Mürren is a car-free village perched on a cliff terrace 1,650 metres above the Lauterbrunnen Valley in the Bernese Oberland. No road reaches it — you get here by cable car from Stechelberg or by mountain railway from Lauterbrunnen, and that isolation is a large part of its appeal. The village is small, quiet, and blessed with one of the most spectacular mountain panoramas in Switzerland: the Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau fill the view to the south like a wall of rock and ice.
The main draw for many visitors is the Schilthorn and Piz Gloria, the 2,970-metre peak accessible by cable car from the village. The revolving restaurant at the summit, Piz Gloria, was used as Blofeld's lair in the James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service, and the Bond connection is played up with an interactive exhibition. But the real attraction is the 360-degree panorama — on a clear day you can see from the Jura to Mont Blanc. The cable car ride itself, swinging over cliffs and snowfields, is unforgettable.
Mürren is excellent walking country in summer. The Allmendhubel funicular takes you to a flower-filled meadow at 1,907 metres, from where trails fan out along the cliff edge with views straight down to Lauterbrunnen. The Northface Trail leads to viewpoints directly opposite the Eiger's notorious north wall. In winter, Mürren has its own small ski area, less polished than Wengen or Grindelwald but with an authentically Alpine character and shorter lift queues. Down in the Lauterbrunnen valley below, Trümmelbach Falls are accessible as a half-day excursion — ten glacial waterfalls thundering through tunnels bored inside the mountain.
The village itself is a single main street of chalets, small shops, and a handful of restaurants. There is nothing grand about it, and that is the point. Mürren feels like the Alps before the resort industry arrived — a place where the mountains are the main event and everything else stays out of the way.