SLEEP WILD - STAY WILD!
Luxury Days for Two – A Unique Nature Experience in Sweden 🔥🌲✨

Escape to the forest and enjoy peaceful days of simplicity, tradition and slow living.

At Kolarbyn, you stay in a cosy charcoal hut by the lake – just silence, fire, and fresh air.

This is not glamping. It’s an authentic Swedish wilderness experience, rooted in local outdoor culture. You cook over an open fire, sleep to the sound of the forest, and begin your mornings with kokkaffe – strong, coffee slowly brewed in a soot-blackened pot over the flames. It’s served in a kåsa, a traditional Scandinavian cup made for life outdoors. 

As the steam rises from your coffee, the mist over the lake might drift like dancing spirits – just as in old Nordic folklore, where such mornings were watched over by älvor, forest elves. Here, the forest sets the rhythm. Everything you need is included – the rest is up to you...

WHAT´S INCLUDED?

• Nights in a traditional charcoal hut with a fireplace and candlelight
• Sheepskin to sleep on, sleeping bag, inflatable mattress, travel pillow and bedding
• Dinner basket on arrival, prepared for two
• Forest pantry with ingredients for breakfast, lunch and dinner
• Canoe or rowing boat (choose your  time)
• Private floating sauna (choose your  time)
• Map with nearby hiking trails
• Fireplaces for cooking and grilling
• Freshwater from our cold spring
• All necessary cooking equipment
• Matches, candles, and waste sorting
• Access to a shared candle-lit gathering hut

THE PLAN

Day 1  – Arrival and First Fire

Check in at Kolarbyn, after your guided introduction, your hut and dinner basket are ready. Light your first fire, explore the surroundings, enjoy dinner by the lake, and warm up in your private sauna before a refreshing dip in the forest lake.

Day 2 – Forest Rhythms

Wake with the forest. Brew kokkaffe over an open fire and enjoy breakfast in the morning light. Take the canoe across the lake or follow a trail deep into the woods. Cook your meals with ingredients from the pantry – and if you're lucky (that time of the year), add chanterelles, known in Sweden as skogens guld, “the gold of the forest”, treasured for their earthy flavour and the joy of finding them in the moss. End the day with a swim, or quietly tend the fire as stars appear overhead.

Next Day – Time Becomes Yours

If you stay longer, each day is your own. Take a morning sauna, explore new trails, or simply rest. Ask your host for tips – or borrow a fire steel to learn how to start a fire the traditional way. Let your curiosity guide you through slow and simple moments.

Final Morning, if you don't stay several nights – see you until Next Time 💚

Enjoy a final breakfast by the fire and one last cup of kokkaffe before check-out at 11.00.

Or extend your stay up to five peaceful nights and let the forest life continue, one quiet day at a time.

‼️ Important information before your arrival

🛎️ Kolarbyn Eco Lodge has no staffed reception, but a host will meet you at the check-in point depending on which day you arrive.

Arrival - Monday–Fridays: 15.00-16.30
Arrival - Saturday, Sunday and public holidays: 12.30 - 13.30

Warm welcome to Kolarbyn Eco Lodge, and we look forward to meeting you soon! 🔥🌲✨

An email with more information about your booking is sent 1 week before arrival.

Facilities at Kolarbyn

• Washing & hygiene: Two composting toilets and a rustic forest shower. Many guests wash in the lake or stream.
• Sauna: Floating sauna on the lake to use whenever you feel. A private sauna can also be booked at a certain time (we have two)
• Cooking: Outdoor fire pits and a fully equipped forest kitchen with gear for open-fire cooking.
• Cleaning & waste: Dishwashing takes place by the stream. Waste sorting is available.
• Gathering space: The Samlingsmilan hut offers shelter and a cosy place to relax if the weather turns.

Questions or concerns?

We aim to respond as quickly as possible. Feel free to call or email us – and yes, we actually do answer the phone most of the time (unless we’re busy taking care of guests on site, of course)

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