Grindelwald

Grindelwald is a village and municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Berne. In addition to the village of Grindelwald, the municipality also includes the settlements of Alpiglen, Burglauenen, Grund, Itramen, Mühlebach, Schwendi, Tschingelberg and Wargistal. Wikipedia

Population 3,930 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

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Daylight 8 h 35 in Dec, dark by 16:40 · 15 h 49 in Jun
  1. January: 8 h 58 of daylight
  2. February: 10 h 20 of daylight
  3. March: 11 h 51 of daylight
  4. April: 13 h 33 of daylight
  5. May: 15 h of daylight
  6. June: 15 h 49 of daylight
  7. July: 15 h 29 of daylight
  8. August: 14 h 14 of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 36 of daylight
  10. October: 10 h 58 of daylight
  11. November: 9 h 26 of daylight
  12. December: 8 h 35 of daylight
Tourist office · 760 m Grindelwald Tourismus

Getting there

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Where you can go from Grindelwald

  • Under 1 h
  • 1–2 h
  • 2–3 h
  • 3–5 h
  • 5 h +

From Grindelwald's stations on a Tuesday at 08:00, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.

2 to 3 hours· 1

From published timetables, as of 19 October 2026. Only cities with a page here, in the countries we have timetables for.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Eiger Ultra Trail

    July

    Eiger Ultra Trail is an ultra-marathon of 101 km.

1 event here has no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Grindelwald); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Getting around

More train stations: Alpiglen 3.0 km, Eigerwand 4.6 km, Burglauenen 4.9 km, Eismeer 5.2 km

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