attend additional schooling or they may enter an apprenticeship. During the 2018–19 school year, there were a total of 1,640 students attending classes in Lyss. There were 269 kindergarten students in the municipality. Of the kindergarten students, 21.2% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 28.6% have a different mother language than the classroom language. The municipality had 857 primary students of which, 23.1% were not citizens and 28.8% have a different mother language. During the same year, there were 419lower secondary students of which 21.0% were not citizens and 19.1% have a different mother language than the classroom language. The remaining 95 attended special classes. , there were 166 students in Lyss who came from another municipality, while 251 residents attended schools outside the municipality. Lyss is home to the Gemeindebibliothek Lyss (municipal library of Lyss). The library has () 22,002 books or other media. It was open a total of 224 days with average of 20 hours per week during that year. Transportation The municipality has three railway stations: , , and . Between them there is regular service to , , , , and . Notable people Ernst Albert Gäumann (1893 in Lyss – 1963) a Swiss botanist and mycologist Werner Zimmermann (born 1915) a retired Swiss slalom and sprint canoeist, competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics Margrit von Dach (born 1946 in Lyss) is a Swiss author and translator Paolo Collaviti (born 1978 in Lyss) a Swiss football player, currently plays for BSC Young Boys Junior Strous (born 1986) a Dutch racing driver and racing team owner, lives in Lyss References External links Chamber of economy Biel-Seeland Cities in Switzerland Municipalities of the canton of Bern