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Thun
Town and municipality in Bern, Switzerland

Thun

Thun is a town and a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Plan a trip to Thun→From Bâle / Mulhouse

It is located where the Aare flows out of Lake Thun (Thunersee), 30 kilometres southeast of Bern.

Get in

Getting to Thun

Thun is just outside the Bern metropolitan area and is served by its suburban trains: the S1 of the Berne S-Bahn operates from Berne to Thun in 30 min, and the S4+S44 lines in 40 min (via Belp). A quicker way are intercity trains from Berne (17 min). It is also possible to take the S1 from the southwestern Bernese suburbs and Fribourg and the S4/S44 from Belp, where connection to Berne airport is available by bus.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Muehleplatz
  2. 02
    Thun Castle

    Built by the Dukes of Zähringen at the beginning of the 12th century, the medieval castle above the town of Thun is a prominent eye catcher at the entrance to the Bernese Highland Region.

  3. 03
    Kunstmuseum Thun

    Hofstettenstrasse 14, fax: +41 33 225 89 06, kunstmuseum@thun.ch.

  4. 04
    Schadau Castle

    Seestrasse 45, fax: +41 33 222-1580, info@schloss-schadau.ch.

  5. 05
    Wocher Panorama

    Seestrasse 45 (Bus #1, stop Scherzligen/Schadau), +41 33 225 84 20, wocher-panorama@thun.ch.

  6. 06
    Steam train Vaporama Schadaupark

    Seestrasse 45.

Do

Things to do

Football: FC Thun were promoted in 2025 and now play soccer in Swiss Super League, the top tier. Their Stockhorn Arena (capacity 10,000) is 2 km west of city centre near the A6. In 2025 it hosted games in the UEFA Women's Euro Finals. Shopping in the Bälliz-Street/Obere Hauptgasse Have a swim in the Aare River or Lake Thun.

Eat

Where to eat

Arts Restaurant Schadau. High-end gastronomy in a Loire-style castle, but a tad expensive. Impressive view of the Lake and the Bernese Alps. Elite. Freienhof. High-end gastronomy and bar in a more modern setting. Krone. Rössli Berntor,. Untere Hauptgasse 32. Informal restaurant with a mix of Swiss, Italian and Mexican cuisine. Reasonable prices and huge portions. Seepark. Häxä-Chessu, Allmendstrasse 172,.

How locals move

Getting around Thun the local way

  • Get aroundA historical walking path through Thun can be found on the Tourism Department's web site [http://www.thun.ch/fileadmin/media/tourismus/rundgang.pdf].

From Wikivoyage: Thun, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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