Treehotel: mirrorcube, nest, UFO treehouses in Arctic forest
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- Опубликовано: 17 янв 2016
- In the far north of Sweden in a very tiny town, Kent and Britta Lindvall - believing that if you build it they will come - built the world’s largest collection of designer treehouses. At their Treehotel you can sleep in the trees, just 40 miles south of the Arctic Circle, but sheltered in a bird’s nest, a disappearing cube, an elevated caravan, a gigantic dragonfly or a UFO.
It all began when the Lindvall’s were having trouble attracting people to their guesthouse (Britta’s Pensionat) in the town of Harads (population 500). They began renting out a treehouse built by a friend of theirs (for his documentary “The Tree Lovers”) and discovered it was surprisingly popular.
On a fishing trip in Russia with some of Sweden’s top architects, Kent raised the idea of building a treehouse hotel with rooms “you couldn’t find anywhere else in the world”. The architects loved the idea so Kent went home and started talking to a bank. He raised enough money to buy some forest next to the couple’s guest house that had been sold for logging.
Two years later, the Treehotel opened with the first four “treerooms”. It immediately attracted
press from all over the world and celebrity guests like Kate Moss who talked about it on social media.
The attraction here is the mix of isolation and architecture. Each treehouse has a different architect all charged with coming up with something completely new, and that doesn’t harm the trees it rests on.
On our road trip through Scandinavia we took a very long detour north (11 hours north of Stockholm by car) to stay in the UFO for a night. Designed by architect Bertil Harström of Inredningsgruppen, it hovers almost 20 feet above the ground, suspended by cables from the nearby trees. Like any flying saucer, the hatch on its underbelly opens to lower an electrically-operated ladder. Inside the 30-square-meter pod has a bathroom (with incinerating toilet, like all the other treerooms) and plenty of space for a family of 5.
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My husband and I went during Thanksgiving 2016 and stayed in the mirrorcube. Britta and Kent are very sweet! We had the most amazing meals while we were there. Our goal is to eventually go back and stay in all of the tree rooms. 1 down, 6 to go! To answer the question about how many birds fly into the mirrorcube - none! From my understanding, there's an ultraviolet layer in the mirror that birds are able to see.
круто, что они позаботились о птицах. а я и не подумала.
Hey I wanna ask you something about the hotel. It’s about the restaurant and the guesthouse. Guests need to comeback to the Guesthouse to eat? And does the restaurant have a name?
Your kids must have a blast with you... Traveling the world like you do.
"This is the future, guys. This is the future", told the little girl. Whoa. That's the best thing I ever heard of a child :D
I love the reactions of your kids Kristen! :) I am sure mama and papa were equally excited.
I absolutely love watching your family enjoy all the amazing places you film. A wonderful life for your kids!!!
The mirrorcube is one of the coolest looking tree houses I have ever seen. The way it reflects the trees around it make it almost invisible. Very cool. I also liked the giant dragonfly because of the bedroom windows showing the beautiful trees outside. That one seemed more like a home than a treehouse. Thank you for showing us these awesome buildings!
I slept in all of them for free
And what about birds... they will fly into the mirrow... crazy idea!
Absolutely AMAZING!!!! Each one so unique and beautiful!!! Loved seeing these and hearing the owner tell about his process and his creative genius to bring people to a place they otherwise would never go!!! Soooo clever! Really great architects as well!!! Bravo!!! That owner gets a standing ovation for inventiveness and courageous ness!!!
Mr. and Mrs Lindvall are the ideal architect's clients: They let you do your thing. May their tribe multiply!
I've watched this a few times over the years. So thank you for taking the time, money and effort to share your journey with us all.
Very cool!! Your children will have such wonderful memories!🌲
Fantastic video Kirsten - beautiful place to visit!
I actually thought of the mirror cube in a treehouse before lol...... Cause you can blend in, and its the most stealth way to be in a tree without having something heavy and decorated. You become 1 with nature. Whoever actually made that is a pure genius lol....
My other favorite idea is a house made out of a silo with several floors, and spiral stairs leading to each, with heat/plumbing/air in central core.
I love to see the reactions of your children.
This place is incredible! Your kids are so lucky that they get to experience all these amazing places. Maybe they'll grow up to be architects and you'll be able to make videos about their designs one day. :)
Kristen... you are just great!
omg im sooo glad u saved that forest!!!! i love ur treehouses too=)
Love your videos. Thank you Kirsten. Thumbs up.
I briefly saw this collection about two years ago on a programme here in the UK called George Clark's Amazing Spaces. I thought the tree houses looked great but I wished the programme spent more time on a tour so thank you for uploading a long video on them.
Wow the most fantastic tree house!! Very interesting to experience this new idea!! Beautiful!!
Another very good and inspiring video from you. I like how you tell the stories and the slower pace. I live only 2 hours from Tree Hotel but have not been there. Would be fun. This kind of forest land, quietness, solitude is something you can experience in many places around here. Keep up the good job!
One of my favorites. It's a definition of great camouflage. I enjoy your videos.
Beautiful, efficient, get-away adventure. You do good work, Kirsten.
Once again, your adventure is my pleasure ! Nice the way the world works is it not ! I liked that comment about the guests coming down happy in the morning ! Good sign ! Banks must have real people in them in Sweden ! Great news as well ! Hope is trickling down from the North ! (I hope :)
+Sonny Moon ___ We are so lucky to have you Mrs. Dirksen ! How in the world would I find this stuff out otherwise ? I emailed one of the people you visited (hoboartist), and he got right back to me with a very insightful response. Thanks for that one again too.
+Sonny Moon Thank you. I'm glad my videos started a conversation.
+Kirsten Dirksen ___ :)
Love your channel Kirsten, I recently subscribed although I accidentally found your channel.
Sonny Moon I love this
The red one interests me. I use a cane, can't manage swingy ramps or ladders. The concept is amazing! A patch of beautiful old forest is saved, and people get a refreshing retreat to relax in. Win win!
I wasn't sure what to expect but l adore these treehouses & am definitely planning to visit there one day! Thanks again Kirsten for sharing this :)
it's more educational for me I guess and it's more fun to see that you don't need bigger spaces for your living and it's so nice that your family enjoying the work of those people out there
This 'tree hotel' is brilliant and most assuredly qualifies for ones 'before I die' #BUCKETlist! THANKS as always for your family's global travels and #SHARINGitFORWARD with the rest of us 'single continentals'!
(ADORED hearing your #CRITICALthinking oldest daughter evoking "people think" in reference to the 'spaceship room' {sounds like her future includes #STEM based goals and an enlightened life path? ;-}.. it's so wonderful to hear children not being brainwashed with myths and such!)
omg!!! I've seen the mirrored cube on soooo many tumblr and Pinterest posts!!! great to finally know about it! thanks for the video
What a great treat to watch.. Another bucket list item
Wonderful tree house..Actually the best i have ever seen....
Oh I truly enjoyed this .. This is the second doc I found you made .. I'm looking now for more!!
I enjoyed the summer of Family Love that was great and this one truly opens up a new world in the trees !!
Thank you ! Warm Hugs , Michele
Best Place for clear your mind...and take a breath for your Soul...thanks for your captures...
Kirsten, I recon you have the best job in the world :-)
Been scoping your YT page and some of the creations some of these people make are wonderful, especially in the sense that it makes you want to get up and build your own home in a tree somewhere :P.
that house looks like a glitch in the matrix.
totally messes with me.
Very awesome video! You have beautiful children. What a great place to visit.
Great stuff ,what a great childhood those kids must have .All fun and fesh air ..
True2022 i have it better my grandfather and grandmother own it
The beauty of Architecture, you just capture it so beautifully.
Wow.. i'm speechless.. Really want to go there now!
just plain beautiful. I love the concept of it just easing into the surroundings.
I think I saw the cube thingy somewhere and just to see it in one of your videos - Gawd, i feel like I've been already. In a sense. My favourite reaction was when you guys went to see the "UFO House" and there was just "no... Nawwww...." Because that's exactly what I would have said.
With all the exposure your kids get to great and inspiring architecture and not to mention being able to travel with you guys - they're pretty set to work with homes and dwellings in some shape or fashion. Such lucky kids! You have a lovely family.
The big jaw-dropping moment for me was when he made mention that the family staying was from Hong Kong. AGAIN, its like the world was converging. I live in Hong Kong and that dragon fly house is actually bigger than most houses here. I would love to come and stay at a tree house hotel - I wish someone would recreate this concept in Asia.
if you wish someone could create it in Asia, then why not create it yourself? i am not trying to ne mean here, i just think you can do it! i want you to do it!:)
Getting over there and staying in one of those tree houses is definitely on my bucket list
Incredible tree houses!!
Love the dragon fly home! This is my goal for when I buy my first house when I'm older :D
omg this is... thank you for doing this... you are awesome!
cool and very creative ... loved it
Oh my! Yesss. This is perfection. So beautiful, I’d stay In a ugh forever if I could
so cool. thanks for sharing.
Really neat. Thanks.
Poetic narration 👍
Unbelievable! The best documentary of its range. Im excited because Im thinking maybe they can be hired to do similar work elsewhere-
Really nice hotel. Cool and different. We traveled there this year in June!😀
I am so amazed! How awesome is that! I would love to go visit those UFO treehouse hotel. I feel like I can live there forever. A dream come true :) Thanks for your post, as always.
To the Trees & to the MOON!! Beautiful, peaceful place to be!!
I love this channel so much. Been looking for something like this forever. I'm planning to live portable and sustainable as soon as I move back to the states, which will be hard, but all your vids are really inspiring. Thanks for the awesome. ~Freshfruit
"We try to do a modern design" mean while a UFO extends its stairwell on to the ground.
OMG, this place is awesome...This is on my bucket list, I want to experience the northern lights from up there...Fun for Louis, comes to mind also, Louis needs to come up there and exprience that place for himself...
Very cool.
Incredible, I live in Sweden and I'd never heard of this place! It's now on my to-do list!
+Marina Henriksen Looks nice, but my interest went away when I discovered the prices.
+cherepaha3 It makes me sick to my stomach !
Me too! UFO and mirror house are beautiful!
Stop with the propaganda Felis sylvestris, you're an embarrassment of Sweden.
A round spaceship tree house is as interesting as it gets. I know you can really ease your mind there.
the location and the buildings looks magical
Amazing Amazing Tree houses! I must go there! Awsome!
What a fantastic place to stay. This is so nice. You stay in a tree house and you give up no comfort,
I miss northen Sweden wilderness. I grew up a place not far from there Umea. Thanks Kirsten
do you like Arabic malmö? future of Sweden is Touareg tent and African cattle dung Hut. cultural enrichment
Thanks for the video. I would have liked to see a bit more of the inside of the other tree houses although the exterior shots were impressive.
Beutiful love it😘bravo👏👏👍
Another great piece! We love your voice Kristen, just speak your narrations naturally like your talking as usual rather than any contrived voice
Very nice houses wonderful.
I just booked today in one of your treehouses for coming februari. I'm going to film all of it and put in on my RUclips channel.
This is great.
mechanical beauty, inside the spire of natural beauty!
All i can say is how cute was that fridge?!?!?
I love how every video shows the Spaniard toteing and hauling stuff. Well done once again.
Haha!
The Spaniard? What are you talking about.
Ben A Her husband! Lol there's a clip of him in like every video carrying all of the family's luggage.
That is a rude and racist comment. This channel, which is rather progressive, is the last place I would see a comment like that. I think the dad and the mom carry all the equipment, including camera equipment for all the trips. That is what my parents did when I was little.
∆rtemis
I thought he was French.
Amazing, I love it
I love the toilette system and the 3lt water tank
fabulous👌
its on my list of places to visit! :D
Wonderful.
amazing thank you
Amazing
Remarkable and inspiring, you guys continue to remind me, make your home "your" home, not something from a brochure.
Those kids were living the dream.
beautiful :)
interesting, good vid.
You know what scares me? Building permits for such structures....
it's so nice to see more of the world.
what about showers how do they take a bath
FROM : retrojamaican 5 minutes ago
Love your channel Kirsten, I recently subscribed although I accidentally found your channel.
watching your experience in the ufo tree house reminds me of Ještěd which is absolutely amazing building in the Czech republic. I highly recommend you to visit it and get to know the building. It's even better to go there when the weather is bad.
that spyglass idea is truly great ...
but inside that room can be visible at night when its dark outside and lights are on inside ...
Yo this is so so cool dude...Man i wish i would live there too.
The UFO treehouse looks like a small domespace house... put hang up in trees :)
Kirsten,
Thank you for sharing yet another fantastic place and pieces of Architecture with us!
Your kids dont know how lucky they are yet to have these experiences and meet so many creative people. Or maybe they do? lts heartwarming to hear their reactions and listening to your conversations with them.Makes me wonder if one of them may become an Architect?
Enjoy your travelling and finding new interesting "houses".
Looking forward to the next ones. Greetings isabelle
Great video! Having 2 treehouses in Uruguay operating as a hotel (with a third 2 bedroom wooden house) I had seen lots of photos of the Treehouse Hotel in Sweden in the past, but they only raised questions, that were only answered with your video. I have one question, no windows in any of them? I know it's cold, but ventilation it's important in hotel rooms to clear the air...
This is a smart man.
awesome
Back in the day it would have been hard to find this place especially with all the old paper mapes!
Not like today! thanks you GPS ! Hey kirsten how weird would it have been if you an our family awoke, To look out the windows to realize you where in space traveling or even at your home in your backyard or front yard lmao !
Very creative designs. It was interesting to see these modern tree houses. Are you going to home school your kids or are they going to go to school and only travel with them during the summers.
Cool!!! and I've only watched 25 seconds. :)
muito bonito e funcional. like
Back to our home planet- SO FUNNY:)