Burgdorf is the largest city in the Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It was the capital of the district of the same name until 2010, when it became part of the new Emmental district.
Old city of Burgdorf
The Burgdorf castle, first built in 1175, now contains a museum founded in 1886.
Kronenplatz in Burgdorf, part of the old city
Thun is a town and a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is located where the Aare flows out of Lake Thun (Thunersee), 30 kilometres southeast of Bern.
Thun in 2012
Castle Thun over City Hall Square
Photochrome of the Aare and Thun Castle from 1900
Low rise apartments in Thun