Schloss Landshut in Utzenstorf rents a conference room for up to 65 people, a banquet hall for 70 and courtyard apéros for up to 120, so it fits seminars, receptions and weddings of up to about 150 guests. The castle is run by the Stiftung Schloss Landshut and is the last moated castle in the canton of Bern. It stands on a sandstone hill above a large pond and a landscape park.
Seminars and company events
The Konferenzsaal in the Wildstation is the main seminar room. It takes up to 65 people for training sessions, meetings or workshops, and up to 150 for a standing apéro. It is heated and can be booked all year, Tuesday to Saturday, until 11 pm. A flipchart, a projection screen and an overhead projector can be rented, and the team can set the room up. Coffee, a croissant, water and snacks are available on request, as is a larger castle apéro.
For smaller groups there is the Sitzungszimmer, which holds up to 16 people for meetings and seminars, and the von Wattenwyl-Zimmer, which holds six people for a meeting or 15 for an apéro. Both are rented from mid-May to mid-October, Tuesday to Saturday.
Weddings and receptions
The Festsaal and the garden terrace host weddings, birthdays, anniversaries and seminars. The hall seats 70 at a banquet and holds 100 at an apéro. The terrace holds 100 at an apéro, with the hall as the bad-weather option. Both can be rented only during the season, and bookings run until 1 am. The cellar and the courtyard are a second choice: the heated cellar seats 50 at a banquet and takes 70 at an apéro, and the courtyard holds up to 120 standing guests outside opening hours.
Rooms and capacities
Five rental areas are described on the official site. The Festsaal with its terrace, the Schlosshof with the Keller, the Sitzungszimmer, the von Wattenwyl-Zimmer and the Konferenzsaal Wildstation. No rentals take place on Sundays, Mondays or Tuesday mornings, and the castle closes for winter, reopening on May 9, 2027.
Catering
Banquets in the Festsaal must use the innkeepers and caterers that the foundation prescribes, so ask the castle keeper for the list. The cellar has a functional kitchen with dishes, glasses and cutlery, but no cookware. A restaurant about five minutes from the castle serves lunch and is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.
History and setting
The castle houses the Museum Schloss Landshut and the Swiss Museum for Game and Hunting, with changing special exhibitions each year. A café sits in the courtyard and an English landscape park with streams surrounds the building. Museum visitors may be present during opening hours, so the courtyard and the Wildstation are shared spaces then.
Getting there
The address is Schlossstrasse 17, CH-3427 Utzenstorf. Free parking is available at the south entrance of the castle grounds. To book, call or write to the castle keeper, visit the rooms, send the reservation form and wait for the foundation to confirm the date.
