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Opening hours and location

Access to main building, customer parking and lending: Monday to Friday 08.30 to 11.00 / 14.00 to 16.30 hours

Opening hours lending and service desk
Monday to Friday
08.30 - 11.00 / 14.00 - 16.30 hours
Opening hours workstations
Monday to Friday
08.30 - 16.30 hours
Extraordinary closings
Public holidays Weekday and date
Berchtold Day Monday January 2nd 2023
Good Friday Friday April 7th 2023
Easter Monday Monday April 10th 2023
Ascension Day Thursday May 18th 2023
Whit Monday Monday May 29th 2023
Swiss national holiday Tuesday August 1st 2023
Christmas/New Year 2023/2024 From Monday 25 December 2023 until and including Tuesday 2 January 2024

Situation map

Arrival by public transport

  • From Bern‘s main railway station: Tram 9 in the direction of Wankdorf station until the Guisanplatz Expo stop.
    The BiG is situated directly at the junction, diagonally opposite the tram stop.
    Travel time is approx. 11 minutes.
  • From the Wankdorf railway station: Tram 9 in the direction of Wabern until the Guisanplatz Expo stop.
    The BiG is situated directly at the junction, diagonally opposite the tram stop.
    Travel time is approx. 5 minutes.

Arrival by car 

  • After leaving the motorway at the Bern Wankdorf exit, take the direction ‘Einkaufszentrum Stade de Suisse’ (shopping centre). After passing the stadium, continue on the Papiermühlestrasse and cross the next junction.
  • Turn right into the first driveway immediately after the junction.
  • Directly in front of the library there are a few parking spaces (marked in yellow) that are free of charge including a parking space for the disabled. There is also a space for a Mobility car. 


Library Am Guisanplatz User Services
Papiermühlestrasse 21a
CH-3003 Bern
Tel.
+41 58 464 50 99

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Library Am Guisanplatz

User Services
Papiermühlestrasse 21a
CH-3003 Bern