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Mürren, Alpine village, Bern canton, south central Switzerland, situated high above the Lauterbrunnen Valley in the Bernese Oberland (highland), opposite the Jungfrau (13,642 ft [4,158 m]). It is the highest village in the canton (elevation 5,450 ft) that is inhabited all the year round. A noted health and international winter-sports resort, it is also a ballooning centre with an annual international ballooning week. The Kandahar Ski Club was founded there in 1924. Since 1891 the main access has been by a mountain railway from Lauterbrunnen. The Schilthorn cableway began operation in 1967.

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