Switzerland Guide
Bern
Arrival
Bern's huge train station is centrally located at the western edge of the Old Town, within a few minutes' walk of practically all the hotels and sights. Trains arrive at the lower level, postbuses on the uppermost level.
Bern's tiny airport ( 
www.flughafenbern.ch ) is 9km southeast of the city in Belp. A minibus (misleadingly named "Airport Taxi") meets all arrivals, shuttling to Bern train station (20min; Fr.14), or you can take a taxi (around Fr.35). The "Tangento" bus only goes to Belp station (Fr.3), from where ordinary trains head to Bern (3 hourly; 20min). Flying out, a minibus heads to the airport from outside Bern station about an hour before every flight departure.
Most of the centre is off-limits to traffic. Unless you can find a blue-zone space (max. 1hr 30min with parking disc, or Fr.15/day with machine-issued permit), parking ( www.parkingbern.ch ) is expensive; the large car park at the station ( www.bahnhofparking.ch ) charges Fr.4 per hour (Fr.30/day). Others are at Waisenhausplatz, Casinoplatz and behind the Rathaus.