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

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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.

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Einsteinhaus

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

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Naturhistorisches Museum

Natural history museum displaying a famous taxidermied St. Bernard.

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Bärengraben

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

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Museum of Communication

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

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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."

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St. Beatus Cave

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

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