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Thun and its castle
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ABOVE: Thun's Rathaus, or City Hall.
Sights and excursions
During your visit to Thun, be sure to see:
Vaporama, the new Swiss Steam Engine Museum, with paddlewheel
steamboats and antique locomotives from mountain railways.
Museum
of Fine Arts, noted for its collection of 20th Century Swiss paintings,
sculptures, and photographs.
Wocher-Panorama,
a pavilion in Schadau Park where you can see a panoramic painting of Thun as it looked in
1810.
MUMM, a.k.a.
the
Wichterherr Museum of Timepieces and Mechanical Music, which opened in
spring of 1995. The museum is located in nearby Oberhofen
am Thunersee.
Schloss Oberhofen, a handsome castle in a beautiful setting
on Lake Thun. The castle is a branch of the Bern Historical Museum, with a collection of
period furniture and displays on local life in earlier times. You can reach the castle by
lake steamer and hike back to Thun along the shore.
Tourism link
Lake Thun Tourism
Click "E" for English at this regional tourism site, which focuses on villages and
attractions outside the city between Thun and Interlaken.
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