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| Population | 3,760 (December 2002[update]) | |||||||||
| - Density | 22 /km² (57 /sq.mi.) | |||||||||
| Area | 171.1 km² (66.1 sq mi) | |||||||||
| Elevation | 1,034 m (3,392 ft) | |||||||||
| Postal code | 3818 | |||||||||
| SFOS number | 0576 | |||||||||
| Mayor | Emanuel Schläppi | |||||||||
| Localities | Alpiglen, Grund, Itramen, Mühlebach, Schwendi, Tschingelberg, Wargistal | |||||||||
| Surrounded by | Brienz, Brienzwiler, Fieschertal (VS), Guttannen, Innertkirchen, Iseltwald, Lauterbrunnen, Lütschental, Meiringen, Schattenhalb | |||||||||
| Twin towns | Azumi, now Matsumoto (Japan) | |||||||||
| Website | www.grindelwald.com | |||||||||
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Grindelwald is a municipality in the district of Interlaken in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Long famed as a winter tourist destination with slopes for beginners, intermediates and the challenges of the Eiger glacier for the experienced, there are activities for the non-skiers, from tobogganing to groomed winter hiking tracks. It is the usual starting point for ascents of the Eiger and the Wetterhorn. Nowadays Grindelwald is also a popular summer activity resort with many miles of hiking trails across the Alps.
Grindelwald can be reached by train (Berner Oberland Bahn) from Interlaken.
The Wengernalpbahn connects Grindelwald to the Kleine Scheidegg from where the Jungfraubahn ascends inside the Eiger to the Jungfraujoch and trains descend to Wengen.
The Gondelbahn Grindelwald-Männlichen connects Grindelwald with the Männlichen and with onward travel on the Luftseilbahn Wengen-Männlichen offers an alternative route to Wengen.
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Famous residents
- Richard Wagner
- Martina Schild, alpine skier, runner-up in the 2006 Winter Olympics women's downhill race
- Hedy Schlunegger, Olympic champion 1948 in downhill skiing
- Oleg Protopopov and Ludmila Belousova, 1964 and 1968 olympic figure skating champions
Gallery
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 The Wetterhorn looms above village |
 From the window in the middle of the north face of the Eiger |
 Grindelwald station |
See also
External links
- Grindelwald official website
- Webcams
- Grindelwald in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
