Starbucks in Bern


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Bubenbergplatz, Bern, Switzerland

OPENED: 5/29/2008, PHOTO: 7/30/2009

 This store, in an old building that housed at least a couple of restaurants in the past, is spacious and ornate. One of its most distinctive features are the lights, encase in large orangish balls and affixed to the ceiling by a bright red support thingie.
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RailCity Bern, Bern, Switzerland

OPENED: 2/12/2013, PHOTO: 8/2/2015
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Waisenhausplatz, Bern, Switzerland

OPENED: 9/6/2001, PHOTO: 5/11/2008

 Bern only has one location, but it is an extremely charming one built inside an older building. As you go upstairs to spend time on the outdoor balcony, try to notice the black and white photographs which might be of a cafe that existed in the building in the past.
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Closed Stores
Note that if the name of a store listed as closed has a link, that indicates that the store was converted to a licensed store (or possibly franchised, if in the UK or France).
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10/8/2008 ??? Westside
 Bern
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9/29/2011 ??? Biel/Bienne
 Biel
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??? ??? Fribourg
 Fribourg
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Licensed Stores
My Starbucking rule regarding store ownership are complicated and will be explained fully in my as-yet-unpublishe book, but here are the basics. If Starbucks has a proper company in a country, such as Starbucks United States or Starbucks United Kingdom, then I only count stores operated, in whole or in part (sometimes there are partnerships) by Starbucks. In these countries, stores operated under license by other companies do not count. In most countries, however, Starbucks operates stores in a joint venture with another company (such as Tata in India) or licenses the brand to a primary (exclusive or semi-exclusive) partner, such as Alsea in Latin America and western Europe or Al-Shaya in the Middle East). In such cases I visit stores operated by those primary licensees, but not stores licensed to secondary licensees such as SSP or HMSHost. Additionally, in the U.K. and France, Starbucks franchises to a small set of companies, and I do not count those stores.
Gare de Fribourg (CS)