Bern City Walk | Fountain Hunt & Bear Spotting 🏰🐻

🌊 Route Highlights 11 historic fountains: Each tells a story—from medieval legends to dark fairy tales! Hidden bear cameos: Spot 3 bear sculptures 🐻→ then meet real bears at BärenPark! 100% free: Stroll covered arcades + cobblestone lanes (rain or shine). 📍 Detailed Route (2km / 1.5h) Start: Ryfflibrunnen Fountain (Aarbergergasse) ➤ Legendary crossbowman + armored bear statue. 📸 Pro shot: Backlight the statue through arches at dawn. ❷ Pfeiferbrunnen (Spitalgasse) ➤ Renaissance party 🎵: Bagpiper, flute-playing monkey & golden goose (inspired by Dürer!). ❸ Anna-Seiler-Brunnen (Marktgasse) ➤ Tribute to a healer: The "pouring jug" honors Bern’s first hospital (1354). ❹ Schützenbrunnen (Marktgasse) ➤ Cheeky bear: A cub "shoots" passersby with a tiny gun! 🔫 📸 Frame it: Capture the bear with the clock tower behind. ❺ Kindlifresserbrunnen (Kornhausplatz) ➤ Dark folklore: Ogre devouring children (historically used to scare kids 😱). ❻ Zähringerbrunnen (Kramgasse) ➤ Founding myth: Bear-riding knight symbolizes Bern’s 12th-century origins. ❼ Simsonbrunnen (Kramgasse) ➤ Biblical strength 💪: Samson tearing a lion’s jaw (1544). 📸 Compose: Align Samson’s arm with Einstein’s house windows. ❽ Mosesbrunnen (Münstergasse) ➤ Holy drama: Moses with "horns of light" holding the Ten Commandments. 💡 Detour: Visit Bern Cathedral (Last Judgment fresco; 5 CHF fridge magnets). ✨ Why This Walk? "Bern’s fountains are open-air history books—with bear Easter eggs!" #HiddenBern #UNESCO #FreeWalkingTour