Hotel Alexandra

Hotel Alexandra, in Loen in Inner Nordfjord, hosts conferences, courses, incentives and weddings. The family-run hotel has a new conference department, 17 meeting rooms from 16 to 475 m², restaurants, a spa and a cable car to 1,011 meters above the fjord. It suits groups that want working days and outdoor time in one place.

Seminars and company events The conference offer covers day meetings, residential courses, Christmas parties, incentives and team building. A remote-office format is also listed for people who want to work from Loen. The hotel describes the setting as one where professional work and social time combine, with the Loen Skylift, a via ferrata, hikes, kayaking, a zipline and a marina among the activities nearby.

The meeting rooms are grouped by size. The Loensalen are three halls that can be joined into 475 m². The Fjordsalane are three halls that join into 300 m². Smaller rooms such as Nordfjordstova, Nesdal and Bødal suit workshops and board meetings, and six more rooms hold 6 to 16 people around a board table.

Rooms and capacities Loensal 1 measures 203 m², Loensal 2 106 m² and Loensal 3 162 m². The three halls together reach 475 m², with listed capacities of 385 and 600 for the combined hall depending on the layout. Fjordsal 1, 2 and 3 measure 95, 103 and 101 m², and together 300 m², with listed capacities of 180 and 250. Nordfjordstova covers 56 m², Nesdal 69 m² and Bødal 49 m². Sæten holds 16 at a board table, Sande, Breng, Helset and Hogrenning hold 10, and Kjenndal holds 6. The capacity table gives theatre, classroom, cinema and U-shape columns, so ask the hotel for the figure for your layout.

Weddings and receptions The hotel has long experience with parties and weddings. Ceremonies can take place in the Loen church from 1837, in the garden, or on Hoven, about 1,000 meters above the fjord. A florist handles the decoration, and a wedding consultant coordinates the kitchen and staff. The hall is chosen according to the size of the party. The festive options include the Nordfjordstova, the large Loensalen, the old wine cellar called Markus Vinkjellar and the modern Andrine.

Accommodation The hotel offers standard, superior, deluxe, junior suite and suite rooms, many with fjord views, and wedding suites for couples. The site does not state the total number of bedrooms.

Catering The kitchen chief designs menus of three to five courses for weddings, and the team proposes food and drink for each event. The hotel runs several restaurants and bars, among them Charlotte, Andrine, Markus, Café Zandra and the restaurant at Hoven. Menus for the wine cellar are published for private dinners.

History and setting Hotel Alexandra is a traditional hotel in Loen, a small village known for its mountains, its blue-green lake Lovatnet and its fjord. The hotel lists a spa with a bath, treatments and an activities department.

Getting there Travel from the largest Norwegian cities takes a few hours. The hotel describes routes by air, by boat and bus, and by car, and it runs a hotel taxi. It has electric-car charging.