Going out - Cultural Life

Bern has got a rich cultural life and offers something for everybody, no matter what your taste is.  This section will inform you where to party, where you can find cinemas, theatres, and libraries as well as what museums to visit.

Cultural agenda - What's up?

Various print newspapers like Der Bund, Berner Zeitung (BZ), 20Minunten and Anzeiger Region Bern include a cultural agenda. Once a month the independent culture magazine "ensuite" informs about cultural events providing background information as well as a cultural agenda. Likewise, the weekly Berner Kulturagenda gives a broad picture on cultural events in Bern.

If you want to catch up on today's events online, we recommend you check out these pages:

www.kulturagenda.be

www.kulturagenda.ch

www.moonwalk.ch

The page www.konzerte-bern.ch gives a weekly overview on classical concerts in Bern.

Museums

Need information about Bern's museums? The best and most comprehensive site is www.museen-bern.ch

Libraries

Kornhausbibliotheken: Access to a varied, constantly up-dated selection of books, journals, audio-visual media, sound carriers and
games. There are nine branches in the districts. Information is available from:

www.kornhausbibliotheken.ch

Kornhausbibliothek Hauptstelle
Kornhausplatz 18


Universitätsbibliothek Bern: The University library offers a great selection of  scientific literature. The main library, Zentralbibliothek, is conveniently situated in the city centre, other specific libraries are sometimes a bit hard to find as they are usually located in one of the many university buildings all over Bern.

www.ub.unibe.ch

Zentralbibliothek
Münstergasse 61
 

Further information on libraries and archives available from: www.museen-bern.ch

Theatres

A good overview of small and the most important theatres in Bern gives www.kultureintritt.ch. For the current plays, check www.kulturagenda.be or www.kulturagenda.ch.

Cinemas

Bern has got a great variety of different cinemas. Check www.cineman.ch for the programme. Not included in this programme but none the less interesting is the cinema of the Reitschule which shows critical documentaries or thematic film cycles.

Major events in Bern

Some of the annually-held events and festivals are:

March: Carnival www.fasnacht.be

March - May: International Jazz Festival Bern www.jazzfestivalbern.ch

March: Night of the Museums www.museumsnacht-bern.ch

April - May: BEA / Horse exhibition www.beapferd.ch

July: Gurtenfestival Openair music festival www.gurtenfestival.ch

August: Buskers’ street music festival www.buskers.ch

October: Shnit short-film-festival: www.shnit.ch

A calendar of major  events, markets and exhibitions can be found here: https://www.kultureintritt.ch

For Kids

The page leporello.ch is a culture agenda for the youngest: www.leporello.ch