Welcome, Marta

Everything you need for your stay, in eight short steps. Tick things off as you go — your progress is saved on this device.

14–19 October 2 guests Entire apartment

The flat is on the third floor of a quiet 1920s building in Bern's Länggasse, five minutes from the Aare and fifteen from the old town. Self check-in, so you can arrive whenever suits you after 15:00.

AddressSonnenhalde 14, 3011 Bern

Check-inFrom 15:00, self check-in

Check-outBy 11:00

Your hostLea · +41 79 000 00 00

Message me through Airbnb for anything at all. If it's urgent and I don't reply within an hour, call — I live two streets away.

Step 2

Before you travel

Three small things that make arrival day effortless. The door code only goes out after the first two are done.

Send me your arrival timeA rough window is fine. It tells me when to set the heating.
Add every guest to the bookingSwiss law requires me to register all overnight guests by name.
Save my number offline+41 79 000 00 00. Handy if your data doesn't work on arrival.
Tell me if you're drivingI'll reserve the garage space, which costs CHF 15 a night.

Arriving before 15:00 or after midnight? Just ask. Early drop-off for bags is usually possible.

Step 3

Getting here

From Bern main station it's about twelve minutes. The building is the pale green one with the bakery on the ground floor.

Take bus 11 towards NeufeldLeaves from the station's north exit. Get off at Länggassstrasse, then walk 300 m.
Buy a ticket before boardingZone 100/101, CHF 2.80. The SBB Mobile app is easiest.
Find the side entranceNot the bakery door — the wooden one to its right, marked 14.

By carGarage entrance on Mittelstrasse, level -1, space 7.

From the airportTrain to Bern HB, then bus 11. Roughly 1 h 50 from Zurich.

LuggageLift on the left of the lobby, goes to the third floor.

Step 4

Letting yourself in

The lockbox is mounted to the left of the side entrance, at hip height. Codes change between stays, so these are yours alone.

Lockbox code

Flat3rd floor, door on the right

Wi-Fi networkSonnenhalde_Gast

Wi-Fi password

Take both keys from the lockboxThe long one opens the street door, the short one the flat.
Scramble the lockbox dials againTakes a second and keeps the next guest's code safe.
Connect to the Wi-FiRouter sits in the hallway cupboard if it ever needs a restart.
Send me a quick "we're in"So I know the lockbox behaved itself.

Locked out? There's a spare key with the bakery downstairs, open until 18:30 on weekdays.

Step 5

Settling in

A few things worth knowing in the first hour, so nothing surprises you at eleven at night.

Set the heating dial in the hallway20 °C is comfortable. The radiators take about an hour to warm through.
Run the shower hot for 30 secondsThe boiler is old and needs a moment before it settles.
Find the coffeeBeans and a grinder are in the cupboard above the kettle. Help yourself.
Try the window handlesTurn up to tilt, sideways to open fully. There are no screens, so close them at dusk.

Washing machineBathroom, programme 3 for a normal 40 °C load.

TelevisionNetflix and SRF are signed in. Remote lives in the basket.

RubbishBlue bags only, under the sink. Paper goes in the lobby bin.

First aidKit and spare bulbs in the hallway cupboard, top shelf.

Step 6

House rules

Four rules, all of them about the neighbours rather than the flat. Please tick to confirm you've read them.

Quiet from 22:00 to 07:00Swiss buildings take this seriously, and the floors are thin. No laundry or showers after ten either.
No smoking anywhere insideThe balcony is fine. There's an ashtray on the small table.
Two guests, no partiesVisitors during the day are welcome. Overnight guests need to be on the booking.
Shoes off at the doorThe parquet is original. Slippers in the basket in three sizes.

Something broke? Tell me straight away. Honest accidents are never charged for — I'd just rather fix it before the next guest arrives.

Step 7

The neighbourhood

Places I actually go to, with walking times from the front door. Nothing here needs a reservation except the last one.

2 minBäckerei BürgiDownstairs. Sourdough out of the oven at 07:00, gone by ten.
6 minMigros LänggasseGroceries until 20:00, closed Sundays like everything else.
9 minMarzilibadFree river pool. Locals float down the Aare from upstream — only go in if you swim well.
14 minRosengartenThe view of the old town everyone photographs. Best around sunset.
15 minRestaurant LötschbergFondue and Alpine wine. Book a day ahead, especially at weekends.

Pick up your guest transport cardOn the kitchen table. Free buses and trams for the whole stay.

Step 8

Checking out

By 11:00, and it takes about ten minutes. No cleaning needed beyond this — that's what the fee covers.

Start the dishwasherTabs are under the sink. Leave it running, I'll empty it.
Take the rubbish to the lobby binsBlue bag out, fresh one in the bin.
Pile used towels in the bathtubBed linen can stay where it is.
Close the windows and turn the heating downDial to the snowflake mark.
Put both keys back in the lockboxSame code, 4821. Spin the dials afterwards.
Check the bathroom hook and the bedside drawerWhere forgotten chargers and jewellery always turn up.

You're all set

Thanks for reading it all, Marta. Have a lovely stay — and tell me if anything in this list turned out to be wrong.

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