Every year, thousands of tourists flock to the Swiss mountain and climb to an altitude of more than 4,000 m to touch Solvay Hut - an architectural masterpiece that when standing below, you only see as a small, blurry dot.
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| Solvay hut is a small wooden house, located at an altitude of more than 4,000 m of the Matterhorn mountain range, near Zermatt, Valais canton, Switzerland. It is always remembered by many tourists with the nickname "the world's loneliest and highest wooden hut". |
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| The Solvay is owned by the Swiss Alpine Club, the world's largest mountaineering club. The house was built in 1915, and for over 100 years it has been a place of rest and food for climbers. |
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| The house is named after Ernest Solvay, a Belgian mountaineer, explorer and businessman who donated money to build the structure. |
Visitors climb the mountain to touch Solvay.
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| Solvay built the house to show his gratitude to the mountain, because in his younger years he had memorable moments climbing the mountain and admiring the view here. |
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| Solvay also recognized the danger to climbers’ lives in bad weather, so when he retired he raised money to fund the construction of a mountain house, to support tourists with a safe place to rest. |
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| The house has room for 10 people, always full of food and drinks. |
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| The house was built in just five days. It was renovated in 1966 and a telephone was installed in 1976 so stranded tourists could call for help. |
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| Today, it’s not just the weather that takes shelter in this house, but Solvay has become one of Switzerland’s most popular destinations. Many hikers come here just to visit the cabin and see the panoramic view of Monte Rosa before them. |
According to VNE
