Thun and its castle

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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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