Travel assistant" for footpath from Berne main railway station / parking to the IAP
1) If you travel with RBS
(Regionalverkehr Bern Solothurn – Bern Solothurn regional travel system) (track U21 - U24):
• Walk towards the SBB platforms (Schweizerische Bundesbahnen - Swiss Federal Railways) - see
information signs.
• Continue to platforms 12/13, until you are in front of three glass elevators. Choose now between nice - and
bad weather (see 2A or 2B below).
2) If you travel with SBB
(Schweizerische Bundesbahnen - Swiss Federal Railways):
• Enter the subway.
• Continue to platforms 12/13, until you are in front of three glass elevators. Choose now between nice - and
bad weather.
Nice weather:
• Go to the 4th floor, using one of the three elevators. You are now in the park "Grosse Schanze".
• Leave the main building of the university to your left hand and walk towards the building "Exakte
Wissenschaften (ExWi)".
• The IAP is on floor A. The secretarys office is in room A3.
Bad weather:
• Take the middle or the right elevator (mostly the left elevator goes directly to the 4th floor).
• Go to the first upper floor. Leave the elevator and walk straight ahead until you reach the outdoor parking
deck (=”Bahnhofszufahrt”). Walk along the building under the roof (approx. 100 m (300 ft)), where you can
enter the stairways, and walk to the top.
• Follow the gallery and on your right enter the Building "Exakte Wissenschaften (ExWi)" through the two
sliding glass doors. You are now opposite the IAP secretarys office (room A3) of the IAP.
3) If you use the "Bahnhof Parking"
Nice weather:
• Using one of the three glass elevators, go to the 4th floor. You are now in the park "Grosse Schanze"
• With the main building of the university on your left, walk towards the building "Exakte Wissenschaften
(ExWi)" until you see stairs to your right going downwards (approx. half way between the ExWi Building and the University Main Building).
Turn left at the end of the stairs and go through the two sliding glass doors. You are now opposite the IAP secretarys office (room A3) of the IAP.
Bad weather:
• From the three glass elevators (deck 2 or 3 – there are only these and the outer one=”Bahnhofszufahrt”)
cross the park deck to your right until you arrive in front of two glass doors.
• Enter the stairway (except deck 3: you are at the top already) and ascend.
• Follow the gallery and on your right enter the Building "Exakte Wissenschaften (ExWi)" through the two
sliding glass doors. You are now opposite the IAP secretarys office (room A3) of the IAP.
4) If you are handicapped, just inform us, so that we can pick you up
