The 72-hour Cabin: a Wilderness Escape in West Sweden

Location and Overview

The 72-hour is located in the Swedish countryside, a place to relax and unwind at one of the island's most beautiful glasshouses. Five identical Swedish glasshouses are individually placed well apart from each other on the southern part of the Swedish island. All of the cabin building has stunning views over the lake and the sky. The tiny cabin buildings are all served by a fully equipped house The Pavillion with a kitchen, bathroom and toilet, open fireplace, veranda, and terrace with furniture. You can have your meals in the Pavillion or just by the shore. During your 72-hour cabin stay, you'll stay in comfort and close to nature. You'll have access to typically Swedish nature-based activities, such as taking a walk in the forest, which is partly a biotope protection area. You could go rowing or fishing from a traditional rowing boat or the land. Walking trips and a map over paths, rowing boats, and a fishing rod, are at your disposal and so is the wood-heated sauna just by the lake.

Arrival and Amenities

When you arrive you will be picked up by a motorboat by one of the island's owners, Maria and Staffan, and boat the few minutes to the island. Once you get to the island you'll take the short walk to the main house, where you will be served refreshments and then be given information about the location of the glass cabin buildings. This is also when you'll have the opportunity to take a look at a map of the island. During your 72-hour vacation stay, you'll stay in one of the unique glass cabin buildings with transport by motorboat back and forth to the island. A 120 cm bed with comfy duvet, pillows, and a wool blanket, bed linens, and towels. The tiny cabin has a basket with a water bottle, glasses and cups, thermos flask, and a map over the island the lake Animmen. You'll also have use of a headlamp, hammock, and access to a rowing boat and a fishing rod, canoe or kayak.

Dining Experience

During your stay, you'll have light refreshments and an evening meal on the day that you arrive. Breakfast will be served on the day of your departure, and on the other day's breakfast, lunch and dinner are served. Breakfast can be collected from the main service building each morning, and you have the option of eating there or in your glass cabin building. Lunch packages can also be collected for a picnic. Dinner is served in or just outside the manner house, or at the lakeside cape in an outdoor kitchen, dependent on the weather.

Design and Integration with Nature

The glasshouse cabin building has been built to be a part of the natural scenery. The size, design, construction, and color scheme embed them into the natural surroundings. The designer Jeanna Berger describes the glass cabin buildings as an homage to typically Swedish and Dalsland natural settings. The roof and the sides of the cabin buildings are made of glass and the houses that stand on pillars so that they leave the smallest possible footprint on the landscape. The inspiration for the glasshouse cabin buildings is derived from Dalsland barns.