Living in Breitenrain, Bern

Standard score Green space, trees and services on foot; residents' median

Good78

Breitenrain is an area of Bern with about 4,708 residents. Its CityPulse standard score is 78 out of 100 (good): better than 22% of Bern residents, ranked 38 of 48 areas.

Strengths

Public green space: public green space 4 min walk, large park 18 min walk
Services on foot: food shop 2 min walk, pharmacy 5 min walk, doctor 5 min walk
Playgrounds on foot: playground 2 min walk

Who Breitenrain suits

Profile	Score	Rank in the city
Student	82 · excellent	6 of 48
Family	77 · good	25 of 48
Over 65	76 · good	43 of 48
Working from home	36 · poor	44 of 48
Commuter	68 · good	19 of 48

Services on foot

Walking-network distance for the area's typical resident (median).

Service	Typical distance	On foot
Food shop	172 m	2 min walk
Pharmacy	380 m	5 min walk
Doctor	437 m	5 min walk
Nursery school	191 m	2 min walk
Primary school	440 m	6 min walk
Bus, tram or water bus stop	156 m	2 min walk
Metro or train station	1,358 m	17 min walk
Public green space	311 m	4 min walk
Large park (≥ 10 ha)	1,405 m	18 min walk
Playground	197 m	2 min walk
Protected cycle lane	566 m	7 min walk

Greenery, air and transport

16.7% tree canopy within 500 m (city median: 25.5%)
7.6 µg/m³ of PM2.5, 2024 annual mean
34 departures per hour between 7 and 9 am (city median: 30)
High density

Streets and squares in Breitenrain

Allmendstrasse · Attinghausenstrasse · Birkenweg · Breitenrainplatz · Elisabethenstrasse · Flurstrasse · Greyerzstrasse · Jägerweg · Meisenweg · Melchtalstrasse · Pappelweg · Römerweg · Scheibenstrasse · Schützenweg · Stauffacherplatz · Stauffacherstrasse · Stöckerenweg · Turnweg · Waffenweg · Weingartstrasse · Wylerstrasse · Zaunweg · Zeigerweg · Zielweg

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Areas are named after OpenStreetMap neighbourhoods and have approximate boundaries: each hexagon goes to the nearest name. Values are residents' medians. Data updated on 2026-11-06. Method and sources