Moving to Stubai
After years of returning to Austria for skiing, hiking, and adventure, we decided to trade city life in Rotterdam for the mountains of the Stubai Valley and create the kind of place we always loved staying in ourselves.
A different kind of life
Living in the center of Rotterdam meant having every convenience close by: cafés, restaurants, trains, busy streets, and city life at our doorstep.
But over time, we found ourselves missing something more important: easy access to nature, outdoor adventure, and the kind of lifestyle that revolves around being outside.
In Tirol, conversations tend to revolve around mountain conditions, hikes, ski tours, and the next sunny weekend outdoors. That mindset immediately felt familiar to us, and to our dogs Obi and Nox, who are most happy on trail rather than in the middle of a city square.
Returning to Stubai
Our connection to Stubai started years ago during a spontaneous snowboard trip with one of Wout’s oldest friends. We stayed in Innsbruck, explored the surrounding mountains, and spent several unforgettable days riding at Stubai Glacier.
Somewhere along the glacier road — surrounded by snow-covered forests and alpine peaks — something clicked. The valley felt adventurous, peaceful, and deeply connected to the outdoors in a way that stayed with us long after returning home.
Over the years, we kept coming back. Sometimes for skiing, sometimes for hiking, paragliding, or simply to spend time in the mountains. Eventually, Stubai stopped feeling like a destination and started feeling like home.
For us, moving to Austria was never about escaping city life entirely. Rotterdam gave us a lot — energy, opportunities, and convenience. But over time, we realized that the moments we valued most always happened somewhere else: on hiking trails, in mountain huts, on skis, or watching the sun disappear behind alpine peaks.
Life in Tirol feels different to us.
People talk less about work and more about the outdoors. About snow conditions, hiking routes, weather windows, mountain huts, and sunrise viewpoints. Adventure feels part of everyday life here — and that’s exactly what drew us back year after year.
Haus im Hochland is our attempt to build a life closer to those things.
Not luxury for the sake of luxury. Just comfort, nature, calm evenings, good coffee, great movies after long hikes, and easy access to the mountains we love.
Ready for it?
Whether you come for skiing, hiking, paragliding, mountain huts, or simply a quiet week surrounded by nature, we hope Haus im Hochland becomes the kind of place you’ll want to return to year after year — just like we did.