Good to know
At this festival, consumption at all catering outlets (restaurants and food stands) is cashless. At the fair office (foyer Festhalle), we offer the exchange of cash into a prepaid value card. Any remaining balance can be used at all in-house fairs.Cash refunds are made exclusively at the official cash card exchange points. The card is issued with a deposit.
ATM
An ATM is available in the outdoor area outside the festival grounds.
Postomat
A Postomat is located at the PostFinance Arena (outside the festival grounds).
Showers and changing rooms are available on the festival grounds.
The checkroom is located in the foyer of the new festival hall (basement).
CHF 2.00 per item of clothing.
Dogs are not allowed on the festival grounds, with the exception of guide dogs for the blind.
Site access
The halls and the festival grounds are wheelchair accessible. The building has passenger lifts.
Toilets
Wheelchair-accessible toilets are available on the site (also in the outdoor area) and are accessible with the EuroKey.
Parking spaces
Disabled parking spaces are available on Mingerstrasse.
Transport service/taxi
BETAX, tel. +41 (0)800 90 30 90
EasyCab, tel. +41 (0)31 302 35 40
If help is needed, visitors can contact the Service Desk at the main entrance or our security center at any time.
Tel. Service Desk: +41 (0)31 340 13 01
Tel. security center: +41 (0)79 459 69 39
Ambulance
Emergency number: 144
Police number
Emergency number: 117
Fire department
Emergency number: 118
Tox center
Emergency number: 145
European emergency number
Emergency number: 112
The first-aid post is located at the entrance to the new festival hall (STAGE).
Due to the limited number of parking spaces, we recommend arriving by public transport.
However, if you are traveling by car:
The BERNEXPO site is located a few hundred meters from the Wankdorf freeway junction.
Follow the signs for “BERNEXPO”/“expo”
Get here and back safely! Nova Taxi Tel: +41 (0)31 331 33 13 www.novataxi.ch Bären Taxi Tel: +41 (0)31 371 11 11 www.baerentaxi.ch
Access is quick and easy via SMS login. The speed of 2 MBit/s is optimized for surfing the web and sending e-mails. If you would like faster access, you can purchase additional WLAN vouchers at the Service Desk. WLAN is available in the new Festhalle (STAGE, Cube and Foyer) and in parts of the outdoor area.
