One funicular railways leads to the national sports center of Magglingen/Macolin on the higher Jura mountain in the west, and the other, the Bienne-Evilard Funicular, to the city hospital and to neighbouring municipality Evilard to northwest, both above the town on the eastern range of the Jura Mountains. The high, flat pastures and wood of Magglingen/Macolin span about from northeast to southwest at an altitude between . The Magglingen/Macolin Funicular often leads to sunshine while Biel/Bienne is covered by low hanging clouds.