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Grindelwald
Grindelwald is a mountain village in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland. It's in the valley from Interlaken up to the pass of Grosse Scheidegg, a traditional cattle trail, and in Old High German grintil walt meant "barrier forest". It became an Alpine tourist resort when it was reached by road in 1872 and by rail in 1890.
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Type C, SN 441011 · 230 V - Getting around
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Swiss Alps, Switzerland · Population: 4.1K · Calling code: +41
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