During his frequent retreats to the remote Norwegian village of Skjolden, beginning in 1913 when he left Cambridge in search of extreme solitude to concentrate on his philosophy, Wittgenstein lodged at Eide Gardshotell, a historic 1894 guesthouse situated at the head of the Sognefjord. While he eventually built his own isolated wooden hut across Lake Eidsvatnet, he stayed in a modest single room at Eide Gaard during his visits to the village, including his final trip in October 1950 with his friend Ben Richards, when illness forced them down from the mountainside hut. Today, the Wittgenstein Room at Eide Gardshotell remains preserved much as it looked during the philosopher's stays, offering a quiet, austere space overlooking the fjord.