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Things to do in Grindelwald

Grindelwald lies in a broad open basin at about 1,030 metres beneath the north face of the Eiger, the largest and busiest of the Jungfrau region villages. It has been a mountaineering base since the 1850s, when its two glaciers reached almost to the valley floor, and the retreat of that ice is now written plainly on the rock above the village. Modern access is unusually good: direct trains from Interlaken Ost, the Eiger Express gondola from Grindelwald Terminal towards the Jungfraujoch, and the First cableway on the sunny northern side. Unlike Wengen and Mürren it is open to cars, which makes it the practical base for anyone driving into the region.

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Things to do

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  1. Bachalpsee

    Lake · 2.5 hr

    The Bernese giants doubled in still water, at the end of an hour of easy path.

  2. Eiger Trail

    Trail · 2.5 hr

    The Eiger north face from directly underneath it, for the length of an afternoon.

  3. Gletscherschlucht

    Gorge · 1.5 hr

    The glacier's own cut, walked from inside it, with the ice loss marked on the rock.

  4. Grindelwald First and the First Cliff Walk

    Viewpoint · 2 hr

    A gangway pinned to a cliff with the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau lined up across the valley.

  5. Jungfraujoch

    Railway · 4 hr

    Europe's highest railway station, delivered by tunnel through the Eiger onto the edge of the Aletsch glacier.

  6. Pfingstegg

    Cableway · 1.5 hr

    The cheapest and quickest way onto the wall opposite the Eiger, with the glacier walks starting at the door.

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