Besides Bern's emblem, the Bear Pits, the spacious BearPark was created in 2009. The park offers the bears an environment in which they can climb, fish and play, but also retreat. Admission is free.

But the 'Mutz' (the Bernese bear's nickname in Swiss German) is not just hanging around the old Bear Pits or the new BearPark. A countless number of bears can be found cavorting around the city: as fountain sculptures, on clocks, building facades, bears as cookies or chocolate and much more.

Enhance your group visit to Bern with a bear-bearing city tour. Join a tour that starts at the main station and follows the traces of Bern's heraldic animal right down to the BearPark! Learn all about the famous Bernese Bear!

City tour offers, Bern & its Bears