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Biel/Bienne

Biel/Bienne is the 10th largest city of Switzerland and is located on the northern edge of the canton of Bern. Famous for watchmaking, and home to Rolex, Omega and Swatch among other famous makers. Wikivoyage

Population 55,932 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Switzerland

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Switzerland
Tourist office · 480 m InfoCenter für Mobilität und Tourismus

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Markets

  • Place du Bourg - Burgplatz

    Opening hours

    Apr-Dec Tu 07:00-12:00; Apr-Dec Th 07:00-12:00; Apr-Dec Sa 07:00-12:00; Jan-Mar Tu,Sa 07:00-12:00

    940 m from the centre

  • Marché hebdomadaire Madretsch / Wochenmarkt Madretsch

    Opening hours

    Th 08:00-12:00; Dec-Feb: off; PH off

    1.0 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 36 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

More train stations: Nidau Beunden 1.7 km, Hohfluh 1.7 km, Evilard/Leubringen 2.0 km, Ipsach 2.1 km, Biel Mett/Bienne Mâche 2.1 km, Brügg 2.4 km, Magglingen/Macolin 2.8 km, Ipsach Herdi 2.8 km, Frinvillier-Taubenloch 4.1 km, Sutz 4.2 km, Bözingenfeld/Champs-de-Boujean 4.4 km, Studen 4.5 km, Tüscherz 4.6 km, Lattrigen 4.9 km

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