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More of a village than a town, this small alpine community is, from a distance, just another charming rural Bavarian town. However, Oberammergau is known across the country for its esteemed history in woodcarving, its beautiful fresco-painted houses and its NATO training centre. This place really punches above its weight once every 10 years, though, when the local population puts on their decennial ‘passion plays‘, enacting the death of Christ. Around 5,000 people live in Oberammergau, but passion play season has seen as many as half a…