Lake Thun
Lake Thun is an Alpine lake in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland named after the city of Thun, on its northern shore. At 48.3 km2 in surface area, it is the largest Swiss lake entirely within a single canton.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in the canton of Bern, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Lake of Thoune” and “Thunersee”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Spiez Castle and Ralligen estate.
Spiez Castle
Museum
Photo: Yesuitus2001, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Spiez Castle is a castle in the municipality of Spiez of the Swiss canton of Bern. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. Spiez Castle is situated 2½ km west of Lake Thun.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Merligen and Faulensee.
Sigriswil
Village
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sigriswil is a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Sigriswil is situated 2½ km north of Lake Thun.
Lake Thun
- Categories: area not part of a municipality of Switzerland and body of water
- Location: Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Thun from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Thun” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة ثون”
- Armenian: “Թուն լիճ”
- Bulgarian: “Тунско езеро”
- Bulgarian: “Тхунерсе”
- Catalan: “Llac de Thun”
- Cebuano: “Thunersee”
- Chinese: “图恩湖”
- Chuvash: “Тун кӳлли”
- Chuvash: “Тун”
- Czech: “Thunské jezero”
- Dutch: “Meer van Thun”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره ثون”
- Esperanto: “Lago de Thun”
- Estonian: “Thuni järv”
- Finnish: “Thun-järvi”
- Finnish: “Thuninjärvi”
- French: “lac de Thoune”
- French: “Lac de Thoune”
- Georgian: “თუნის ტბა”
- German: “Thunersee”
- Hebrew: “אגם תון”
- Hungarian: “Thuni-tó”
- Indonesian: “Danau Thun”
- Italian: “lago di Thun”
- Italian: “Lago di Thun”
- Japanese: “トゥーン湖”
- Korean: “툰호”
- Latvian: “Tūnas ezers”
- Lithuanian: “Tuno ežeras”
- Macedonian: “Тун”
- Mingrelian: “თუნიშ ტობა”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Thunersjøen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Thunsjøen”
- Norwegian: “Thunersjøen”
- Polish: “Thun”
- Polish: “Thunersee”
- Portuguese: “Lago de Thun”
- Romanian: “Lacul Thun”
- Romansh: “Lai da Thun”
- Russian: “Тунское озеро”
- Slovak: “Thunské jazero”
- Slovenian: “Thunersee”
- Slovenian: “Thunsko jezero”
- Spanish: “Lago de Thun”
- Spanish: “Thun”
- Swedish: “Thunsjön”
- Swiss German: “Thunersee”
- Thai: “ทะเลสาบทูน”
- Tosk Albanian: “Thunersee”
- Turkish: “Thun Gölü”
- Ukrainian: “Тунське озеро”
- Venetian: “lago de Thun”
- Welsh: “Llyn Thun”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gibelegg and Park Hotel.
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