Waffenplatz Thun

Waffenplatz Thun is a military installation in Thun, Canton of Bern. Waffenplatz Thun is situated nearby to Panzermuseum Thun, as well as near the public building Energie Thun.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Panzermuseum Thun and Thun Castle.

Panzermuseum Thun

Museum

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The Panzermuseum Thun was a museum in Thun in the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. Exhibited in the museum were foreign and Swiss tanks as well as examples of Swiss self-propelled artillery and static artillery.

Thun Castle

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

Thun Castle is a castle in the city of Thun, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It was built in the 12th century, today houses the Thun Castle museum, and is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. Thun Castle is situated 1¼ km east of Waffenplatz Thun.

Stockhorn Arena

Stadium

Photo: Gidoca, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Visana Stadion is a football stadium in the city of Thun, Switzerland. It has a capacity of 10,000 spectators and opened in 2011. It is the home of FC Thun men and women's team of the Swiss Super League. Stockhorn Arena is situated 1½ km south of Waffenplatz Thun.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Allmendingen bei Thun and Steffisburg.

Allmendingen bei Thun

Neighborhood

Strättligen is a former municipality of the Swiss canton of Bern, since 1920 incorporated into the municipality of Thun. Its area accounts for roughly the southern half of the territory of present-day Thun municipality, including the districts of Scherzligen, Dürrenast, Neufeld, Allmendingen, Buchholz, Schoren, Gwatt.

Steffisburg

Town

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Steffisburg is a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2020 the former municipality of Schwendibach merged into the municipality of Steffisburg. Steffisburg is situated 3 km northeast of Waffenplatz Thun.

Thierachern

Village

Photo: Ginkgo2g, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thierachern is a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Thierachern is situated 3 km west of Waffenplatz Thun.

Waffenplatz Thun

Type: Military installation
Location: Thun, Thun District, Canton of Bern, Bernese Highlands, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.75784° or 46° 45′ 28″ north

Longitude

7.6123° or 7° 36′ 44″ east

Open location code

8FR9QJ56+4W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 948442283

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=military

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