Kühl und warm in Bern

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Cool and warm in Bern: shade, water, warm rooms

Shade, water and cool places in Bern when it is hot, warm rooms in winter: on one map, with the way to the nearest place. Free, no tracking.

Cool and warm in Bern helps in the heat and in the cold. In summer the map shows parks with shade, water play, fountains and swimming pools; in winter it shows warm rooms where you can warm up, often with coffee or tea. These warm places are open to everyone, including when you are cold outside and have nowhere to go.

Parks, pools and playgrounds with water come from the City of Bern’s open geodata (opendata.swiss), fountains and other water play from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). The warm rooms come from the city’s leaflet “Uf dr Gass” (PINTO) and from sleeper.ch. Not every fountain has drinking water. For warm rooms the map shows the address, the opening hours, whether the room is open now and a phone number to call.

At the top you choose “Summer” or “Winter” and switch individual categories on or off. “Nearest cool place” or “Nearest warm place” asks for your location and shows the nearest place with the straight-line distance. In winter the app looks first among the rooms that are open right now. “Route” opens the way there.

The pools include, for example, Marzili Freibad, Lorraine Freibad and Hallenbad Gäbelbach. The warm rooms include the Offene Kirche Heiliggeist and Punkt 6, which is only open from November to April. In the heat: drink a lot and stay in the shade at midday. There is no tracking, your location stays on the device.

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