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5 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Bern, Switzerland

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The child eater

Bern, Switzerland

The Child Eater of Bern

A nearly 500 year old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

46.9485, 7.4475

Einstein's living room.

Bern, Switzerland

Einsteinhaus

This simple apartment may have inspired some of the most important theories in the history of science.

46.9478, 7.4499

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Bern, Switzerland

Naturhistorisches Museum

Natural history museum displaying a famous taxidermied St. Bernard.

46.9421, 7.4489

Bern, Switzerland

Bärengraben

The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.

46.9482, 7.4598

Bern, Switzerland

Museum of Communication

Video games, body language, and postal history are all on display in this Swiss museum.

46.9418, 7.4500

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Brains preserved in jars.

Ostermundigen, Switzerland

Psychiatrie-Museum Bern

Small psychiatric museum displays a collection of outsider art and scale models of past "treatments" for mental illness such as "centrifuge therapy."

46.9649, 7.4844

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2 MILEs FROM Bern

Beautiful Cave Entrance

Beatenberg, Switzerland

St. Beatus Cave

Caves famous for the dragon-slaying saint who lived there.

46.6844, 7.7826

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24 MILEs FROM Bern

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