This is Kristiania
Kristiania Lech is a private mountain house with taste, warmth and a point of view.
"The antithesis of the attention-seeking, diamond-encrusted version of luxury found in the Alps' more arriviste resorts — an elegant, art-filled retreat that is packed with character." — Financial Times
The house takes its name from Kristiania — the old name for Oslo, where Othmar Schneider won Austria's first Olympic alpine gold in 1952. A quiet thread of sport, history and family, carried in a single word. Above the village, with individually designed rooms and suites, art around every corner and a style of hospitality that is personal rather than performative, Kristiania Lech offers something increasingly uncommon: a stay shaped by character, conversation and a genuine sense of belonging.
Why stay here
A House That Looks After People
Hospitality that pays attention rather than performs.
No Two Rooms Alike
Individually designed. Distinctly Kristiania with character and point of view.
Good Things, Beautifully Done
Thoughtful cooking and dinners worth lingering over.
Collecting, Curiosity and Conversation
Art around every corner and ideas around every table.
Lech, Slightly Differently
Above the village. A little quieter. Entirely Lech.
Rooms & Suites
Individually designed. Comfortably secluded. Distinctly Kristiania.
From elegant rooms for solo travellers and couples to suites with generous living space, the house is made for sleeping well, lingering a little longer and returning from the mountain to somewhere that feels entirely your own. Each category offers its own atmosphere, but all share the same essentials: warmth, comfort, character and the quiet assurance of a house that has never believed in one-size-fits-all.
Guest Rooms
Warm, individual and quietly comfortable — the most straightforward way to stay, and never the standard one. For solo travellers, couples and shorter stays.
Suites
More room to breathe, and more reason to linger. From junior suites to generous family and multi-room suites — softer evenings, slower mornings, and the feeling of settling in properly.
Signature Suites
The house at its most expressive — generous in size, rich in character, and each with a story of its own. For those who like their stay with a little more plot.
Dining
Good things, beautifully done
Dining at Kristiania is guided by pleasure rather than ceremony: a very good breakfast, thoughtful cooking, a well-poured glass and the kind of ease that belongs to a private house.
In the kitchen, Jurgen Dirkx brings refinement, generosity and a sure hand with flavour. Some evenings call for a beautifully set table. Others begin with a drink and unfold more spontaneously from there. Kristiania makes room for both.
Collecting, Curiosity and Conversation
A collection tells you a great deal about the people behind it.
At Kristiania, art is not simply displayed. It is lived with. Paintings, photographs, books and objects gathered over decades reflect a house shaped by curiosity, friendship and a continuing fascination with discovery.
Experiences
The mountain, our way
Lech offers no shortage of things to do. Kristiania prefers to think in terms of how a day feels.
A beautifully timed ski morning. A quiet hour in the spa. A long lunch. A walk with a view. A snow picnic, a salon talk, a détour worth taking. Some guests come for the mountain, some for the atmosphere, and many for the balance between the two.
Private Gatherings
Some occasions deserve more than a venue.
For family celebrations, weddings, private retreats and gatherings of all kinds, Kristiania offers the rare feeling of having a house of your own in the mountains.
The House I Grew Up In
Some places become part of a life. This one always was.
Having grown up at the House, Gertrud Schneider has spent a lifetime adding to the character of the House: through art, hospitality, friendships and a belief that how people are looked after matters.
