MURREN Switzerland
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Nearest airports: Bern (70km); Zurich (195km); Basel (175km); Geneva (205km)
On rail network: YES
Overview
Set in the Jungfrau region of the Bernese Oberland, the quaint and quiet village of Mürren enjoys breathtaking views of the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau peaks. Mürren is an old Walser settlement, established by the Lötscher (people from the Walser valley) who came to the area over the Wetter gap. The fact is reflected in the small wooden houses still scattered throughout the village.
Today Mürren enjoys an international reputation thanks to the famous Schiltorn peak, complete with rotating restaurant, which was featured in the James Bond movie On Her Majesty’s Secret Service and which remains in the public eye today.
Car-free and sun-drenched, Mürren offers a huge range of sports and quiet retreats. Together with the neighbouring villages, including Grindelwald and Wengen, it gives access to the Jungfrau ski area, which includes some 206km of pistes to satisfy all levels as well as a number of long, attractive sledging trails.
Getting to resort
Airport transfers
In both summer and winter Murren is easily accessible by car on good roads from the airports of
Basel,
Zurich,
Geneva or
Bern.
Alternatively, visitors approaching from the south can get to the Jungfrau Region via the Grimsel Pass or Susten Pass (Summer only) or via the Simplon Pass followed by the
Lötschberg Car Transport (car-carrying train).
Alternatively
trains depart from Zurich, Basel or Geneva airport to Bern where passengers can continue on to Interlaken Ost/ Lauterbrunnen/Grutschalp/Murren (see train section below). Total journey time approx. 3 hours
From Bern airport take the
airport bus to the central Bern station for onward
train connections via Interlaken Ost (see train section below).
By train
There are international
train connections to and from all neighbouring countries which will bring you into Interlaken Ost and from there by regional train or bus (late evening) to Lauterbrunnen. From Lauterbrunnen passengers should board the cable car BLM to Grütschalp and change onto the train to Mürren BLM station. Your luggage travels with you directly to Mürren (last cable car departure at 8.31 pm).
Alternatively, from Lauterbrunnen visitors can take the yellow postbus to Stechelberg, where they can board the Schilthornbahn cable way to Mürren Schilthornbahn Station (last cable car at 11.45 pm). Each train from and to Mürren has connections with the train from and to Lauterbrunnen.
Timetables of all trains and postbuses.
In resort
From both Mürren BLM and Schilthornbahn stations you can reach the Allmendhubel funicular within 5 mins, giving access to the ski lifts and chairlifts.
The Schilthornbahn cableway goes also directly to Birg or the Schilthorn peak, where you can chance the steepest piste with a gradient of 75%.
Another option is to take the chairlift two mins from the train station at Winteregg which is located on the route from Lauterbrunnen- Grütschalp toward Mürren.
From Lauterbrunnen there are also train connections to Wengen and Grindelwald from where the ski area Männlichen-Kleine Scheidegg and / or Grindelwald-First can be reached.
