Murren | ||
Canton | Bern | |
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Residents | 377 (2018) | |
height | 1,650 m | |
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Murren is a Swiss Village in the Lauterbrunnen valley in the canton Bern.
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Mürren lies on a terrace above the Lauterbrunnen valley. Politically, the village belongs to the municipality Lauterbrunnen. It was first mentioned in a document in 1257. A holiday area has developed here since the mid-19th century, which is particularly popular with English Alpine fans.
getting there
Murren is Carless. The car must be left in the Lauterbrunnen valley, all luggage is carried. Don't forget anything, the way costs a cable car ticket!
You travel by train via Basel and Bern to Interlaken Ost, where you have to change to the BOB to Lauterbrunnen.
From the Lauterbrunenetal there are two ways to reach Mürren.
On the one hand the Lauterbrunnen-Mürren cable car. This leads from Lauterbrunnen station, since 2007, instead of the funicular, it is now an aerial cableway to Grütschalp, where it changes to a railcar that covers the 4 km long narrow-gauge route to Mürren.
On the other hand, from Stechelberg, at the end of the valley, with the LSMS cable car, which reaches Mürren via the intermediate station Gimmelwald.The very spacious gondola goes almost vertically several hundred meters up the steep face and is a special experience.
mobility
Since the village is car-free, everything is of course geared towards pedestrians.
Tourist Attractions
- Nature, you are in the largest trough valley in the world and have a very good view due to the height.
- The Schilthorn cable car with the revolving restaurant on the summit of the Schilthorn (Piz Gloria, see literature)
- Balloon Sports Museum
activities
- The Alpine Sports Center also includes an indoor swimming pool and an ice rink.
- In summer hikes of all kinds and difficulties
- In winter, all facets of alpine winter sports
- Since 1928 the Inferno races carried out. With a length of 16 kilometers and an altitude difference of 2170 meters, the race is considered the longest downhill ski race in the world for professionals and amateurs.
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kitchen
nightlife
accommodation
trips
- Trümmelbach Falls
- Staubbach Falls in Lauterbrunnen
Get by
- Tourist Information Mürren, CH-3825 Murren (in the Alpine Sports Center). Tel.: 41 (0)33 856 86 86, Fax: 41 (0)33 856 86 96. Open: from December 9th - April 22nd, 2007, Mon - Sat: 8.30 a.m. - 7.00 p.m., Thu: 8.30 a.m. - 8.00 p.m. and Sun: 8.30 a.m. - 6.00 p.m.; From April 23, 2007 to June 10, 2007, Mon - Sat: 8.30 a.m. - 12 p.m., 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. and Sun: closed.
literature
- Mürren, and especially the Schilthorn, became famous through the James Bond film In the service of Her Majesty in which the summit is referred to as Piz Gloria.