På gång i Bern, Switzerland under året

Mycket folk — Christmas holidays i Switzerland, skollov i 7 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Munsterplatz bell-ringing (31 dec – 1 jan)

Mycket folk — Berner Fasnacht, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

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  Berner Fasnacht

  19–21 febKarnevalTrångt

  Three days from the Thursday after Ash Wednesday: the bear is let out of its cellar at eight in the evening, then guggenmusik cliques and a Saturday parade through the arcades. Källa ↗

Mellansäsong — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Berner Fasnacht (19–21 feb)

Mycket folk — Easter holidays i Switzerland, skollov i 6 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

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  Graniummarit (Geranium Market)

  20–30 apr · vanligtvisStor festival

  The oldest and only market of its kind in Switzerland, a single spring day when Bundesplatz fills with geranium and balcony-plant stalls timed to the traditional post-frost planting weekend. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Spring holidays i Switzerland, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  Aare swimming season

  20 maj – 15 sep · vanligtvisSommarsäsongen öppnar

  The city swims in the river, not a pool: in at Eichholz, out at the Marzili, and the current does the work. The Aare stays glacier-cold well into June and the exit steps are the whole skill.

Mycket folk — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: Aare swimming season (20 maj – 15 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Gurtenfestival, Summer holidays i Switzerland

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  Gurtenfestival

  15–18 julMusikfestivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  Four days on the hill above the city, reached by the funicular, which means the crowd is with you on the way up and again at midnight on the way down. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Swiss National Day

  1 augNationell helgdagStängningarTrångt

  1 August is a public holiday nationwide. Towns and villages hold speeches, lantern walks and bonfires, fireworks go up after dark unless a dry summer brings a ban, and most shops close. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Aare swimming season (20 maj – 15 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Swiss National Day, Buskers Bern

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  Buskers Bern

  6–8 augKulturfestivalTrångt

  Street performers take over the old town lanes for three evenings on a hat-money basis. The arcades funnel the crowds, so the centre is slow going after seven. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Aare swimming season (20 maj – 15 sep (vanligtvis)), Swiss National Day (1 aug)

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Aare swimming season (20 maj – 15 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Autumn holidays i Switzerland, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

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  Rendez-vous Bundesplatz

  17 okt – 21 novLjus & eld

  A free projection show on the parliament building, three times a night for about five weeks. It is the reason the square is busy on a cold Tuesday in November. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Zibelemarit onion market, Christmas markets

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  Zibelemarit onion market

  23 novStor festivalTrångt

  On the fourth Monday of November the old town becomes a market of onion braids from four in the morning, with confetti, onion tart and mulled wine. It is over by six in the evening. Källa ↗

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  Christmas markets

  28 nov – 24 decJul & nyårTrångt

  Two markets, on the Waisenhausplatz and under the Munster, both small enough to walk in twenty minutes. The arcades keep the rain off, which is more useful here than the size. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Rendez-vous Bundesplatz (17 okt – 21 nov)

Mest folk — Christmas markets, Christmas holidays i Switzerland

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  Munsterplatz bell-ringing

  31 dec – 1 janJul & nyår

  Locals gather outside the cathedral with their own glasses as the tower keeper strikes the 700-year-old bell twelve times, then rings the rare full chime for fifteen minutes to welcome the new year. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Christmas markets (28 nov – 24 dec)