Waisenhausplatz, Pedestrian square in the Old City, Bern, Switzerland

Waisenhausplatz is a plaza in Bern's Old City, divided from Bärenplatz by Marktgasse. It joins Hodlerstrasse, Speichergasse, Schüttestrasse, Nägeligasse, Zeughausgasse, Marktgasse, Bärenplatz, Spitalgasse and Aarbergergasse. Its three sections were once separate squares: the southern Viehmarkt, the middle Zeughausplatz and the northern Waisenhausplatz.

The square grew from three separate plazas. Its southern part was laid out in the mid-16th century over the ditch before the second city wall and was called Viehmarkt, Holzmarkt, Weinplatz and, in the 18th and 19th centuries, Schweinemarkt. The middle section, filled over the Tachnaglergraben, was the Zeughausplatz, named after the Great Armory that stood there until its demolition in 1877. The northern part, built over the old Zeugwartgarten, was completed in 1784 and named after the boys' orphanage built in 1782/83 by Ludwig Emanuel Zehender and Samuel Jakob Imhoof; the whole square has borne the name Waisenhausplatz only since 1877.

Locals call it Weisähuusplatz or Wysehuusplatz in Bernese German, and some say Wiisehusplatz. The name comes from the boys' orphanage built in 1782/83 by Ludwig Emanuel Zehender and Samuel Jakob Imhoof; the cantonal police have used the baroque building since 1942. Since 2004 the Progr cultural production centre, in the former city Progymnasium, has given artists space on the north side.

Waisenhausplatz lies in Bern's Old City, north of Bärenplatz and separated from it by Marktgasse; streets such as Spitalgasse, Aarbergergasse and Hodlerstrasse lead onto it. It is a paved pedestrian zone, and since 1957 a two-storey underground car park has occupied the space beneath it. The 2025 vote approved replacing the asphalt with paving stones and adding greenery.

The Meret Oppenheim fountain, unveiled in late November 1983 at the northern end, is known locally as the Oppenheimbrunnen. It stands on the part of the square raised over the old Zeugwartgarten and completed in 1784, near the former Progymnasium that has housed the Progr cultural centre since 2004.