Bienne City Park, Urban park in Bienne, Switzerland.
Bienne City Park is an urban green space in the north new city district with wide paths, open lawns, and benches throughout its maintained gardens. The landscaped areas provide room for walking, picnicking, and photography in a residential setting.
The park was established in 1924 during Bienne's expansion in the early 20th century and reflects the urban planning approach of that era. Its creation marked a turning point in how the city developed its public spaces.
The park's main axis runs from the former gatehouse on Bubenberg-Strasse to Fritz Meier-Kuenzi's fountain of cascading stepped basins and on to Walter Sommer's 1936 music pavilion, a work of Biel Modernism. Since 9 September 2020 the association Schronk! has run its third open library in the park, and the listed gatehouse reopened in April 2025 as the buvette Le p'tit Schluck.
The park stretches from Bubenberg-Strasse in the west and Oberer Quai in the south to the fork of the Schüss and the Schüsskanal at the weir. From the forecourt of the former gatehouse, two paths lead to the fountain and the music pavilion on the central axis. The gatehouse at Bubenberg-Strasse 51 now houses the Buvette "Le p'tit Schluck", open since April 2025.
The park began as the Tanzmatten cemetery, opened in 1871 near the Schüss lock; after the graves were cleared, it was declared a public park in 1924. Native beeches, oaks, walnut and lime trees survive from the cemetery period, and exotic species were added from the early 20th century.
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