Bern, Switzerland

E81271

city federal city

Bern, Switzerland is the de facto capital of Switzerland, known for its well-preserved medieval old town, political institutions, and cultural heritage.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Bern	0
Old City of Bern	5
Berne, Switzerland	1
Länggasse quarter of Bern	1
Swiss federal capital Bern	1
city of Bern	1
municipality of Bern	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ federal city ⓘ
capitalOf	canton of Bern NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate	oceanic climate ⓘ
coordinateLocation	46.948°N 7.447°E ⓘ
country	Switzerland ⓘ
demonym	Berner ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel	approximately 540 metres ⓘ
foundedBy	Berthold V, Duke of Zähringen ⓘ
foundedIn	12th century ⓘ
hasAirport	Bern Airport ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution	Bern Historical Museum ⓘ Kunstmuseum Bern ⓘ Natural History Museum of Bern ⓘ Paul Klee Center ⓘ surface form: Zentrum Paul Klee
hasHeritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
hasLandmark	Bear Pit ⓘ Bern Minster ⓘ Bundesplatz ⓘ Federal Palace of Switzerland ⓘ Kornhausbrücke ⓘ Käfigturm ⓘ Nydegg Bridge ⓘ Zytglogge clock tower ⓘ
hasSportsTeam	BSC Young Boys ⓘ
hasSportsVenue	Stade de Suisse Wankdorf ⓘ
hasUniversity	Bern University of Applied Sciences ⓘ University of Bern ⓘ
heritageDesignationAppliesTo	Bern, Switzerland self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Old City of Bern
isConnectedBy	Bern railway station ⓘ
isDeFactoCapitalOf	Switzerland ⓘ
isKnownFor	cultural heritage ⓘ political institutions of Switzerland ⓘ well-preserved medieval old town ⓘ
isSeatOf	Federal Palace of Switzerland ⓘ Swiss federal government ⓘ surface form: Swiss Federal Administration Swiss Federal Assembly ⓘ Swiss Federal Council ⓘ Swiss National Bank ⓘ surface form: Swiss National Bank head office
localDialect	Alemannic German ⓘ surface form: Bernese German
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	canton of Bern NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Swiss Plateau ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Central European Summer Time ⓘ Central European Time ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Aare ⓘ
officialLanguage	German ⓘ
population	about 130000 inhabitants ⓘ
postalCode	3000–3030 ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode	BE ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bern → UNESCOWorldHeritageSitePart → Bern, Switzerland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old City of Bern

Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works → concludedAt → Bern, Switzerland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berne, Switzerland

Swiss Plateau → contains → Bern, Switzerland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swiss federal capital Bern

New Bern → hasSisterCity → Bern, Switzerland ⓘ

Postal Operations Council → headquartersLocation → Bern, Switzerland ⓘ

Bern, Switzerland → heritageDesignationAppliesTo → Bern, Switzerland self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Bern

this entity surface form: Old City of Bern

Federal Palace of Switzerland → locatedIn → Bern, Switzerland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old City of Bern

Käfigturm → locatedIn → Bern, Switzerland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old City of Bern

Bern railway station → locatedNear → Bern, Switzerland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old City of Bern

University of Bern → mainCampus → Bern, Switzerland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Länggasse quarter of Bern

New Bern → namedAfter → Bern, Switzerland ⓘ

UNESCO World Heritage Site (Old City) → partOf → Bern, Switzerland ⓘ

subject surface form: Old City of Bern

this entity surface form: municipality of Bern

Hans Albert Einstein → placeOfBirth → Bern, Switzerland ⓘ

Bern metropolitan area → urbanCore → Bern, Switzerland ⓘ

this entity surface form: city of Bern