The rose garden is a park northeast of the old town in the Schosshalde district of Bern. The gardens are popular with both locals and tourists. It is popular as a vantage point with a good view of the old town, has a restaurant, a large children's playground and a library with a reading garden.

The bear park replaces the old bear pit used for keeping brown bears, in which species-appropriate keeping was no longer possible. The facility is located on the opposite bank of the Aare from the old town in the Bärenpark district, which is named after him, and is part of Bern Zoo

The Nydeggbrücke connects the area around the old town of Bern with the opposite bank of the Aare at the bear pit.

The quarter is located on a peninsula in the Aare below the actual old town directly on the river bank. It is geographically and topographically clearly separated from the rest of the city

The Mattelift is an electric passenger elevator that connects the cathedral platform in Bern with Badgasse, 31.5 meters below, in the Matte district.

The Minster Platform is a rectangular terrace in front of the Bern Minster on the slope to the Aare.

The reformed Bern Minster was dedicated to St. Vincent of Zaragoza in the late Middle Ages and is the largest and most important late medieval church in Switzerland. It was built in the Gothic style and is one of those Gothic churches that could only be completed in the 19th century after the advent of historicism.

The Bern town hall at Rathausplatz 2 is the historic town hall of Bern and is still the political center of the city and canton of Bern.

The Zytglogge is a landmark medieval tower in Bern, Switzerland. Built in the early 13th century, it has served the city as guard tower, prison, clock tower, centre of urban life and civic memorial. Despite the many redecorations and renovations it has undergone in its 800 years of existence, the Zytglogge is one of Bern's most recognisable symbols and the oldest monument of the city, and with its 15th-century astronomical clock, a major tourist attraction. It is a heritage site of national significance, and part of the Old City of Bern, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site.

The Federal Palace is the building in Bern housing the Swiss Federal Assembly (legislature) and the Federal Council (executive). It has a total length of more than 300 metres (980 ft) consisting of a central assembly building and two wings (eastern and western) housing government departments and a library.

The University of Bern does not have a single large campus on the edge of the city, but has consistently pursued the principle of a university in the city. Most institutes and clinics are still in the Länggasse, the traditional university district adjoining the city centre, within walking distance of one another.