Einsteinhaus

Einstein’s former flat and museum at Kramgasse 49, Bern, Switzerland.

At a glance

Source	Author	Role	In one line
Neither Here Nor There	Bill Bryson	setting	A locked door and no answer: Bern’s forgotten Einstein.

Neither Here Nor There — Bill Bryson (1991)

Source: Neither Here Nor There · Readwise highlight

I tried also to go to the Albert Einstein museum, housed in his old flat on Kramgasse, one of the main arcaded streets. I walked up and down the street half a dozen times before I found the modest entrance to the building, tucked away between a restaurant and a ladies’ boutique.

• Role: setting
• In the book: Bryson walks Kramgasse half a dozen times before finding the modest entrance to the Einstein museum in the physicist’s old flat. The door is locked and dusty and no one answers, despite the brochure; he is struck that Bern does nothing to mark Einstein.
• Why it matters: A small comic scene that carries his verdict on Bern’s sleepiness.