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🇨🇭 Switzerland · metro 193k · 1,242 venues mapped

Bern

Where Bern places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is kitchens open past midnight, where it ranks 167 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇨🇭 Thun 26 km Nearest written profile 🇨🇭 Zurich 📖 95 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot
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Come for everything else Bern does a lot well. The weather is not on the list.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink1,242 places mapped
10:00–22:30
0006121824
13%
open past midnight
46%
open on Sundays
61h
open per week
23%
take a midday break
Shops & errands557 places mapped
07:00–20:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
36%
open on Sundays
70h
open per week
7%
take a midday break
4%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
174
umbrella days a year
51.8 m
of rain since 1981
82
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
360.9 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
1
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:44
winter sunset (solar approx.)
15.9 h
longest day of the year
4
public holidays, 2024
13,869
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureBern RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 13.3% 167 of 1,878 🇮🇹 Reggio nell'Emilia 13.4%🇳🇱 Veenendaal 13.4%🇯🇵 Akashi 13.3%🇹🇷 Ankara 13.3%Bern🇪🇸 Cartagena 13.3%🇦🇷 Cipolletti 13.3%🇭🇷 Dubrovnik 13.3%🇫🇷 Les Sables-d'Olonne 13.3%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 61 h 177 of 1,878 🇮🇹 Florence 61.3 h🇨🇱 Puerto Montt 61.2 h🇮🇹 Asti 61 h🇳🇿 Auckland 61 hBern🇬🇧 Chesterfield 61 h🇬🇧 Inverness 61 h🇨🇦 Kelowna 61 h🇸🇪 Linköping 61 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 15.2% 320 of 1,878 🇦🇷 Bahía Blanca 15.3%🇮🇩 Banjaran 15.3%🇨🇿 Liberec 15.3%🇵🇹 Almada 15.2%Bern🇬🇧 East Kilbride 15.2%🇮🇳 Hyderabad 15.2%🇨🇦 London 15.2%🇧🇴 Santa Cruz de la Sierra 15.2%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 23% 178 of 1,878 🇨🇭 Kreuzlingen 23.1%🇨🇭 Olten 23.1%🇪🇸 Talavera de la Reina 23.1%🇪🇸 Terrassa 23.1%Bern🇪🇸 Madrid 22.9%🇵🇹 Coimbra 22.8%🇫🇷 Ajaccio 22.7%🇧🇪 Leuven 22.7%
Never close at all% open 24/7 0.1% 230 of 1,878 🇫🇷 Rouen 0.2%🇸🇪 Stockholm 0.2%🇫🇷 Toulouse 0.2%🇨🇭 Zurich 0.2%Bern🇧🇪 Brussels 0.1%🇫🇷 Montpellier 0.1%🇩🇪 Stuttgart 0.1%🇳🇱 's-Hertogenbosch 0%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 36.1% 422 of 1,704 🇪🇸 Pamplona 37.1%🇬🇷 Thessaloniki 36.9%🇪🇸 Granada 36.5%🇪🇸 Cartagena 36.4%Bern🇪🇸 Dénia 36.1%🇪🇸 Santander 36%🇸🇮 Maribor 35.9%🇪🇸 Salamanca 35.9%

The same questions are asked of the 126 cities with a written profile, where each one gets its method and its full standings: kitchens open past midnight, hours open per week, open before 8 a.m., vanish at lunch, shops open on sunday.

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