Luggage storageBern

Luggage storage in Bern: the basics

Plenty of travellers passing through Bern need somewhere to leave a bag, often between a holiday rental checkout and a late train. The station's own left-luggage desk helps, but not every museum is as accommodating.

The station's storage handles the practical side, while Kunstmuseum Bern and the Bernisches Historisches Museum both require larger bags to be placed in the cloakroom. Getting to the airport from the centre takes about 35 minutes by bus and train, so it is worth leaving your bag at the station rather than hauling it out there. The Old Town's six kilometres of arcades are part of a UNESCO World Heritage listing that draws many visitors to Bern. Europaplatz station is an interchange for several S-Bahn routes, including the S1, S2, S3, S31, and S6. With Stasher, you can store bags from €1.49 per bag per day.

Some top Stasher locations in Bern include:

• Café, 4-minute walk from Zytglogge
• Local shop, 5-minute walk from Bern Hauptbahnhof (Bern HB)
• Restaurant, 11-minute walk from Bundesplatz

⁣Local hosts include cafés, local shops and restaurants. Every booking comes with the Stasher Guarantee, which protects your bags up to €12,000. Stasher storage in Bern can be booked through the website or app.⁣

Luggage storage at the station and airport

Bern station's own left-luggage desk sits inside the SBB Travel Centre on floor 0, with a standard rental window of six hours and a maximum of 96 hours.

Items up to 23 kg cost between CHF 6 and CHF 16 per day. Getting to the airport takes more effort: the fastest public transport link combines an S-Bahn train to Belp station, then Bernmobil bus 160 to the airport, taking around 35 minutes in total. The same bus 160 runs every 15 minutes between the airport, Belp and Rubigen stations. A single ticket from Bern station to Bern Belp Airport under the Libero tariff costs CHF 5.80.

Exploring Bern with bags

The Museum Quarter is less than a ten-minute walk from Bern Hauptbahnhof, or you can take trams 6, 7 or 8, or bus 19, to Helvetiaplatz. Kunstmuseum Bern is also about ten minutes on foot via the Neuengasse exit and along Genfergasse. On Bernmobil trams and buses, bags and backpacks must not be placed on seats, so keep yours on your lap or, on the newer trams, in the multi-function area.

Museum bag rules

At Kunstmuseum Bern, anything larger than 35 x 45 x 20 cm must be placed in the cloakroom. The Bernisches Historisches Museum applies the same principle to large luggage, large handbags and rucksacks. Leaving your bag at the station before heading to either museum means one less queue at the cloakroom desk.