The "Baldachin", the covered tram and bus stop outside the railway station
(Marchwell, Zürich/Bürgi Schärerer Raaflaub, Bern /Atelier 5, Bern)
The historic centre, a Unesco World Heritage Site, was built in a bend in the River Aare.
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"Flying Houses" of the new women's clinic (Frauenklinik)
(Bétrix&Consolascio, Erlenbach)
The 15th century town hall is still the site of most city and cantonal political activity.
(wikipedia/Wladyslaw Sojka)
New residential properties, Weissenstein-Neumatt, is built on the site of a former quarry.
(GWJ Architekten, Bern)
Gerechtigkeitsgasse, the main street in the lower part of the historic centre with the Zähringer (front) and Samson fountains
(Keystone/Martin Ruetschi)
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Japanese embassy
(GWJ Architekten, Bern)
There is a jet of water for each of the 26 cantons in front of the parliament buildings.
(swiss-image.ch/Terence du Fresne)
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Listen up: the room where official press conferences are given in the government's media centre
(IAAG Architekten, Bern)
No matter how wet the weather, shoppers and cafe goers stay dry under the city's six kilometres of arcades.
(swiss-image.ch/Terence du Fresne)
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The new home of the the National Metrology Institute
(Metron, Brugg)
The old clock tower (Zytglogge) remains Bern's best known landmark.
(Keystone/Gaetan Bally)
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Images of new buildings taken from book on Bern's contemporary architecture (Bern baut. Ein Führer zur zeitgenössischen Architektur 1990–2010. Edition Hochparterre)
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