Burgdorf Unterstadt


In the new Lower Town, the works of Switzerland’s foremost photo-realist painter steal the show at the Franz Gertsch Museum.


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1. Franz Gertsch Museum

0.09 MILES

The works of Switzerland’s foremost photo-realist painter steal the show at the Franz Gertsch Museum.

2. Burgdorf Oberstadt

0.35 MILES

Burgdorf (literally ‘castle village’) is split into the Upper and Lower towns. The natural highlight of the Oberstadt is the 12th-century Schloss Burgdorf.

3. Museum Schloss Burgdorf

0.37 MILES

This robust 12th-century castle could be straight out of a book with its drawbridge, thick stone walls and trio of museums focusing on castle history,…

4. Emmentaler Schaukäserei

5.24 MILES

Watch Emmental cheese being made into 95kg wheels and taste it at the Emmental Open Cheese Dairy in Affoltern. Short videos explain the modern production…

5. Kindermuseum Creaviva

10.34 MILES

Inside the Zentrum Paul Klee, the fun-packed Kindermuseum Creaviva lets kids experiment with hands-on art exhibits or create original artwork with the…

6. Zentrum Paul Klee

10.37 MILES

Bern’s answer to the Guggenheim, Renzo Piano’s architecturally bold, 150m-long wave-like edifice houses an exhibition space that showcases rotating works…

7. BärenPark

10.9 MILES

A popular etymological theory is that Bern got its name from the bear (Bär in German), when the city’s founder, Berthold V, duke of Zähringen, snagged one…

8. Jesuitenkirche

11.06 MILES

The unprepossessing facade of this church (1680–89) disguises an interior of baroque embellishments and stucco work. All the ‘marble’ in here is fake –…