Every year, thousands of tourists flock to this Swiss mountain and climb to an altitude of over 4,000 meters to touch Solvay Hut – an architectural masterpiece that, when viewed from below, appears as just a small, hazy dot.
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| Solvay Hut is a small wooden house located at an altitude of over 4,000 meters in the Matterhorn mountain range, near Zermatt, Valais canton, Switzerland. It is often remembered by many tourists as "the world's highest and loneliest wooden hut". |
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| The owner of Solvay is the Swiss Alpine Club – the world's largest mountaineering club. The house was built in 1915, and for over 100 years it has served as a resting place and food source for mountaineers. |
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| The house is named after Ernest Solvay, a Belgian mountaineer, explorer, and businessman. Solvay also donated the money to build this structure. |
Tourists climb the mountain to touch Solvay.
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| Solvay built the house to express his gratitude to the mountain, as he had many memorable moments climbing it and admiring the scenery during his youth. |
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| Solvay also recognized the life-threatening dangers faced by mountaineers in bad weather. Therefore, upon retirement, he donated money to fund the construction of a house on the mountain, aiming to provide safe resting places for mountaineering tourists. |
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| The house has room for 10 people and is always well-stocked with food and drinks. |
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| The house was built in just 5 days. In 1966, it was renovated, and in 1976, a telephone was installed so that stranded tourists could contact for rescue. |
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| Today, it's not just those who seek shelter in bad weather who take refuge in this house; Solvay has become one of Switzerland's most popular destinations. Many people come here to hike just to visit the wooden hut and enjoy the panoramic view of Monte Rosa mountain in front of them. |
According to VNE
