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See inside an arctic Airbnb village that costs $190 per night and lets guests sleep under the Northern Lights

Jamie KillinMay 10, 2023, 18:49 IST

The "Arctic Hideaway" is a tiny village of homes located at the arctic Norwegian archipelago Fleinvær, outside the city Bodø. It's on Airbnb.

The structures overlook the Norwegian Sea.

At night, guests can see the Northern Lights.

Accommodation prices are currently about $190 a night, but each stay is a minimum of two nights.

The island is remote, with no supermarkets or shops.

It’s located in an old fishing village with very few residents.

The Hideaway was imagined by Håvard Lund, a composer and part-time host. Lund has others care for the property when he's away.

He hired an architectural firm to carry out the project, and construction took two years.

Lund wanted the village to serve as a destination for artists, and he reserves time on the schedule to allow large artist groups to use the space.

The buildings were finished in 2016. They're made of materials like steel to withstand time and weather.

Since it's remote, the hosts encourage guests to enjoy the nature around them.

The village offers all the functions of a home, but split into 11 different houses.

It was designed for guests to interact with nature when navigating between buildings.

It includes a bath house, kitchen house, lounge house, crab shack, tower house, and four bedrooms.

The kitchen and lounge houses are up on a hill and overlook the rest of the village.

A deck extends between the kitchen house and the lounge house.

Large windows allow a view into the kitchen.

The view from the lounge house overlooks the water and mountains.

The bath house is one of the closest structures to the water.

The bedrooms are referred to as “sleeping pods.”

Two of the bedrooms have two single beds for guests.

Guests can climb up a ladder to access the top bunk.

The other two bedrooms have double beds.

The entire compound sleeps 10 guests.

The tower house, or Njalla, isn't usually rented out for sleeping.

Instead, it's intended as a shared reading house.

Each structure offers unique design elements, like this large window in the tower house.

Guests walk on the pier to the sauna and crab shack.

The kitchen offers plenty of space for group dining and views of the island.

Guests are encouraged to use the Arctic Hideaway’s open pantry to make lunches and dinners, and dine together.

They can also swim.

Despite the cozy interiors, Lund warns guests that staying at the Arctic Hideaway doesn't offer the modern conveniences of a hotel.

He describes it as "black coffee and rock 'n' roll without the frills."

As more people return to normal travel schedules three years after the start of the pandemic, the Arctic Hideaway is once again seeing more guests — both tourists and creatives — from all around the world.

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