BERN, Switzerland
// 5 aerial photographs
BERN, Switzerland is a drone session in flight_log: 5 aerial photographs, each one pinned where it was shot on a 3D reconstruction of the real terrain, built from elevation and map data.
BERN, Switzerland - aerial drone photograph (1 of 5) - Turquoise river running between steep wooded banks, crossed by the riveted steel arch of the Kirchenfeldbrücke; below it a green sports pitch with a red gravel track, and in the foreground the Schwellenmätteli weir churning white water beside a covered riverside terrace. Beyond, the copper-domed Federal Palace stands above dense red-tiled old-town roofs, with wooded ridges and a flat grey overcast closing the horizon. Aerial drone photograph over BERN, Switzerland from 46.94346388408633, 7.44950294494629 on 2025-09-22. Exposure 220 · f1.8 · 9mm.
BERN, Switzerland - aerial drone photograph (2 of 5) - Low, heavy grey cloud over a milky turquoise river, the pale steel arch of the Kirchenfeldbrücke leaping the channel between tree-covered banks. A stepped weir spills foam past a glass-roofed riverside terrace on the left, while a long terrace of orange-tiled houses and quay road fills the right foreground, rising to the domed Federal Palace and steep-roofed old-town facades on the bluff above. Aerial drone photograph over BERN, Switzerland from 46.94920794303434, 7.45250701904297 on 2025-09-22. Exposure 170 · f1.8 · 9mm.
BERN, Switzerland - aerial drone photograph (3 of 5) - The Federal Palace and its flanking wings, green oxidised domes and Swiss flags catching the flat light of an overcast sky, seen across the treetops of a wooded riverbank; in the foreground a yellow tram and pedestrians cross the grey lattice steel arch of the Kirchenfeldbrücke, with sandstone hotel and townhouse facades, red roofs and distant wooded hills behind. Aerial drone photograph over BERN, Switzerland from 46.94674725306136, 7.444782257080079 on 2025-09-22. Exposure 160 · f2.8 · 19mm.
BERN, Switzerland - aerial drone photograph (4 of 5) - Dense mass of orange-tiled medieval roofs packed along ridge-top streets, the Gothic minster's tall openwork sandstone spire rising above them with scaffolding on its flank. Below, the Münsterplattform sits on a massive buttressed retaining wall with a domed corner pavilion, its clipped avenues of trees overlooking terraced kitchen gardens, riverside houses and the green Aare in the lower corner. Aerial drone photograph over BERN, Switzerland from 46.94856165497637, 7.458343505859376 on 2025-09-22. Exposure 100 · f1.8 · 9mm.
BERN, Switzerland - aerial drone photograph (5 of 5) - Wide sweep over a turquoise river looping past wooded banks, with the steel arch of the Kirchenfeldbrücke in the foreground above a football pitch and a smaller bridge upstream. The domed Federal Palace and the tight grid of red-roofed old-town blocks fill the right bank, terraced gardens dropping to the water, and low green hills and grey cloud stretch across the far distance. Aerial drone photograph over BERN, Switzerland from 46.94463695450445, 7.456626892089845 on 2025-09-22. Exposure 200 · f1.8 · 9mm.