Rose Garden (Rosengarten) Bern

Entry containing 4 photos titled: Capital of Switzerland, Clock Tower, Tierpark, Bear Pits

... kept in an enclosed area at the end of the main street, and we watched then Monday morning before heading to the Rose Garden atop a hill with a majestic view of the city. Then in true backpacker fashion, instead of heading straight to Interlaken, we ...

... one of them seemed very content to pose for the camera & get free apples from the tourists. From there i walked up to the rose garden where there is a fantastic view of the city & the rivers are the most beautiful bright rich green colour. I spent the ...

... bear pits (after which Bern gets its name), but we felt really bad for the two bears shoved into a tiny space :-(. There was a also a rose garden, so we sat out at a caffe and I tried a Swiss beer while Matthew drew again. Later, we had some time to ...

... - Bern was his home for several years. We walked across the river up the hill on the other side of town to the rose garden . On the way there we spent some time studying/ playing with the bears that are housed in a pit next to the river. For ...

... sunshine while conversing next to lovely views of the terraced old town. After our beer, we climbed the hill to a rose garden park--somewhat barren in October--and were treated to a very pretty view of the entire old town from the encircling ...

... going to. If we're not exhausted. Hah. A quick bus ride puts us across the Aare on our way to the Rosengarten, or Rose Garden, which is in full bloom and filled with an orderly riot of pinks, reds and oranges. As promised the view of the city is ...

... some sights such as the cathedral, parliament and the bear park. I climbed a small hill to the east of the city towards the rose garden to get a nice view over the city. It really is a pretty place. There are arch bridges crossing the light blue river, ...

... for the same dates. It's free you just pay your usual house bills while they are in there.  We walked up to the Rose Garden (recommended by a friend) which was so beautiful with so many different types of roses and also had a great view of the ...

Walked to the Paul Klee Museum in Bern. Stopped at the beautiful rose garden.  Juxtaposed to apartment buildings and stores are beautiful meadows with cornfields and sheep grazing. Bern has lots of bike and pedestrian pathways. Beautiful city, ...

... the first animal slain duing a royal hunt, which just so happened to be a bear. A steep walk up the hillside gets you to the Rose Garden park, which has amazing views over the whole of the old town.  From here you can see how the locals cool down, ...