Thun - The Doorway To The Bernese Alps
Thun - Kanton Bern - Switzerland
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Thun () is a municipality in the district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland with about 42,136 inhabitants (near 90'000 in the agglomeration) (1 January 2006).
It is located where the River Aare flows out of Lake Thun (Thunersee), 30 km south of Bern.
Besides tourism, machine and apparatus engineering, the largest garrison of the country, the food industry and publishing are of economic importance to Thun.
FC Thun - The Thun Soccer Club
FC Thun 1898 is a Swiss football team from the Bernese Oberland town of Thun. The club currently plays in the Swiss Challenge League since being relegated in the 2007/8 season. The club plays in the Lachen Stadium which accommodates a total of 10,300 supporters, both seated and standing. The club's colours are red and white.
Guide Books About Thun and the Bernese Oberland
Alpine Pass Route: A Walking Guide Across the Swiss Alps
Release Date: 07/01/1983
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Walking Easy in the Swiss Alps: A Hiking Guide for Active Adults
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Geology of the western Swiss Alps, a guide-book: Mémoires de Géologie (Lausanne) No.36
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Swiss Alps (European Regional Guide)
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Walking Easy in the Swiss & Austrian Alps, 3rd (Walking Guides)
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Useful Links Thun and Bernese Oberland
- Stadt Thun
- The official website of the town of Thun
- Thun Tourismus Organisation
- The special Thun Website for Visitors.
- Hiking in the Thun Area
- Godd hikes, from easy strolls along the lake of Thun to full mountain hikes
- Thunersee Yachtclub
- Thunersee Yachtclub - Sailing on the Lake of Thun
- Yacht-Club Spiez
- Yacht-Club Spiez - Sailing on the Lake of Thun
- Segelschule Thunersee
- Segelschule Thunersee - - Sailing on the Lake of Thun
- Schlossmuseum Thun
- Castle of Thun - Schlossmuseum Thun. Das Schlossmuseum Thun gewährt einen interessanten Einblick in 4000 Jahre Kulturgeschichte. Die Zähringerburg hat im Laufe der Zeit vieles in sich aufgenommen; ein Blick hinter die dicken Mauern lohnt sich sehr.
- Kunstmuseum Thun
- Wocher-Panorama im Schadaupark
Das Wocher-Panorama im nahegelegenen Schadaupark (15 Min. Fussweg vom Kunstmuseum) wird als Depositum der Gottfried Keller-Stiftung vom Kunstmuseum Thun verwaltet. Das in den Jahren 1809 bis 1814 entstandene Rundbild der Stadt Thun ist das erste schweizerische Werk seiner Art und weltweit das älteste erhaltene Exemplar seiner Gattung. Der Künstler Marquard Wocher skizzierte das 360°-Bild der Kleinstadt auf einem Dach mitten in der Thuner Altstadt sitzend.
Thunersee - Lake of Thun
Lake Thun (German: Thunersee) is a lake just north of the Alps, in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland. It took its name from the city of Thun is on its north shore.
Lake Thun's approximately 2,500 km2 large catchment area frequently causes local flooding after heavy rainfalls. This occurs because the river Aar (German: Aare), which drains Lake Thun, has only limited capacity to handle the excess runoff.
The lake is fed by water from Lake Brienz to the south east, which lies 6 metres higher than Lake Thun and various streams in the Oberland, including the Kander. Lake Thun was created after the last ice age and was originally part of Lake Brienz. The historic combined lake is called Wendelsee by geologists and historians.
Fishing is important enough to keep a handful professional fishers employed. In 2001 the total catch was 53,000 kg. Since 1835 passenger ships have operated on the lake. There are ten passenger ships in total, operated by the local railway company BLS Lötschbergbahn.
The Latest News about Thun
- Thun bans player implicated in match-fixing probe
- THUN, Switzerland (AP) ? FC Thun has banned forward Omar Faye from a Swiss league game because of his alleged involvement in a match-fixing scandal in ...
- Cigarette Smoking Increases Colorectal Cancer Risk
- "This provides one more reason not to smoke, or to quit as soon as possible," said senior author Michael J. Thun, MD, MS, vice president emeritus, ...
- Smoking linked to colorectal cancer
- "This provides one more reason not to smoke, or to quit as soon as possible," said senior author Dr. Michael J. Thun, vice president emeritus, ...
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