Playgrounds in Bern with drinking fountains and toilets

How it works

1. At the top there are two groups: “Playground, drinking water ≤ 150 m” and “Playground”. If you only want to see playgrounds with water nearby, tap “Playground” to hide that group.
2. Tap “Nearest playground” (Nächster Spielplatz). The app shows the walking route with the walking time in minutes.
3. Tap a point: you see the distance to drinking water and a toilet.

What do the colours mean?

Green playgrounds have drinking water within 150 metres, the others are orange. The distances to drinking fountains and toilets are straight-line distances, the walk is usually a little longer. Tapping a point shows the name, if recorded, for example Spielplatz Dählhölzli, Spielplatz Monbijoupark or Spielplatz Rosengarten.

Why the combination?

The city knows its playgrounds. But parents need a playground, water and a toilet together, so they do not have to go home in between. That is why the map works out the distances in advance from three datasets: playgrounds, drinking fountains and toilets.

Where does the data come from?

From OpenStreetMap. “Route” opens the route in Google Maps, “Route in OSM” in OpenStreetMap. No tracking: only the routing service gets your location for the walking route. If a playground is missing, you can add it in OpenStreetMap.