Eco-Travel in Sweden: Eco-Lodge Forest Huts

 

 

Feel like getting back to basics, and reconnecting with nature? You can stay in the middle of nowhere in a forest hut without electricity or running water. Kolabyn is an eco-lodge Sweden, a few hours from Stockholm, and just 45 from Stockholm’s Vasteras Airport. The eco-lodge features 11 forest huts scattered around Lake Skarsjon. Each hut sleeps two, underneath warm sheepskin covers. Eco-travel in Sweden is extremely popular and a  truely unique experience

 

 

You will be kept warm at night by a wood heater, but you will be the one gathering wood to burn. If you gather enough wood you may have some leftover to light the sauna. At the Kolabyn eco-travel in Sweden food preparation is done on an open fire, and although there are some plates and cutlery provided most people bring their own. For your food supplies the nearest supermarket is in Skinnskatteberg, 3km away, and open from 8am to 8pm. Most people bring their own food but if not basic supplies can be bought at the eco-lodge. After you’ve grilled dinner, put the kettle on the fire for a cuppa. Have some blackberries which you can gather from the many blackberry bushes surrounding the huts. The toilets are also el fresco but have been made as comfortable as possible.

 

 

At night candles are lite and you can cuddle down together under the sheepskins. Listen out for forest animals, which include moose and wolves. The place is child friendly. The Kolarbyn eco-lodge Sweden has a wide choice of activities for its guests including canoeing, rowing boats, fishing, and a floating sauna.

Address:
Skinnskatteberg
Bergslagen
Sweden
Tel:+46(0)70.400.7053
Getting there:
Train from Stockholm to Koping, and from there a public bus to Skinnskatteberg where the Kolarbyn team can pick you up. Alternatively, drive from Stockholm or the Stockholm airport.
Price: Summer/spring/autumn season

Open Hours: 24 April-17 November; groups February-April. No check-in on Sundays. Check-in 2pm-5pm
Services:
Self-catering.
There are a number of tours and safaris, including moose wolf and beaver safaris.
Website:
Kolarbyn