The Ruttner House can be found in the historical downtown of Veszprém and it is the most modern hostel in the city.
The Ruttner House is a popular accommodation choice for high school students, school groups and backpackers. There are six guest rooms on the first floor of the Hostel, which can accommodate a total of 33 guests (extra beds may be brought in to increase this number to 36). All rooms have separate entrances, and can be rented out individually or for groups. Some of the rooms are furnished with a double bed, while others with the usual hostel bunk beds. An accessible room was also created for guests with special needs.
In the hostel, there is a cosy cafe, a breakfast room capable of accommodating groups and a courtyard-facing terrace that is suitable for hosting smaller outdoor events.
Also, there is a reception area and a ticket office for the exhibition in the castle’s dungeon.
The accommodation is divided into three sections, the female wing has a room with 8 beds and a room with 4 beds and a shared bathroom, the male wing has a room with 8 beds and a shared bathroom and a room with 5 beds and a private bathroom. In the central part of the accommodation there are rooms with private bathrooms for 4 and 6 persons.
Guests can prepare breakfast in the small kitchenette upstairs, but the hostel's professional kitchen can also prepare lunch and dinner for guests on request, or breakfast can be arranged as well.
The Ruttner House also has a large communal space where guests can gather together.
Located at 8 Jókai Mór Street, the Ruttner House once functioned as an ironware store and spice shop. The building was owned by ironmonger János Ruttner, who rebuilt the former single-storey house into a U-shaped two-storey residential building in the 1850s. The family lived on the first floor, while the ground floor was arranged as a hardware store. Even though, the house has been under national monument protection since 1958 as one of the most prestigious buildings on the street, it slowly fell into disrepair. After it was sold in 2001, the courtyard with an outside balcony and a loggia, the ornate gate and the facade decorations were all in bad need for renovation. Most of the interior doors have disappeared, together with their case, trees grew out of the castle walls and overgrown vegetation made the courtyard inaccessible. However, in spite of the neglect, the house retained its architectural values.
