Bern

Switzerland

Bern, or Berne, is the de facto capital of Switzerland, referred to as the "federal city". With a population of about 146,000, Bern is the fifth-most populous city in Switzerland, behind Zurich, Geneva, Basel and Lausanne. The Bern agglomeration, which includes 36 municipalities, had a population of 406,900 in 2014. The metropolitan area had a population of 660,000 in 2000.

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Country: Switzerland
Population: 275,329
Latitude: 46.92° N
Longitude: 7.47° E

Which way is Bern from…

From Paris, Bern lies at 118° to the south-east, 438 km as the crow flies.

Paris	118° south-east	438 km
London	130° south-east	751 km
New York	54° north-east	6,273 km
Madrid	47° north-east	1,151 km
Rome	326° north-west	686 km
Montreal	57° north-east	5,943 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	329° north-west	8,939 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

Bern and Abuja share the same meridian: one is due south of the other. From London, the Swiss capital lies south-east, at 130°, 751 km away. From Montreal, a flat map would put it due east, at 89°; the compass says 57°, north-east. As for its latitude, it is the same as Budapest’s.