At Hapbachmösli in Bärau, you’ll find a small park with a playground, a pétanque court and a barbecue area; the pump track is located at Bäraupark. The market hall adds to the picture with a range of seasonal and regional products. There is also a hiking route that passes through Bärau. This gives you different points of reference when choosing accommodation: outdoor activities, regional products and a specific hiking connection.

Hapbachmösli: play, pétanque and barbecue area

The small park at Hapbachmösli includes a playground with a climbing tower, slide, sandpit and spinning pole. There is also a pétanque court and a well-equipped barbecue area. This brings together three different features in Hapbachmösli: play equipment, pétanque and a place to barbecue.

Pump track at Bäraupark

The Bärau pump track is located right next to Bäraupark. It is free to use with bikes, scooters and other equipment, and is designed for the whole family. It is also intended to encourage interaction between different generations and groups, as well as with people with disabilities. In contrast to Hapbachmösli, the pump track offers a different kind of activity: it focuses on a range of equipment, while Hapbachmösli brings together a park, playground, pétanque court and barbecue area.

Market hall and Bistro 1784

The Bärau market hall focuses its range on seasonal and regional products. Some of the products on offer are made or refined in collaboration with people with disabilities at the Lebensart facilities. Both the selection of goods and the creation of individual products are distinctive features of the market hall. A visit to the market hall can be combined with a visit to Bistro 1784.

Hiking route and river landscape

The hiking route from Trubschachen railway station passes through Bäregg, Bärau and Giebel before reaching Langnau railway station. This gives you a clear sequence of places to follow when planning your hike: Bärau lies after Bäregg and before Giebel, between the two railway stations. Unlike the local leisure activities, this route places Bärau within a hiking connection. In addition, after around 10 km, the Gohl flows into the Ilfis at Bärau. This river confluence is a second geographical reference point alongside the hiking route.

Planning your stay

The Old Schoolhouse is in the village district of Bärau, east of Langnau. The indoor and outdoor swimming pool in Langnau is about 1.5 km from the Old Schoolhouse. If you are considering a stay in Bärau together with a visit to the pool in Langnau, the approximate distance between the Old Schoolhouse and the pool gives you a concrete point of reference.

A farming connection in Bärau

Bärau is also home to an Emmental farmhouse with a granary. For those who, alongside leisure and market offerings, also look for rural connections when choosing a destination, this provides another local point of interest.

For the wider travel overview: Langnau in the Emmental.