Wabern, or Wabern bei Bern, is a village in the municipality of Köniz

Köniz

Köniz is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. With a population of 38,793 inhabitants , the municipality is one of the 15 most populous cities in Switzerland.- History :...

 in the Swiss

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 canton of Bern. Situated some 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) from the centre of the city of Bern, it can be considered a suburb of that city.

Wabern is served by Wabern bei Bern railway station, on line S3 of the Bern S-Bahn

S-Bahn

S-Bahn refers to an often combined city center and suburban railway system metro in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Denmark...

, and by Bern tramway

Trams in Bern

The Bern tramway network forms part of the public transport system in Bern, the capital city of Switzerland.In operation since 1890, the network presently has five lines.-External links:...

 route 9. It is also the gateway to the Gurten

Gurten (mountain)

The Gurten is a mountain situated just to the south of Bern, the capital city of Switzerland. It is high, and the summit yields views of Bern, of the Jura mountains and of the Alps....

, the nearest mountain to Bern, to which it is linked by the Gurtenbahn

Gurtenbahn

The Gurtenbahn is a funicular railway in the southern suburbs of the Swiss capital city of Bern. The line links Wabern, in the municipality of Köniz, with the summit of the Gurten mountain, which overlooks the city...

 funicular railway.

External links

• Community web portal for Wabern (in German)