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Matte, Bern — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Matte, recorded as the Mattequartier, is a historic quarter of Bern's Old City along the Aare riverfront, in Switzerland.
About Matte
Where to stay in Matte
The right area depends on your trip — here's what each neighbourhood is best for.
Beds sit uphill. The Mattequartier is a residential riverfront pocket rather than a hotel district, and a room booked anywhere in Bern's Old City puts the Aare bank and the lanes of Matte within a walk of a few minutes. Bern's roster keeps Marzili and Altenberg as separate entries, so a search filed under Matte alone returns little.
Book the Innere Stadt and walk down to the water.
About Matte
What are the main landmarks in Matte?
One entry carries the list. The Engemeistergut is logged as a Samian Ware discovery site, and it stands as the only landmark the record attaches to Matte, which leaves the quarter's own fabric, the riverside lanes along the Aare, doing the rest of the work. Beyond that one find, Matte adds nothing to the register.
The Old City of Bern supplies the sightseeing from a few steps away.
What is the history of Matte?
No charter year survives in the file. What the record does state is plain enough: the Mattequartier is a historic neighbourhood of the Old City of Bern, and it is dated by the Old City around it rather than by any founding entry of its own. The Aare set the terms.
A discovery site at the Engemeistergut, logged for its Samian ware, marks this ground as used long before the quarter took the name it carries in the Canton de Berne.
Where is Matte?
Matte runs along the Aare riverfront inside the Old City of Bern, in the Canton de Berne, Switzerland.
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Updated September 2026