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Brunnadern, Bern — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Brunnadern holds the Elfenau country house, the Freemasons Museum of Switzerland and the Bolívar Memorial within one stretch of Bern.
About Brunnadern
Where to stay in Brunnadern
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Elfenau sets the tone. A stay in Brunnadern puts the country house, its little orangery and the Bolívar Memorial on the doorstep, with the Freemasons Museum of Switzerland a further stop inside the same district. The Eichholz Info Center is listed here too.
You suit this district if grounds and garden buildings appeal more than the noise of central Bern.
About Brunnadern
What are the main landmarks in Brunnadern?
Elfenau accounts for most of it. The country house there is recorded with a former Stöckli that pre-dates 1784, and a little orangery and tenant house are entered alongside it under the same name. The Bolívar Memorial stands in the district as well.
Two more entries complete the list: the Freemasons Museum of Switzerland and the Eichholz Info Center, which between them give Brunnadern a short but varied set of things to see.
What is the history of Brunnadern?
The oldest thing here is a house. Brunnadern's record carries no founding year of its own, but the Elfenau Country House is entered with a former Stöckli placed before 1784, which pushes the district's documented past back into the eighteenth century. Dates stop there.
The Bolívar Memorial and the Freemasons Museum of Switzerland are both recorded without years, so the order in which this corner of Bern acquired its institutions is not something the file sets out.
Where is Brunnadern?
The Eichholz Info Center and the Elfenau grounds fall inside Brunnadern, one of the districts that make up Bern in the Canton de Berne.
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Updated August 2026