Rooftop Aarau

A lift runs up to the roof at Delfterstrasse 12 in Aarau, where Rooftop Aarau has about 800 m² of event space on the seventh floor, a 360-degree panorama and free parking. Weddings are one of several formats it sells next to company events, private parties and a winter igloo season, and we're fans of how much of the day it lets you keep in one place, from vows with a view to the last dance. The operating company, Rooftop Aarau GmbH, is a young one: Moneyhouse, which republishes the Swiss commercial gazette (SHAB), shows it as active and newly founded in a notice dated 26 June 2025, with its seat in Aarau.

A wedding that starts and ends on the same roof

The day comes in three parts. A ceremony with a view and a reception with your guests. A wedding dinner, for which the venue's own chef develops the menu with you and adjusts the setup to your guest count. And an evening party with a DJ, live music and a dance floor, with the DJ booth and equipment already in place. An apéro alone is possible too, which suits a couple who hold the ceremony and dinner elsewhere and want a rooftop drinks reception.

On vendors, you can bring your own florists and decorators or ask the team to recommend partners, including for the wedding cake. The venue can arrange, in house or through partners, catering, a drinks and bar service, DJs, live music, a photographer and videographer, decoration, floristry, hosting and individual event planning. For a couple organizing from abroad, that one-stop list means fewer separate suppliers to coordinate.

From a four-person gondola to a 600-guest buyout

Capacities are printed for the formats the venue books most often: private celebrations for 20 to 150 people, and an exclusive hire of the whole location for up to 600 guests. Individual areas are smaller. The Turm-Suite takes up to 60, the event lounge in the tent up to 50, the large igloo up to 24, the small igloo up to 12 and a gondola up to 4. There is also an indoor bar that is open all year and a summer open-air area called the Sandoase. The figures belong to each format or area, so the 600 applies only when the whole venue is yours.

Summer sand, winter igloos

The seasonal side is part of the appeal. Summer brings the Sandoase, an open-air sand area; winter is the Winterzauber, with fondue in heated igloos and private gondolas, so a winter date is part of the offer rather than an afterthought. The igloos are normally in place until March or April, depending on the season and existing bookings. On one point the venue's own pages disagree: the event page says igloos and gondolas are reserved exclusively for your group, while the wedding page says availability follows the season and bookings, with no guarantee of exclusive use.

A non-binding enquiry and a budget talk

Enquiries are non-binding. A request should include a preferred date and alternatives, the number of guests including children, the format, a start time and time frame, catering and dietary needs, a budget range and ideas for decoration and program. The team discusses your budget range personally, and no price is published, so the cost has to come from that conversation. A phone number and an email address are listed, as is a WhatsApp link, which is handy across time zones. The pages are in German, and nothing on them says the team works in English.

Who stands behind it

The company's purpose is running gastronomy businesses and providing event organization, catering and take-away services, which fits what the venue sells. Four people sit in management.

A rooftop for the whole day

If you want a view for the ceremony, a chef who builds the menu with you and a dance floor a lift ride away, Rooftop Aarau gives you all three at one address, and the whole location can be hired for a guest list of up to 600.