The Bernese History Museum

The museum is situated on Helvetiaplatz, off the Bern "island" at the other end the Helvetiabrücke. I like the way the roof of the building is shaped to fit in with the distant mountains.

Modern-day Berne

While the character and core of Berne are definitely its medieval old town, I don't want to mislead you by only showing pics of the old town. The old town is now completely surrounded with fin-de-siècle and 20th century developments. Here a few representative snaps:



typical street in a "sleeping quarter" (where people live but don't work!)


typical apartment block


a school house


the swinging 60s