Bern is about 8 times smaller than Athens.

Athens (map shows its 34 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 412 sq km, while Bern is approximately 52 sq km, making Bern 12.53% the size of Athens.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Athens vs. Bern uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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