Dentenberg – General Guisan Memorial loop from Liebefeld

Dentenberg – General Guisan Memorial loop from Liebefeld

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Dentenberg – General Guisan Memorial loop from Liebefeld

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37.2km

400m

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Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 20, 2026

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5.23 km

View of the Alps from Kehrsatz and Belpberg

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The 🤩 dreamlike 🚴‍♂️ view of the Alps 🏔️ at the height of Kehrsatz at "8: Aare Route Stage 3" is sensationally beautiful.

At the same time you can see the Belpberg ⛰️ (892.5m) in the foreground, an isolated ridge in the Aare valley between Bern and Thun. The ridge has a width of 2 to 4 km and a length of around 11 km ☝️

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14.7 km

Schwarzbach Stream

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Beautiful re-natured stream

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18.8 km

View of the Alps from Rüfenacht

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23.6 km

Dentenberg

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Small elevation between Gümligen and Boll which can be driven from 4 different sides. A nice training mountain for short mountain intervals and fortunately usually little traffic.

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25.9 km

General Guisan Memorial

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Located by the roadside, you'll find a lovely rest area here with a monument in honor of General Guisan.

The view in the other direction is also worthwhile, as the Bernese Alps are clearly visible thanks to the elevated position on the Dentenberg.

There's a trash can by the barbecue area.

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34.1 km

Federal Palace of Switzerland (Bundeshaus)

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Federal Palace Bern, history
On April 1, 1902, the new building was ceremoniously handed over to the Swiss Confederation.
Where a music hall and an old hospital once stood, parliament and government now meet. The Federal Palace in Bern has its task of uniting the country's inhabitants literally carved in stone.
When the Federal Constitution came into force on September 12, 1848, the question of where the government and parliament should be located was not yet clear. It was not until November that the Federal Assembly decided on Bern as the seat of the authorities. Two years later, the Bern municipal council announced an architectural competition for the "Federal City Hall". In the meantime, the Federal Council met in the Erlacherhof, the current seat of the Bern government.
With the total revision of the Federal Constitution in 1874, the federal government was suddenly given new areas of responsibility that had previously been the responsibility of the cantons. The administration soon reached its space limits and a new building was needed. The city therefore handed over its responsibility to the federal government two years later. In 1880, he bought the Inselspital building, which had to make way for the new Federal Palace seven years later. An architectural competition was held again, and Alfred Friedrich Bluntschli and Hans Wilhelm Auer were chosen as the winners. This is how today's Federal Palace East was created, a symmetrical counterpart to the existing "Federal City Hall" in the west.

Eleven years later, the two architects Bluntschli and Auer were invited to another competition, this time for a parliament building between the two administrative wings. Although an international committee of architects was called upon to select the best design, in 1891 the Federal Council decided on its own authority to accept Hans Wilhelm Auer's proposal. This proposed a domed building in the style of the Capitol in Washington D.C. After several years of work, 30 types of Swiss stone were used with the help of 38 local artists to create a national monument with an impact on all cantons. The new building was ceremoniously handed over to the Swiss Confederation on April 1, 1902. The building cost 7.2 million Swiss francs – compared to today's conditions, this would be equivalent to around 700 million Swiss francs.
Text / Source: SRF Swiss Radio and Television
srf.ch/news/bundeshaus-und-parlament-geschichte-des-bundeshäuser

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