Thun

CH

Population43,905

Thun (French: Thoune) is a town and a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is located where the Aare flows out of Lake Thun (Thunersee), 30 kilometres (19 miles) southeast of Bern. As of December 2018 the municipality has almost about 45,000 inhabitants and around 80,000 live in the agglomeration. Besides tourism, machine and precision instrument engineering, the largest garrison in the country, the food industry, armaments and publishing are of economic importance to Thun. The official language of Thun is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect.

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Kirche Scherzligen

Thun Panorama

The Wocher Panorama, also known as the Thun Panorama, is a panoramic painting depicting the city of Thun. Created by …

Schloss Thun

Thun Castle (German: Schloss Thun) is a castle in the city of Thun, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It …

Museum für Uhren und Mechanische Musik

The Museum of Timekeeping and Mechanical Musical Instruments (German: Museum für Uhren und mechanische Musikinstrumente, MUMM) is a museum in …

Panzermuseum Thun

The Panzermuseum Thun was a museum in Thun in the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. Exhibited in the museum were …

Schweizerisches Gastronomie Museum

Kunstmuseum Thun

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