Towns & cities
Grindelwald
village and municipality in the canton of Bern, Switzerland
Switzerland · 46.6256, 8.0333
Grindelwald is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Grindelwald, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 5 more.
1 place inside Grindelwald has a page of its own: listed below. Everything shot at it is already named above, recorded against Grindelwald as well.
“The Christmas festival was filmed in Grindelwald, and Bond's spy mission in a lawyer's office was shot in Bern.”
Movies filmed in Grindelwald
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Grindelwald as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
- Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith 2005
- Crash Landing on You 2019–
- The Golden Compass 2007
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The Eiger Sanction
1975
“The 1975 movie The Eiger Sanction (starring Clint Eastwood) featured the Hotel Bellevue des Alpes at Kleine Scheidegg as the film location where the group of climbers stayed during their attempt on the summit of the Eiger.” Wikipedia
- Touching the Void 2003
Filming locations inside Grindelwald
1 place inside Grindelwald, with a page of its own. Every production shot at it is already listed above, because Wikidata records it against Grindelwald too.
Named here by Grindelwald’s own Wikipedia article
Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Grindelwald, where neither Wikidata nor the production’s own article records it. That is the weakest evidence on this atlas, so these get no pin on the map and stay out of the downloads — the sentence is quoted in full below each one so you can judge it.
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“Grindelwald's mountains were used as the basis for the view of Alderaan in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005).” Wikipedia
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The Golden Compass 2007
“Some of the action scenes in The Golden Compass (2007) were shot in Grindelwald.” Wikipedia
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North Face 2008
“North Face (2008, international), another movie retracing the 1936 disaster, was partially filmed on location.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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Landscapes & nature
First
Switzerland·4 km north
mountain in Grindelwald, Switzerland
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Landscapes & nature
Eiger
Switzerland·6 km south
mountain in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland
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Landmarks & buildings
Hotel "Des Alpes" (1896)
Switzerland·7 km south-west
hotel building in the municipality of Lauterbrunnen in the canton of Bern, Switzerland
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Streets & squares
Jungfrau railway
Switzerland·7 km south-west
cog railway in Switzerland
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Towns & cities
Kleine Scheidegg
Switzerland·7 km south-west
mountain pass in Switzerland
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Streets & squares
Lauberhorn (downhill ski course)
Switzerland·8 km south-west
ski course
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Grindelwald?
6 productions are recorded as filmed in Grindelwald, including On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005) and Crash Landing on You (2019–). 5 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Grindelwald?
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), covered by 57 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Grindelwald?
Grindelwald is in Switzerland. Its coordinates are 46.6256, 8.0333.
What other filming locations are near Grindelwald?
First (4 km north), Eiger (6 km south), Hotel "Des Alpes" (1896) (7 km south-west), Jungfrau railway (7 km south-west) and 2 more, all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.