Your home away from home

Welcome to your home away from home! Our house is located in the Jura foothills just above the village of Pieterlen (Canton Bern). It's close to the bilingual (German and French) city of Biel/Bienne. We are also bilingual (German and English) and can understand/make ourselves understood in French. The apartment is private with its own entrance from outside. The floorplan is fun and quirky, divided over several levels. There is a king-sized bed and an odd little sleeping space just off the living room. The kitchen has an oven/stove, a fridge, a freezer, a Nespresso coffee machine and a microwave. Note that there are stairs leading up to the entrance and also inside the apartment. The bathroom has a shower but no tub. There's also a separate guest WC, best suited for not-very-tall people. We have front and back gardens and a sort of private "mini-forest" behind the house. Also, there are walking paths in the Jura a minute's walk from your own door. We live in another part of the house but again, the house sections are totally separate - they don't connect inside. We'll be happy to help in any way we can but will also respect your privacy completely. The house is located in a quiet residential neighborhood with views of the village below, the green Jura mountains and the nearby city of Biel/Bienne. Parking is usually available in front of our garage or in the neighborhood (with a parking permit, which we can arrange). Public buses stop about 300 meters down the hill. On weekdays, there are two trains per hour to Biel and two per hour to Grenchen/Solothurn (one per hour on Sundays/holidays). By prior arrangement, we can pick you up/drop you off at the stations in Pieterlen (which is about 1 km from our house), Grenchen (Nord or Süd) or Biel. We have a good Wi-Fi system and a convenient working space. There is also a flat-screen TV with lots of cable channels (Swiss, German, Italian and French broadcasters along with several BBC channels, CNN, etc.) as well as a DVD/Bluray and a radio/CD player.