Bärau: Places for leisure, market hall and river landscape

Bärau is a locality in the municipality of Langnau im Emmental, in the Emmental administrative district of the canton of Bern. Several local features may be relevant when planning your stay: leisure activities at Hapbachmösli and the Bärau pump track, the market hall, a hiking route and the river landscape. If you choose Bärau as the destination for a hotel stay, you can decide in advance whether leisure activities, a visit to the market, a hike or the landscape is your main priority.

Playground, pétanque and pump track

Hapbachmösli in Bärau has a small park with a playground. The play equipment includes a climbing tower, slide, sandpit and spinner. There is also a pétanque court at Hapbachmösli, and the Hapbachmösli barbecue area is well equipped. If you are weighing up different leisure interests, you can consider the playground, pétanque court and barbecue area as separate options here.

The Bärau pump track is right next to Bäraupark. It is free to use with bicycles, scooters and other equipment, and is suitable for the whole family. It is also intended to encourage interaction among different generations and groups, including people with disabilities. The difference from Hapbachmösli is relevant to your plans: there, the focus is on the park, play equipment, pétanque court and barbecue area; at the pump track, it is on riding bicycles, scooters and other equipment.

Hiking route and river landscape

The hiking route runs from Trubschachen station via Bäregg, Bärau and Giebel to Langnau station. Bärau is therefore an intermediate stop along the route, not one of its two endpoints. This sequence helps you place the locality within a hike between the two stations. After around 10 km, the Gohl flows into the Ilfis at Bärau. The route and the river offer two different perspectives on Bärau: the hike links several named places in sequence, while the river information identifies the confluence at Bärau. You can therefore understand the destination in terms of either the route or its river landscape.

Bärau Market Hall

Bärau Market Hall selects its range with a focus on seasonality and regional products. It also offers products made or refined in collaboration with people with disabilities at the Lebensart businesses. For your visit, both the focus of the product selection and the origin of certain products are defining features. A visit to the market hall can be combined with a visit to Bistro 1784.

Location and other local features

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 in Bärau. Bärau is also home to an Emmental farm with a grain store. These places broaden the picture beyond leisure and market offerings: they show Bärau in relation to Langnau as well as through a farm rooted in the locality.

For the wider travel overview: Langnau im Emmental.