Posts about Thunersee
Lake Thun (German: Thunersee) is an Alpine lake in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland. It takes its name from the city of Thun, on its north western shore.
Faulensee by Night
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A long exposure photograph of Faulensee from the nearby marina, on Lake Thun in the Bernese Oberland.
Just as day was dawning
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Shot from near the train station in Spiez this morning, just as the first rays of sun found a way through the clouds to illuminate the town.
Pause on the walk to Faulensee
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Jo takes a break on our walk along the lake to Faulensee from home.
Thunersee (Lake Thun), Switzerland
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Lake Thun (German: Thunersee) is an Alpine lake in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland. It takes its name from the city of Thun, on its north western shore. The lake is fed by water from Lake Brienz to the south east, which lies 6 metres higher than Lake Thun, and various streams in the Oberland,
Seeblick, Gwatt, Switzerland
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Along the lake shore path at Gwatt are homes perfect for twitchers: this area is separated from the Thunersee by large reed beds full of nesting birds.
Spring is here
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It’s been a long time coming, but Spring is here. Beautiful weather this past weekend, so it’ll soon be time once more to travel to Thun by ship for shopping trip, and time to dust off the camera to capture summer sunshine.
The View from Spiez Station
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The harbour area of Spiez, taken from the train station. Poet Josef Viktor Widmann (1842–1911) wrote in his book Spaziergänge in den Alpen (Strolls in the Alps) that “the view from Spiez Station is one of the most beautiful in the world“. I’d imagine that the foreground of this view was quite different at the
