Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Viewpoints:
There are plans for a big apartment-hotel to be built here, but the project is
waiting for investment money. Detour from the main street around the cliff-hanging tennis
court. Stop at one of the little romantic shelters built into the far wall. Directly below, at the
base of the modern wall, is the start of a one-mile “trail” with a steel cable
(via ferrata),
which mountaineers use to venture safely along the cliff all the way to Gimmelwald (de-
scribed later). You can see the Gimmelwald lift station in the distance.
• Return to the main street and continue to
...
“Downtown”Mürren:
Thismainintersection(wherethesmallserviceroadleadsdown
to Gimmelwald) has the only grocery store in town (Co-op). A bit farther on, the tiny fire
barn (labeled
Feuerwehr
) has a list showing the leaders of the volunteer force and their re-
sponsibilities. The old barn behind it on the right evokes the time, not so long ago, when the
town's barns housed cows. Imagine Mürren with more cows than people, rather than with
more visitors than residents.
About 65 feet beyond the fire barn (across the street from the old schoolhouse—Altes
Schulhaus), detour right uphill a few steps into the oldest part of town. Explore the windy
little lanes, admiring the ancient woodwork on the houses and the cute little pea patches.
• Back on the main drag, continue to the far end of Mürren, where you come to the...
Cable-Car Station:
The first cable car (goes directly to the valley floor) is for cargo,
garbage, and the (reputedly) longest bungee jump in the world. The other takes hikers and
skiers up to the Schilthorn and down to the valley via Gimmelwald.
• Hiking back into town along the high road, you'll enter...
UpperMürren:
You'llpassMürren'stwochurches,theAllmendhubelfunicularstation,
and the Sportzentrum (with swimming pool and TI).
• Our walk is finished. Enjoy the town and the views.
During ski season and the height of summer, the Mürren area offers plenty of activities for
those willing to seek them out. In spring and fall, Mürren is pretty dead.
Allmendhubelbahn
A quaint-looking but surprisingly rewarding funicular (from 1912, renovated in 1999) car-
ries nature-lovers from Mürren up to Allmendhubel, a perch offering a Jungfrau view that,
though much lower, rivals the Schilthorn. At the station, notice the 1920s bobsled. Consider
mixingamountainlift,grandviews,andahikewithyourmealbyeatingattherestauranton
Allmendhubel (good chef, open daily until 18:00).
