By the end of November alone 363 rallies had been counted, city police authorities told the Swiss News Agency Keystone-SDA on Wednesday. This surpassed the previous record of 360 demos in 2019. During the following two pandemic years numbers were somewhat lower.
This year the war in Ukraine caused the largest demonstration in Bern: on February 26 up to 20,000 people protested against the Russian war of aggression.
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Ukraine: Up to 20,000 people march in Bern for peace
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Between 10,000 and 20,000 people have demonstrated in Bern against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
There were a particularly large number of rallies last year on the situation in Iran. Several thousand people attended the national Iran demonstration in front of parliament on November 5.
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Protestors in Bern call for Swiss to toughen stance with Iran
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Several thousand people gathered in front of the federal government building on Saturday demanding a change in Swiss policy towards Iran.
The police record all authorised demonstrations as well as small rallies, spontaneous rallies and unauthorised demonstrations, provided the city was informed of them. The largest unauthorised demonstration was the “anti-fascist evening walk” in October, which had a good 1,000 participants.
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