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I've skied in Switzerland for the last couple of years and never found it expensive. Drinks are much more reasonable than France and although some restaurants can be expensive in the big resorts, you can always find good value if you look around.
The service is always excellent as well.
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creedgearoid, Murren doesnt really have a nightlife so to speak and only has one nightclub called the Inferno (inside the Palace hotel) but its not that popular with the locals due to the prices. Most locals tend to head to the Eiger Guesthouse as the prices are very good and have a pool table,music,big tv screen and great atmosphere that money cant buy! or try Tachi-bar at the hotel Eiger just above and left of the guesthouse.
If not all the hotels have bars and stay open until the last person has left but expect again to pay higher prices.
Murren has some good restaurants which are mostly situated in the hotels (Jungfrau,Edelweiss,Alpina,Bellevue etc etc) or you can have a Chinese at Thams or a Pizza at Pascals.
I cant honesly answer the price of a Steak & chips or the price of a nice cool beer as i just eat and drink it as im on holiday but it cant be that high or i would remember 
If you are looking for nightlife then Murren isnt the place for you and maybe Wengen is
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Nightlife order is probably
Somewhere in Austria
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Grindelwald
Wengen
Murren
Cept during the MSB, where some snowheads will make sure there is nightlife in Wengen I guess 
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| geepee wrote: |
| The service is always excellent as well. |
I find it deteriorates fast when you have a loud lady in your group ignorant to any language cept for dutch, coming across rude permanently due to trying a horrible mix of Germanified dutch and Englishified dutch 
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I think we all have a personal view of what "Night Life" means - I've been to places in Austria and France famed for their superb apres-ski only to find that this means painfully loud music with thumping bass and people standing around drinking. What turns that scenario into "good" is when something somehow sparks that into life and suddenly everyone is up and dancing on the tables. I've seen that happen in France and Austria too. But I have to say that some of the most memorable times for me have been in the Tanne bar in Wengen where that has happened, and I'm not sure what it is that lights the spark (maybe the copious number of B-52s we've been drinking helps). So, SnowHeads, what does good night life mean to you? Does Wengen, Murren, Grindelwald have it? 
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Well I have to admit that I'm not a person who goes clubbing in the UK but I have had good evenings out in Wengen however I would say that the nightlife is limited and almost certainly won't suit everyone
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AdrianV, Wednesday night is very lively in the Sunstar bar if you are lucky enough to be given a bell to ring.
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I've had some great nights out in Wengen, normally in the bar below the cinema, can't remember what it's currently called as is always changing it's name. When i first started going there it was Kegelbahn.
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| beanie1 wrote: |
| I've had some great nights out in Wengen, normally in the bar below the cinema, can't remember what it's currently called as is always changing it's name. When i first started going there it was Kegelbahn. |
maybe I was djing there, haven't for a while though. Next one is feb.
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stab, I'm there in Feb from 4th for a week - when you djing?
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13th or 14th.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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riverman, you must have seen my bell ringing action in the Sunstar in 2005, exceeded only by my broom/brush rhythm action... 
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You know it makes sense.
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AdrianV, I am in training with the the house broom and brush ready for my visit in early Feb
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telford_mike, Enjoyed the video . Ithink summer and winter I seen them about 15 times and still look forward to their next performance.
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Poster: A snowHead
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hahaha awesome, the guy on the right does our tax returns.
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stab, So you have not attended a live preformance of music in the Sunstar.
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sadly not, I must have missed that on the list of things to do before I die.
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| stab wrote: |
| hahaha awesome, the guy on the right does our tax returns. |
the guy in the middle is our landlord 
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watching the second leg of the mens slalom on Eurosport and its snowing hard
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yup, it looked quite encouraging - skiing wasn't bad either! Got all my ironing done - bonus!
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I am so looking forward to being there in a couple of weeks time. So looks like the snow is going to be fab. yeehah
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| Annehillskiing wrote: |
| I am so looking forward to being there in a couple of weeks time. So looks like the snow is going to be fab. yeehah |
Macmillan down to Aspen 
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Which is the best shop in Wengen for boot fitting? Boyfriend plans to buy his own this year.
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| beanie1 wrote: |
| Which is the best shop in Wengen for boot fitting? Boyfriend plans to buy his own this year. |
They're all fine, (have bought from Central & Molitor in the past - both were great) but with the way the exchange-rate is going at the moment, you might want to check-out one of the local banks for a mortgage first
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telford_mike, Thanks.
Hmmm, do you think it might be worth his while buying in the UK then and just using shop in Wengen for any alterations needed?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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beanie1, Central Sport have been quite happy to tweak boots bought elsewhere in the past for a modest charge. If you're going later in the season you might find that prices come down a bit in Wengen though. It's a tricky one to be honest - I don't think I'd buy boots in the UK unless I was absolutely confident that I knew exactly what I wanted. On the other hand, I suppose buying in the UK means you don't have to take a chunk out of your skiing holiday.
Personally I'd go to Rocks and have a strong coffee, then walk across the street to Central Sport and put up with a bit of financial pain in exchange for a really good fitting service.
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telford_mike, if beanie is relatively close to the CEM headquarters, he might get some boots from them, which may be less then using expensively bought Franks
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You know it makes sense.
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Break out the factor 50 sun cream. Looking at Metcheck there is the suggestion of a heat wave mid- to end of the week. Mr Orf, any views?
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AdrianV, well seeing as you ask, it should snow tonight perhaps 5-10cm at resort level, snow again Wednesday most of the day with at best another 10-20cm at resort level, probably rain on Friday with definate warmer weather until next Monday when there may well be more snow though if it comes earlier it will fall as rain, next week looks like being much colder than the second half of this week though after Monday it doesn't look like any more snow until possibly the last days of the month
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Poster: A snowHead
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D G Orf, thank you. Can you predict some heavy snow for the first week in February, followed by cold but clear conditions for the second week, then same again for March please. 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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AdrianV, Ask me again in arround 2 weeks and I might give it a go
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Chris Brookes, Where are you defecting to?
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Chris Brookes, WHAT !!!!
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D G Orf, His silence means a lot, i'm sure he must be going to Wengen
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Ronald, lmao
We are going in a large group from Jersey to Les Coches in France (just below La Plagne)
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Yikes - I arrive in Wengen on Saturday with family (wife and 3 smallishkids). Will the kiddie bunny slopes in the village be usable in this weather since a possible heatwave is mentioned?
WIll it be raining at Wengen resort level?
Will I as a confirmed average intermediate (11 weeks skiing) be able to get much done in my 3 hours of ski school freedom?
Any particular ski hire shop or are they all ok?
Is there an ATM in the village so I can get Swiss Francs?
I assume everywhere takes VISA?
We are going by Ryanair to Basel and planning on getting to Wengen using rail - looking at www.rail.ch it all looks OK...should I get tickets in advance? Not sure tho as Ryanair may be late - so is there something like a weekly family return?
Any other advice about the village?
Thanks!
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