Solstrand Hotel & Bad hosts residential meetings and strategy sessions for up to 180 participants, and private celebrations in which at least 80 percent of the guests stay overnight. The hotel has 134 rooms and stands on Bjørnafjorden in Os, about 30 kilometers from Bergen Airport. It has been open since 1896 and is independent and family-owned.
Seminars and company events
The hotel sells meetings as a residential package. The meeting rooms are built for board meetings and professional seminars: six lecture halls, two board rooms and twenty group rooms. Most of them face the sea and receive plenty of daylight. For larger national and international events the hotel can take in up to 180 participants.
Every meeting booking includes the overnight stay, the meeting rooms, breakfast, a three-course dinner, coffee, tea and ice water, and free use of the pools and saunas. Nothing is sold as a day-only room, so plan the program around a stay of at least one night. The form on the website asks for arrival date, number of nights from one to five, number of persons and number of rooms.
Since 1952 the hotel has hosted the Solstrand program, a leadership development course run by the Administrative Research Institute at the Norwegian School of Economics. This long relationship shapes how the house handles demanding management processes that run over several days.
Weddings and receptions
Private events are accepted only if at least 80 percent of the participants stay overnight at the hotel. The reason given is capacity: the restaurant and shared areas are sized for the number of bedrooms. Guests can start with a welcome drink in a sitting room or the garden, sit down in the restaurant or in a private dining room, and end the evening in the sitting rooms, outdoors or in the bar.
The hotel states that it no longer hosts larger weddings, because large weddings and smaller events in the same house did not work well for everyone. It does host celebrations, and the house states that it has up to 200 guests at any time for different occasions.
Rooms and capacities
The meeting offer counts six lecture halls, two board rooms and twenty group rooms, with a ceiling of 180 participants for the largest events. The site does not publish names or seat counts for each room, so ask for the room plan when you send the inquiry.
Accommodation
The hotel has 134 rooms. All of them have windows that open toward the fjord, the mountains or the garden. The interior uses wool, stone and wood. Accommodation is part of every meeting and event package.
Catering
Meals are served in the restaurant, and the kitchen works with fish and shellfish from the fjords, lamb from Western Norway and local vegetables. The menu follows the season. A three-course dinner and breakfast are included in the meeting and event packages. A private dining room is available for celebrations.
History and setting
Solstrand opened in 1896 as a seawater pool and still has indoor and outdoor pools, a therapy pool and saunas, all of which guests can use between sessions. The garden is sheltered and leads straight to the sea. Guests can swim in the fjord all year, or go on day excursions by boat or kayak. The spa offers facial and body treatments that can be booked separately.
Getting there
The hotel is at Solstrandveien 200 in Os, about 30 kilometers from Bergen Airport. Phone +47 56 57 11 00 and email hotel@solstrand.com are listed for inquiries, and the website has separate forms for meeting and event requests.
