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Wabern, or Wabern bei Bern, is a village in the municipality of Köniz in the Swiss canton of Bern. Situated some 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) from the centre of the city of Bern, it can be considered a suburb of that city.

Köniz Place in Bern, Switzerland

Köniz is a statistical town, however considers itself still as a village, and a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district right on the southern border to Bern in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The municipality of Köniz as a single settlement would belong to the 15 most populous towns in Switzerland. It is also part of the larger agglomeration of Bern of about 400,000 inhabitants.

Switzerland federal republic in Central Europe

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a country situated in western, central, and southern Europe. It consists of 26 cantons, and the city of Bern is the seat of the federal authorities. The sovereign state is a federal republic bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and the Jura, spanning a total area of 41,285 km2 (15,940 sq mi). While the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, the Swiss population of approximately 8.5 million people is concentrated mostly on the plateau, where the largest cities are to be found: among them are the two global cities and economic centres Zürich and Geneva.

Canton of Bern Canton of Switzerland

The canton of Bern or Berne is the second largest of the 26 Swiss cantons by both surface area and population. Located in west-central Switzerland, it borders the canton of Jura and the canton of Solothurn to the north. To the west lie the canton of Neuchâtel, the canton of Fribourg and canton of Vaud. To the south lies the canton of Valais. East of the canton of Bern lie the cantons of Uri, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Lucerne and Aargau.

Wabern is served by Wabern bei Bern railway station, on line S3 of the Bern S-Bahn, and by Bern tramway route 9. It is also the gateway to the Gurten, the nearest mountain to Bern, to which it is linked by the Gurten Funicular. [1] [2] [3]

Trams in Bern tram system

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Gurten (mountain) Mountain, Bern

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Gurten Funicular funicular railway in the southern suburbs of the Swiss capital city of Bern

The Gurten Funicular is a funicular railway in the southern suburbs of the Swiss capital city of Bern. The line is owned and operated by the Gurtenbahn Bern AG company.

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Wabern bei Bern is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Bern and municipality of Köniz. It serves, and derives its name from, the village of Wabern bei Bern, in reality a suburb of the city of Bern. The station is on the Gürbetal line and is operated by BLS AG. It is an intermediate stop on the Bern S-Bahn lines S3 and S31 between Bern and Belp. Both lines operate half-hourly for most of the day, combining to provide a quarter-hourly service to and from Bern.

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References

  1. ↑ "S-Bahn Bern - Liniennetz" [S-Bahn Bern - Line network] (in German). S-Bahn Bern. Retrieved 2011-10-27.
  2. ↑ "Bernmobil - Liniennetz" [Bernmobil - Line network] (in German). Bernmobil. Retrieved 2011-10-27.
  3. ↑ "GB - Gurten Bahn". Funimag. Retrieved 2011-10-12.


Coordinates: 46°55′43″N7°26′54″E / 46.928696°N 7.448387°E / 46.928696; 7.448387

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