Do you need a weekend get away, and are you looking for a hotel that gives associations to both Miami and the French Riviera? By the sea, in the Verket district in the center of Moss, Hotel Riviera has opened its doors. Here you will find a unique meeting and conference concept, spacious function rooms, restaurant and bar directly facing a new beach promenade and a top floor with spa and wellness that looks out over the fjord.
Hotel Riviera is a new and unique hotel destination with 172 rooms in Moss, 40 minutes south of Oslo. The hotel opened in May 2023 and is located along the Moss river at Verket in Moss, a new and modern district with a city beach, housing, cultural facilities, offices, trade and industry.
Hotel with city beach
What was once an industry area is now filled with new life, in true Riviera style. With clear inspiration from the Mediterranean, with a pulsating atmosphere and a style of its own, guests here should be able to get the ultimate Riviera feeling all year round.
The hotel is based on a collaboration between Høegh Eiendom and Norwegian Hospitality Group, and is part of Nordic Hotels & Resorts, a collection of individual hotels in the Strawberry hotel group. Architect is LPO Arkitekter, while Anemone Studio is the interior architect. The result is a unique hotel with high quality both in terms of design, choice of materials and a variety of offers for guests.
Interior and colors that create a unique atmosphere
At the hotel, guests get an experience of the atmosphere we usually associate with the Mediterranean. With inspiration from the Riviera, Hotel Riviera has become a place that reflects elegance and style.
Interior architect Ana Bento from Anemone Studio says that, - “The inspiration was the Mediterranean and the Caribbean, the color palette with delicate earth and sea colours, stripes from parasols, trellis surfaces, oversized wallpaper and indoor tents. We want guests to enter the Riviera universe and feel like they are on holiday.”
The conference facilities are designed as a Social Club where an entire floor is adapted for flexible use, whether there is a need for meetings, fairs, product launches, exhibitions, companies or mingling. During the day, Club rooms and chambre séparées cover the need for traditional meetings, seminars, and courses and conferences. Rockfon dB acoustic ceilings ensure a pleasant sound environment, and ensure sound absorption and sound insulation in and between the various meeting rooms. The ceiling panels are in customized colors that fit in with the overall design concept.
The interior in the restaurant area also has a very distinctive style. Here you can enjoy good drinks and eat both breakfast, lunch and dinner, surrounded by large sumptuous white plaster columns and interiors in the colors pink, blue, green and various shades of brown which really contribute to the feeling of being on the Riviera. In the restaurant as well as in the reception area, Rockfon Color-all acoustic ceilings in soft colors help to create a good acoustic environment.
Even in the toilets downstairs, nothing has been spared, here there is an inviting, beautiful design and interior in pink colors that give a luxurious feeling.
Destination hotel with unique design and sustainable choices
In accordance with the sustainability strategy, energy-efficient solutions with energy class A have been implemented, among other things. Innovative and more sustainable building materials have been used, and the hotel has been designed with regard to preserving the ecosystem around the hotel. Very high qualities have been chosen for the materials used, this is consistent throughout the hotel.
Hotel Riviera stands out as a unique destination hotel with a unique design. For Moss and the surrounding area, this investment will also be able to make a strong contribution to the positive urban development that is now taking place at Verket in Moss.
