (or those wishing to try out this type of entertainment) must go to explore such places as The Escape, Live Escape Game, and AdventureRooms - these are the most popular games of this kind in the Swiss capital.

Residents of Switzerland, in particular, people from Bern, are very proud of being born here. They can talk for hours about how Albert Einstein worked on the Theory Of Relativity in their native city. Hopefully, you can know this not only from any Swiss on the street but also from two specialized cultural institutions - Bernisches Historisches Museum and Einstein House Museum. Other museums no less entertaining for visitors include Museum für Kommunikation displaying communication technologies, Museum of Natural History where you can see sculptures and stuffed animals, Schweizerisches Schutzenmuseum specializing in the demonstration of firearms, and Swiss Brand Museum presenting everything Switzerland is proud of.

Some of the outstanding local art galleries are Kunstmuseum with its fine examples of fine art, Kindermuseum Creaviva designed specifically to please the youngest visitors, and Kunsthalle Bern surprising those who appreciate modern art. Another type of facilities where locals and tourists prefer to relieve stress is spa. The best places for this are FloatBern, Hammam & SPA Oktogon Bern, as well as ActivePeople Training & Therapie with its wide range of services.

Bern is a place where you may comfortably stay for a long time thanks to the diverse entertainment offered by the city. In addition to the above-mentioned activities, there are places for those wishing to experience a truly aesthetic pleasure. We are talking about green city parks. Gurten Park stands out among them, while Rosengarten is no less striking. If these two parks seem to be not enough, feel free to visit Botanischer Garten, Kleine Schanze (by the way, it's situated at a high attitude allowing you to enjoy the unusual expanses of the city). Lake Berne is something really amazing, so the ponds of Egelsee and Wohlen as well as the river Aare's coast should no way be ignored.