Grindelwald

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Coordinates: 46°37′N, 8°02′E

Grindelwald
Canton	Berne
District	Interlaken
Coordinates	46°37′N, 8°02′E
Population	3760   (December 2002)
Area	171.1 km²
Elevation	1034 m
Postal code	3818
SFOS number	0576
Mayor	Andreas Studer
Website	www.grindelwald.com
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)
Grindelwald

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 challeges 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.

[edit] Famous residents

• Richard Wagner
• Martina Schild, alpine skier
• Hedy Schlunegger, Olympic champion 1948 in downhill skiing
• Oleg Protopopov and Ludmila Belousova, figure skaters

[edit] Gallery

Village

The Wetterhorn looms above village

From the window in the middle of the north face of the Eiger

[edit] External links

• Grindelwald official website
• Webcams
• Grindelwald in German, French or Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.