Switzerland - Thun

Thun is a medieval city, located on the west end of Lake Thun. Already as early as 2.500 BC a first settlement arose on today's site of the city. The castle - towering above the old town - was built by the Dukes of Zähringen. It has a donjon (PiP 1), dating back between 1180 and 1190. One can enjoy wonderful views over the city (PiP 2) and the mighty mountains of the Bernese Highlands, with the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau in the far distance.

Five bridges connect the modern shopping area of Thun with the medieval city center. By far the most interesting is the wooden covered bridge Untere Schleuse (main picture), built in 1724. The flood gates regulate the water flow of the River Aare (PiP3).

Günter Klaus, , Smiley Derleth, Eric Desjours and 83 other people have particularly liked this photo

83 comments - The latest ones

Nouchetdu38 ^club

Nice series from this lovely swiss town!!!!!!

5 years ago.

Annemarie ^club

Wonderful Jaap
HFF

happy weekend:)

5 years ago.

John Cass

Nice shot, wonderful PiP's, HFF Japp.

5 years ago.

TRIPOD MAN ^club

Schöne Gegend !!!

5 years ago.

Aschi "Freestone" ^club

a great picture of the Aare barrage

5 years ago.

Ruesterstaude ^club

Thun am See - ohne Thunfisch!
Nicht nur hier unten, auch vom Eiger aus konnte ich vor längerer Zeit diese schöne Gegend bewundern. Danke für die Erinnerung!
Dir ein schönes Wochenende, Jaap!

5 years ago.

Doug Shepherd ^club

A fine collection Jaap, an interesting place and good notes.

HFF, enjoy your weekend

5 years ago.

Peter Castell ^club

A wonderful selection of fence images, HFF Jaap I hope your weekend is a good one

5 years ago.

Erika+Manfred ^club

So lovely!
HFF, wish you a great weekend

5 years ago.

Ruebenkraut ^club

HFF Jaap!

5 years ago.

Christa1004 ^club

What a lovely decorated fence, I like the PiP's, especially the first one with the castle over the roofs. HFF Jaap.

5 years ago.

TOZ ^club

Super fence Jaap.
HFF have a great weekend.
TOZ

5 years ago.

Treasa Ui Cionaodha

Wonderful capture. Great PIPs also. Well done Jaap Regards Tess.

5 years ago.

Berny ^club

HFF Jaap and a happy weekend!

5 years ago.

Anji. ^club

Superbe série !
HFF, Jaap, et bonne fin de semaine !

5 years ago.

neira-Dan ^club

Magnifique série ; j'adore ce pont couvert ; HFF Jaap

5 years ago.

J. Gafarot ^club

Wonderful pictures and very telling PIPs.
Lived there for a short time but you have known how to relay the soft beauty of the place.
Thank you Jaap.

5 years ago.

Madeleine Defawes ^club

Very beautiful pictures with the blue sky !
Have a nice weekend

5 years ago.

Guydel ^club

Superbe mini reportage ! Bon week-end Jaap ! Amitiés !

5 years ago.

Rosalyn Hilborne

What a beautiful place and lovely architecture. All beautiful pictures as well Jaap.
HFF and good weekend.

5 years ago.

Tractacus ^club

A lovely location, with pictures to match. HFF!

5 years ago.

J.Garcia ^club

Wonderful city with beautiful images very appropriated with a radiant light
Thanks also for the note, Jaap

Have an agreable weekend

5 years ago. Edited 5 years ago.

Nautilus ^club

very nice view, almost too "clean"! but it's the swiss :-)

5 years ago.

Hansruedi Voegele ^club

Sehr schöne Aufnahmen .

5 years ago.

tiabunna ^club

A great set of images, Jaap. HFF and best wishes for the weekend.

5 years ago.

Valeriane ♫ ♫ ♫¨* ^club

belle capture de cet endroit magnifique ! belle fin de semaine Jaap !

5 years ago.

Steve Paxton ^club

Lovely spot EVEN a surfer HFF

5 years ago.

sasithorn_s

Very impressive town superbly captured! Great main photo and PiPs, Jaap!
The wooden covered bridge is very beautiful.
HFF and have a great weekend.

5 years ago.

Dimas Sequeira ^club

Charming wooden covered bridge, beautiful image! HFF, Jaap!

5 years ago.

Dinesh ^club

Wonderful image

HFF

5 years ago.

Ulrich John ^club

A fine view, Jaap !

5 years ago.

Keith Burton ^club

A splendid series Jaap................that covered bridge with it's flower baskets and displays is really lovely! The town behind it looks beautiful, especially with the majestic tower which dominates the scene. I especially like the movement of the water coming through the flood gates..........and the two surfers enjoying themselves!

Three more cracking shots in the PiPs too..................great work my friend.

5 years ago.

Marije Aguillo ^club

Preciosa composición.

5 years ago.

╰☆☆June☆☆╮ ^club

Good work.
◦•●◉✿ Have a great weekend ✿◉●•◦

5 years ago.

Mario Vargas ^club

nice shot, history and the cstle at the top , like a cherry for a cake

5 years ago.

Roger (Grisly) ^club

Superb location and fabulous of images Jaap,
HFF and a great weekend

5 years ago.

Adriana Grecu

Beau regard!

5 years ago.

Nicole Coutens

it seems to be a nice city ! HFF Jaap ! good we

5 years ago.

Adele ^club

A beautiful series of this lovely city, Jaap.
Have a nice weekend

5 years ago.

Peter_Private_Box ^club

Hi Jaap

Superb colours here!

Best Wishes, and a good weekend
Peter

PS, sorry for lack of visits recently, I've been away!

5 years ago.

GAST1

Fascinating cityscape from the river.
Through your photos Thun looks as a very beautiful city.
CIAO, Gastone.

5 years ago.

LutzP ^club

...all 4 beautiful, HFF Jaap

5 years ago.

cammino ^club

Beautiful bridge decoration!

5 years ago.

Jeff Farley

A very nice shot and pips Jaap.
Have a great weekend.

5 years ago.

Nicole Merdrignac ^club

Superbe photo avec notes. HFF. Nicole.

5 years ago.

Hélène Lombard

Un beau site bien capté !!

5 years ago.

Gareth L Evans

lovely

5 years ago.

gezginruh ^club

Wonderful images!!
HFF, Jaap!

Have a nice weekend!
Füsun

5 years ago.

trester88 ^club

Schöne Fotos von diesem sehenswerten Ort!
HFF, Jaap, und ein schönes Wochenende!

5 years ago.

Kawasirius ^club

Superbe capture de cette ville médiévale avec de fins détails ! Bon week-end Jaap !

5 years ago.

Malik Raoulda ^club

Une vue magnifique ******* Bon weekend.

5 years ago.

Jeanne chevillard

Magnifiques photos Jaap bon week-end

5 years ago.

Rymie Jolie

Quelle belle ville!

5 years ago.

Guy Bacca (guybac) ^club

Bon regard sur la vieille ville avec son château dominant

5 years ago.

David Michael ^club

wonderful light and colour

5 years ago.

Hubs 56 ^club

Schöner Blick auf die Stadt, Hubs

5 years ago.

Joe, Son of the Rock ^club

I love the different blues of the sky and the water. Cheers, Joe

5 years ago.

RHH ^club

How unusual with all the plants and flowers. Lovely image.

5 years ago.

Lucette

Superbe !

5 years ago.

ColRam

HFF et bon week end

5 years ago.

HappySnapper

Lovely set of shots Jaap. I see a couple of surfers using the water flow to enjoy their sport.

5 years ago.

Trudy Tuinstra ^club

very wel taken

5 years ago.

RHH ^club

Congratulations on Explore, Jaap.

5 years ago.

Reyk ^club

Ich bin noch nie dagewesen, aber es sieht einladend aus

5 years ago.

Denis Croissant ^club

Great stuff! - feel like I'm there!

5 years ago.

Louis Abella de Nouv…

Bien le bonjour Jaap.
Encore et toujours merci pour le partage de vos voyages par ces splendides clichés.
Ici l'on voit que même la baignade n'est pas interdite, se n'est pas que en France que cela serait possible.
Bonne continuation.
Portez-vous bien.

5 years ago.

RHH ^club

Have a great day, Jaap.

5 years ago.

Konny ^club

Sehr schöne Aufnahme. Wir waren bisher nur im Winter dort, aber es ist auch eine Reise im Sommer wert.

5 years ago.

Nicola Williams

ah beautiful Thun - my aunt and uncle lived there - happy memories of visiting them aged 7 with my family.... swimming in the lake, thinking the castle was straight out of a fairy story, and exploring the surrounding area

5 years ago.

Leo W ^club

Klasse Serie, ein sehenswerter Ort

5 years ago.

Danielle

Endroit de rêve.....merveilleux à voir !

5 years ago.

Treasa Ui Cionaodha

Back to say Congratulations on Explore Well deserved For this image.

5 years ago.

Gudrun ^club

Reminds a bit of Kapellbrücke- minus the crowds:-) Fabulous series, Thun goes on my to-do-list;-)

5 years ago.

Percy Schramm ^club

Seems to be a very nice town. Beautiful series of Thun !

5 years ago.

salfredo ^club

Thun ist schön, Nichtstun noch schöner.

5 years ago.

Nora Caracci ^club

great series about this beautiful place !

5 years ago.

Klein-Bonsels

These colours...

5 years ago.

Simon Downham

Beautiful shots !

5 years ago.

sunlight ^club

Dies Foto ist sicher von einem Schiff aus gemacht?
Auch sehr schöne PIPs!

5 years ago. Edited 5 years ago.

Esther ^club

A very beautiful series.

5 years ago.

Misou 49 ^club

Magnifique endroit !

5 years ago.

Simon Downham

This reminds me of Lucerne.

5 years ago.

Günter Klaus ^club

Wunderschöne Aufnahmen sind das mit diesen Blick auf den schönen Kirchturm und der schönen Burg lieber Jaap,ganz tolle Aufnahmen :))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Abend,ganz liebe Grüße Güni :))

2 years ago.

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