The Kreuz in Solothurn rents a hall for up to 110 seated or 200 standing guests, a connected bar for 30 seated or 50 standing, and three separate meeting rooms, with a restaurant and 12 hotel rooms in the same building. It stands in the old town of Solothurn, Switzerland, a minute from the Aare.
Seminars and company events
For retreats and workshops, the house offers three separate rooms on the first floor. They are fitted with several projectors and sound systems, and flipcharts are available. The team builds an individual package that can include food and drink from the kitchen and rooms upstairs. If a topic cannot be finished in one day, participants sleep one floor above.
The hall and the bar can also be rented for company evenings, with or without a meal, with a live band or a DJ. The website mentions karaoke and a pub quiz as options for a team night.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are on the list of occasions the hall and the bar can host. The website describes a typical evening: an aperitif at 7 p.m., a three-course dinner from 8 p.m., then a party with a live band. The house says it prefers a special day that does not become pompous. Birthdays, apprenticeship graduations and class reunions are hosted in the same way.
Rooms and capacities
The hall, called the Kreuzsaal, can be enlarged or reduced to the size of the event. It is full with 110 seated or 200 standing guests. The bar sits directly next to it and takes up to 30 people seated or 50 standing. Mixed standing and seated layouts are possible. For large events the two spaces are usually used together, so guests move between them.
Accommodation
Twelve simply furnished hotel rooms occupy the second and third floors. The website says that each has its own character. This suits a small group on a retreat or the close family of a wedding couple, and not a large delegation.
Catering
The kitchen prepares everything in the house, from Mediterranean to traditional dishes, with an emphasis on vegetarian cooking. Food is flexible for a seminar or a celebration, from a coffee break to an aperitif and a dinner. The house also runs a coffee bar, the Landhaus, and a summer garden by the river called the Böxli, which opens in March in good weather.
History and setting
The Kreuz has been a cooperative since 1973. Staff are their own employers and any profit goes to the cooperative and its employees. The house is also a cultural venue, with long partnerships with the Solothurn Film Festival and the Solothurn Literature Days and a year-round program of its own. That cultural side gives the hall a stage feel, which suits talks and shows after a meeting.
Getting there
The address is Kreuzgasse 4, 4500 Solothurn, in the old town. The website does not give train or parking details, so ask the team when you send your request.
