VitraHaus — Attraction in Weil am Rhein

I just finished my tour. I passed here 5 years ago and it was a great experience at the time. Now we have a free tour that is extremely boring and worthless. Nothing special to see and I don’t recommend spending time with the current setup. I also felt sad seeing the main building in a poor state. It needs refurbishment and the site needs the soul it had once in the past. Everything evolves and here everything went backwards. Extremely disappointed and I would say to design lovers to not waste their precious time.

The Garden is like an abandoned ghetto and they call this “garden”. You could at least cut the grass a bit. I’m an architect and I was really negatively surprised. The building outdoors are in really poor state. Inside is quite empty… (compared to...

My first time at VitraHaus was an inspiring and enriching experience. However, the older bald man in the shop managed to leave me with a bitter taste as I left the museum. I asked to have my purchase gift-wrapped, and he started complaining to his colleague that everyone was asking for gift wrapping (two people before me had also requested it). When he finished wrapping, he tossed the cards carelessly onto the table (all of which are expensive designer pieces). All of this happened right in front of me—zero professionalism and complete disrespect.

The rest of the staff was very friendly, which I consider essential for having a good experience at any...

As one of the tour guides on the Architecture Tour says: this place is a factory first and a museum second. Whatever you want to call it, it’s definitely a design campus and design lover’s paradise. Make sure to get there early to have enough time to enjoy everything Vitra has to offer: architecture tours to truly discover the campus buildings (highly recommended, I learn something new every time), Schaudepot, the current exhibition in the Design Museum, the Oudolf Garten, as well as the VitraHaus where you can browse all you dream furniture. Oh and if you need to recharge in between the Depot Deli and the VitraHaus Cafe both offer sweet and...