House of Religions

The House of Religions - Dialogue of Cultures (German: Haus der Religionen - Dialog der Kulturen; French: Maison des religions) is a Swiss inter-religious institution in the city of Bern in Switzerland that houses worship rooms for eight faiths in one single building.

In March 2006 the "Stiftung Europaplatz" foundation was founded, which raised the necessary funds for the project, including sacred spaces, among others for Hindu and Buddhist communities, of the Alevis and the Council of Christian Churches in the canton of Bern (AKiB).

[3] The building includes, besides the house of religions, 88 apartments, shops, catering services and offices on a floor area of approximately 30,000 square metres (35,880 sq yd).

[1] The location Europaplatz is situated in Bern-Ausserholligen, and served by S-Bahn, Tram Bern West, bus lines and the motorway junction.

[4] Christians, Alevis, Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists in their church, Dargah, mosque, temples and centre now celebrate their cults.

The religious communities celebrated the indentation in the newly built glass building on the Europaplatz square in the west of Bern on 14 December 2014 with thousands of visitors.

A young Albanian Muslim family is pleased with the open setting in the house: "I'm hip-hopper, my wife wears a headscarf.

[5] The House of religions is used by cultural and religious communities of the city and the canton of Bern that previously had no rooms adapted to their needs.

The building's design enables that the sacred spaces on either side of a so-called dialog area are accessible to everyone, and therefore are arranged on two floors.

The public part with infrastructure, cafeteria, exhibition, course and event spaces comprise about 1,300 square metres (1,555 sq yd).

The main room is kept simple: oiled oak floors, yellow walls and a 1.2 metres (4 ft)-high sculpture of the Buddha from Thailand.