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There is an emergency sleeping place called [http://www.sleeper.ch Sleeper], where you can get a bed for 5.-, breakfast included. But they only accept people in an emergency, not people who actually could afford a hostel bed. Check-in times are from 10pm-1am and you can stay till 10am. Be there soon enough, especially in winter time. You can't make reservations.
People you can contact for hosting:Chagai - (in Zollikofen): [https://chagai.website/trustroots.html ChagaiPublic Trustroots profile] offers a place in Zollikofen which is right outside of Bern. You can also try asking in He listed some local groups [https://chagai.website/p/groups groupshere] if anyone can host you: Or you can try contacting [[User:Zenit|Zenit]] if you need help or just company. His home base is in Bern, even though he's not there so much these days.(on WhatsApp/Telegram/Matrix)
== Food ==
If you need to use a Computer for a shorter time: visit a Library. The most of them have Computers free to use but limited in time (1hr or so), but you can always ask to extend. In the National-Library ("Nationalbibliothek", Tram #8) you just need to ask the Person by the Computers (not the person in the entrance) for a Code.
There's a free internet café at Monbijoustrasse 16. Follow the tram lines of #9 south out of the center and find the Internet Cafe Power Point on your right hand side. The place is just primarly for the unemployed and poverty-stricken, but if you're a penniless traveller, they'll likely let you use one of their machines for half an hour. [EDIT. Summer 2017. NEVER mention you are a traveller, hitchhiker or whatsoever. The moment we told the guy of the Power Point that we were hitchhikers he considered us to be tourists and mentioned that we were just pretending to be poor. AVOID these words by all means and ALWAYS say you live in Bern for long-term]
Alternatively, there also is a free, publicly useable computer with internet at the [http://www.denk-mal.info Autonomous School] at Lagerweg 12. From the train station, go downhill towards and past the well-known alternative culture center Reitschule, cross the bridge, turn left and turn right. Open most days around 6-8pm, and at other times.
[[File:Ticket checker.jpg|thumb|left|Train ticket conductors]]
== Public Transportation ==
Bern's system of buses and trams is verry very good and very dependable. Inspectors can often be spotted as they wear black pants and red or grey shirts, and of course they have bags/bum bags/etc. Update Winter 2019/2020: Not sure if its only in Winter but at the moment they wear black clothing (with little red company logo) and are harder to spot. Watch out for a machine they carry to check the tickets.
If you don't have an address in Switzerland (and don't plan to have one in the near future), you don't need to worry about being caught because there is no way you can be made to pay a fine. This even goes for EU citizens! (Info is from around 2015.) If you do happen to have an address in the country, lie, flirt and bargain your way out but don't show ID. Often the inspectors can be appeased by buying a Ticket from them or at the Ticket machine.
== Other ==
'''Map of Bern with Places of Interest.'''
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1PN6l8WEZ1vXnwtqdexWtvdsotJNbC9FM&usp=sharing
'''If you need to fix some Gear.'''
"Flickerei" Store - they fix all kind of Stuff for a very low Price. The Opening Times vary and can be checked on https://www.flickerei.ch. The Store is located in the Cellarat Stauffacherstrasse 39, a bit hidden but if you 3011 Bern. You can take the alley at Laupenstrasse 5A just look out for Signs with "Flickerei".If you need to buy cheapBus Nr 20 -stuff to fix things: visit coop "bau&hobby" or "migros do it +garden"you walk 20 min (from train main station).
If you need to buy cheap-stuff to fix things: visit coop "bau&hobby" or "migros do it +garden".
'''Hang out in BernIf you need to replace some Gear.''' As in every swiss City there are a lot of 2nd-hand-stores with donated stuff. In Switzerland, these are called "Brockenstube" or short version is "Brocki". You can find there all kind of stuff. Theres is also a huge second-hand marked at reithalle, every 1st sunday in the month. A Decathlon is located a bit outside of the city at "Riedbachstrasse 100, 3027 Bern" You can take Tram Number 8 in Direction "Westside". Decathlon is directly at "Westside". You can get there from Trainstration also with a S-Train (Larger Local Tram) You can try asking or searching in the [https://chagai.website/p/bernfree "noncommercial marketplace" on Telegram]