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Lake Thun

Lake Thun is an Alpine lake in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland. It took its name from the city of Thun, on its northern shore. Lake Thun's approximately 2,500 km² large catchment area frequently causes local flooding after heavy rainfalls. This occurs because the river Aar, which drains Lake Thun, has only limited capacity to handle the excess runoff.

Located at 46.6833, 7.71667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.259 miles away.
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Lake Thun, Lakes of Switzerland, Thun, Bernese Oberland, Aar drainage basin, Lakes in the canton of Bern

Lötschberg Base Tunnel

The Lötschberg Base Tunnel (LBT) is a 34.57-kilometre railway tunnel on the BLS AG's Lötschberg line cutting through the Alps of Switzerland some 400 m below the existing Lötschberg Tunnel. It is currently the world's longest land tunnel and accommodates passenger and freight trains. It runs between Frutigen, Berne, and Raron, Valais . Breakthrough was in April 2005 and construction ended in 2006. The opening ceremony was in June 2007. Full scale operation began in December 2007.

Located at 46.5787, 7.6491 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.251 miles away.
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Tunnels in Switzerland, Railway tunnels in Switzerland, Bernese Oberland, Buildings and structures in Valais, High-speed railway lines in Switzerland, Tunnels completed in 2007, Transport in the canton of Bern, Transport infrastructure completed in 2007, Bern–Valais border

Kandersteg International Scout Centre

Kandersteg International Scout Centre (KISC) is an international Scout centre in Kandersteg, Switzerland. The centre provides lodges, chalets and campsites covering 17 hectares of land. It is open to Scouts year round, as well as to non-Scouts for most of the year. More than 11,000 young people from over 40 different countries visit the centre every year. KISC is one of the three World Scout Centres of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM).

Located at 46.4834, 7.66392 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.245 miles away.
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World Organization of the Scout Movement, Scout campsites, Scouting and Guiding in Switzerland, Scouting spoken word files

Canton of Oberland

Oberland was the name of a canton of the Helvetic Republic (1798–1803), corresponding to the area of the Bernese Oberland, with its capital at Thun.

Located at 46.7, 7.66667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.260 miles away.
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Cantons of the Helvetic Republic, Former cantons of Switzerland

Frutigen District

Frutigen District was a district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland with its seat at Frutigen. It included seven municipalities in an area of 490 km²:

Located at 46.5833, 7.65 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.252 miles away.
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Former districts of the canton of Bern

Niedersimmental District

Niedersimmental District was one of the 26 administrative districts in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. Its capital was the municipality of Wimmis. The district had an area of 319 km² and consisted of 9 municipalities:

Located at 46.6667, 7.63333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.257 miles away.
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Former districts of the canton of Bern

Stadion Lachen

Stadion Lachen is a multi-use stadium in Thun, Switzerland. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was the home ground of FC Thun. The stadium holds 10,350 and was built in 1954. The stadium has places for both seating and standing.

Located at 46.7383, 7.62861 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.262 miles away.
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Football venues in Switzerland, Sports venues in the Canton of Bern

Our Chalet

Our Chalet is an international Girl Guide/Girl Scout centre and one of four World Centres of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS). The others are Our Cabaña, Sangam, and Pax Lodge. Our Chalet is just outside of Adelboden, in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland. Located in the Bernese Alps, it is 1,350 metres above sea level. This year (2012) it celebrated its 80th anniversary. Our Chalet, founded by Helen Storrow, opened in 1932.

Located at 46.4875, 7.575 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.244 miles away.
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Bernese Oberland, World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, Scout campsites, Scouting and Guiding in Switzerland, Adelboden, Buildings and structures in the Canton of Bern

Museum für Uhren und Mechanische Musik

The Museum fur Uhren und Mechanische Musik (MUMM, Museum of Timekeeping and Mechanical Music) is located in the village of Oberhofen am Thunersee, and is a museum dedicated to both horology and mechanical music. The museum is housed in the manor house of the historic Wichterheer estate, lakeside on Lake Thun . It is located in the Bernese Oberland, about halfway between the major tourist centers of Bern and Interlaken.

Located at 46.7285, 7.6717 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.262 miles away.
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Horological museums in Switzerland, Music museums in Switzerland, Oberhofen am Thunersee, Museums in the Canton of Bern

Blausee

Blausee is a small lake in the Kander valley above Kandergrund at 887 m, near the river Kander. Administratively, it belongs to the Bernese Oberland. The lake has an area of 0.64 ha. The lake can be reached by bus from the train stations of Frutigen or Kandersteg. It is a popular tourist destination. \t\t \t\t\tBlausee (Berner Oberland) im Winter. jpg

Located at 46.5325, 7.66472 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.248 miles away.
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Bernese Oberland, Lakes of Switzerland, Lakes in the canton of Bern

Thunersee–Beatenberg railway

The Thunersee–Beatenberg railway (German: Thunersee–Beatenberg Bahn; TBB) is a funicular in the Swiss Canton of Berne. It links Beatenbucht on Lake Thun, served by shipping services on the lake, to the village of Beatenberg, situated on the plateau above at 1120 metres above sea level. The funicular, opened in 1889, has a length of 1695 metres and overcomes a vertical distance of 556 metres with a maximum gradient of 41%.

Located at 46.6863, 7.759 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.260 miles away.
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Funicular railways in Switzerland, Bernese Oberland, 1200 mm gauge railways, Transport in the canton of Bern, Railway lines opened in 1889

Thunerseespiele

The Thunerseespiele are open-air musical productions during summer located at Thun, the main city of the famous Bernese Oberland, in Switzerland. Every year internationally-famous productions are staged. The location is at the shoreline of Lake Thun (Thunersee). The stage is temporarily built every year over the water, especially for this production.

Located at 46.7369, 7.6325 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.262 miles away.
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Swiss culture

Oeschinen Lake

Oeschinen Lake is a lake in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, 4 kilometres east of Kandersteg in the Oeschinen valley. At an elevation of 1,578 metres, it has a surface area of 1.1147 square kilometres . Its maximum depth is 56 metres . The lake is fed through a series of mountain creeks and drains underground. The water then re-surfaces as the Oeschibach. Part of it is captured for electricity production and as water supply for Kandersteg.

Located at 46.4983, 7.72694 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.247 miles away.
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Lakes of Switzerland, Bernese Oberland, Aar drainage basin, Visitor attractions in Switzerland, World Heritage Sites in Switzerland, Lakes in the canton of Bern

Simme

The river Simme is a tributary of the river Kander in the Bernese Oberland in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It's approximately 60 km long and has a catchment area of 594 km². The river Simme's spring is on the Rezli alp to the west of the mountain Wildstrubel near the village of Lenk. Underneath the Rezli alp it forms the Simmenfälle, several waterfalls, which have, altogether, a drop of 200 m.

Located at 46.7, 7.63333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.259 miles away.
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Rivers of Switzerland, Aar drainage basin

Schadau Castle

Schadau Castle is a castle on the south side of the Aar near Lake Thun in the city of Thun, Canton Bern, Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

Located at 46.7461, 7.63722 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.263 miles away.
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Castles in the Canton of Bern, Thun, 19th-century architecture, Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Bern

Tschingelsee

Tschingelsee is a lake in the valley Kiental of the Canton of Berne, Switzerland. It formed on Tschingelalp in 1972 after severe weather. Since 1987, the area is a nature preserve.

Located at 46.5522, 7.74333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.250 miles away.
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Lakes of Switzerland, Lakes in the canton of Bern, 1972 establishments in Switzerland

Tropenhaus Frutigen

The Tropenhaus (English: Tropic House) in Frutigen, Switzerland is a commercial project using geothermal energy from hot water flowing out of the Lötschberg rail tunnel for the production of exotic fruit, sturgeon meat and caviar in a tropical greenhouse in the Swiss alps. In 2007, the project received the Prix Evenir, the Swiss petroleum industry's CHF 50,000 award for sustainable development.

Located at 46.5933, 7.65608 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.252 miles away.
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Greenhouses, Aquaculture, Agriculture in Switzerland, Food companies of Switzerland, Companies established in 2003, Privately held companies of Switzerland

Sternwarte Sirius

Sternwarte Sirius is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Stiftung Sternwarte Planetarium SIRIUS. It is located at Schwanden above Sigriswil in the Canton of Berne, Switzerland.

Located at 46.7393, 7.7264 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.263 miles away.
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Astronomical observatories in Switzerland, Buildings and structures in the Canton of Bern

Gibelacher

Gibelacher is a town close to Merligen in Berner Oberland, Switzerland. Gibelacher is not located just to Thunersee but ca. 200 metres up the mountains. Gibelacher has no railway station but has a regular bus traffic to Sagi, Schwanden, Merligen and Oberhofen. Cities close to Gibelacher includes Spiez, Thun and Interlaken.

Located at 46.7391, 7.7234 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.263 miles away.
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Geography of the canton of Bern, Bernese Oberland

Schlieregg

Schlieregg is a tiny village in Thun, Berner Oberland, Switzerland. It lies in the municipality of Sigriswil, not far from Thunersee.

Located at 46.729, 7.725 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.262 miles away.
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Villages in Switzerland

Spiez railway station

Spiez is a railway station in the town of Spiez, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is on the Thunersee line of the BLS AG, which connects Thun and Interlaken, and is the junction for the same company's busy Lötschberg line, as well as the Spiez-Erlenbach-Zweisimmen line. The station is served by various operators, including the BLS, Swiss Federal Railways, Deutsche Bahn and TGV Lyria.

Located at 46.6861, 7.68 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.259 miles away.
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Railway stations in the canton of Bern, Spiez

St. Beatus Caves

The St. Beatus Caves (Caves of Saint Beatus, or, in German, St. Beatus-Höhlen) are an extensive cave network located in the Switzerland near the village of Beatenberg, above Lake Thun. Saint Beatus of Lungern took up hermitage near the entrance of the cave system, probably in the ninth century. Legend holds that Beatus fought and defeated a dragon who lived in the caves. Saint Beatus' grave is located between the monastery and the cave entrance.

Located at 46.6837, 7.78181 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.260 miles away.
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Caves of Switzerland

Hünegg Castle

Hünegg Castle is a castle in the municipality of Hilterfingen of the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

Located at 46.7378, 7.65493 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.262 miles away.
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Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Bern, Castles in the Canton of Bern

Oberhofen Castle

Oberhofen Castle is a castle in the municipality of Oberhofen of the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

Located at 46.7297, 7.66847 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.262 miles away.
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Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Bern, Castles in the Canton of Bern, Oberhofen am Thunersee

Wimmis Castle

Wimmis Castle is a castle in the municipality of Wimmis of the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

Located at 46.6725, 7.63441 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.258 miles away.
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Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Bern, Castles in the Canton of Bern