Gsteigwiler is a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

[4] The village remained isolated until the Wilderswil station of the Bernese Oberland Railway was built nearby in 1890.

Today most of the population commutes to Interlaken for work, though there is some tourism in the village.

The prefix Gsteig- was added to distinguish it from the many other Wilers, and means "abrupt mountain slope that one cannot drive a wagon on."

The municipality is located on the western slope of the Schynige Platte mountain region and on the right bank of the Lütschine river.

On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli.

[7] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a Semi Chamois rampant couped Sable.

[11] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (462 or 96.9%) as their first language, Portuguese is the second most common (4 or 0.8%) and French is the third (3 or 0.6%).

The historical population is given in the following chart:[4][14] The entire village of Gsteig bei Interlaken is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 15, of which 14 were in agriculture and 1 was in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 19 or 19.0% were in the movement and storage of goods, 6 or 6.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 4 or 4.0% were in education and 55 or 55.0% were in health care.

[11] From the 2000 census[update], 40 or 8.4% were Roman Catholic, while 328 or 68.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude.

Following the lower Secondary students may attend additional schooling or they may enter an apprenticeship.

[19] During the 2010-11 school year, there were a total of 90 students attending classes in Gsteigwiler.

Of the kindergarten students, 12.5% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens).