Bern Minster
Guide
Photo: Wladyslaw Sojka · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
FreeChurchAllow 30–60 minPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
Switzerland's tallest church, with a carved Last Judgment over the door and a tower you can climb, plus a terrace garden high above the river.
A brief history
Work began in 1421 and the spire was only finished in 1893.
Tips
- Best time
- Morning, then the tower
- Cost
- Free; the tower usually about CHF 5 (check)
- Allow
- 30–60 min
- Free days
- Always free
- Hours
- Usually open daily, with shorter Sunday hours (check)
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Good to know
- Area
- The old town: The UNESCO old town of arcades, fountains and towers in the river loop.
- Access
- Partly step-free
- Indoors or out
- Indoors: good on a hot or rainy day
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