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Quirky stays in West Sweden

Photographer: Turistrådet Västsverige

16 unique places to stay in West Sweden & Gothenburg

Cool accommodation can be found all over the world, but have you checked out these amazing alternatives in West Sweden? You can stay in a tree house up among the treetops, check in at a floating sea hotel and sleep in stunning glass cabins under the starry skies.

The world’s most remote design hotel

– Pater Noster, Hamneskär

For over a century the Pater Noster lighthouse guided seafarers travelling the stormy North Sea safely in to the Bohuslän coast. And under the light of the lantern, the lighthouse keeper and his family lived on this isolated island.

Pater Noster has received several prestigious international awards, including first prize in the American Gold Key Awards, and being listed among the ten most spectacular hotels of the decade, published by The Telegraph newspaper.

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Stay in a Tree House

– Islanna Tree House Hotel, Falköping

Never in their wildest dreams did Anne-Charlotte and Bo Ottosson imagine that so many people would want to stay the night in a tree. Their idea to create a hotel up among their oak trees’ green tops resulted in three tree houses being built.

Inspired by turn of the century villas, the hotel offers guests peace and quiet with a touch of adrenaline. You are after all 6.5 metres up in the air. In the morning your breakfast basket will be winched up to you, filled with organic goodies and hearth baked bread. The Tree House Hotel is a stone’s throw from Lake Hornborga with its dancing cranes.

 

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Glamping in the archipelago

– Anfasteröd Gårdsvik, Ljungskile

Listen to the relaxing sound of the wind in the trees, and the lovely birdsong, snuggled in a tent on a hill with a fantastic sea view, or under the leafy canopy of beech trees.

Anfasteröd Gårdsvik, a unique holiday resort, is located on a wooded slope nestled in Bohuslän’s inner archipelago. Stay here in luxury safari tents with bathroom, kitchen, heating, comfortable beds and even a sleeping loft.

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Exclusive bathing pavilion by the sea

– Strandflickornas Havshotell, Lysekil

When you stay at Strandflickorna in Lysekil the sea is your nearest neighbour. Their most exclusive room – the Bathing Pavilion – contains a lovely large sauna with a glass wall overlooking the sea, and its own hot tub on the deck outside. In winter you can go down the steps to the sea for a refreshing ice cold dip.

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Self-sufficient off-grid cabins

– Inforest, Hjo

Because the Inforest mini cabins don’t need to be connected to services like electricity, water or waste they can be placed more or less anywhere. Which is why you’ll find one in the middle of the forest outside Hjo, completely off grid.

The cabins get their electricity from solar panels on the roof, heating and hot water from an LPG powered combined air source heat pump and boiler, and waste from the toilet is composted in biodegradable bags.

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Stay the night on a raft

– Dalsland’s Houseboats, Bengtsfors

Why not try a close to nature activity that’s both fun and exciting - hiring your own house boat. Treat yourself to be the captain of your own cottage, and experience a different kind of freedom afloat, in fantastic natural settings where you can go fishing and explore lovely hiking trails.

You’ll travel in style on Lake Lelång, go ashore when you feel like it, have a barbecue or fika on the cottage’s large deck and just enjoy the surroundings. 

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Live like an artist

– The Nordic Watercolour Museum, Skärhamn

Dipping their toes in the water right opposite the Nordic Watercolour Museum in Skärhamn are five lovely guest studios. The studios are primarily used for art creation, research and study but can be hired by anyone seeking peaceful accommodation in a beautiful setting. The studios sleep up to two people.

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Sweden's first floating hotel

– Salt & Sill, Klädesholmen Tjörn

Sweden’s first floating hotel, Salt & Sill on the island of Tjörn, can boast an almost dreamlike proximity to the sea. You eat and breathe in the sea all day, swim right outside your room and chill out on the floating sauna raft. 

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Colourful boutique B&B

– Lådfabriken, Edshultshall

Before you even step foot in Lådfabriken, the exterior makes clear that this accommodation differs from the crowd. The building used to be a fish box factory where wooden boats and fish boxes were made. Today, each room is creatively decorated with impactful bursts of colour and form as well as carefully chosen design objects.

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Your own lock keeper’s cottage

- Dalslands Canal

Do you dream about staying in a cosy cottage by a lake, with nature on your doorstep? In Dalsland you can stay in historic lock keeper’s cottages in beautiful, peaceful natural surroundings. Several of the cottages also have motor or rowing boats included in the price.

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The glass cabins

– Glass cabins, several locations in West Sweden

Originally created for a pioneering study on nature and wellbeing, the iconic glass cabins are now open to everyone. Stay beneath the stars in Dalsland or discover similar cabins across West Sweden.

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Seaside glamping tent

- Lagunen Camping & Cottages, Strömstad

Lagunen Camping offers glamping par excellence. A close to nature stay with extra comfort and a lovely touch of glamour. Sleep well here in a cosy cottage in Wooden Camp or if you’d prefer, a luxury glamping tent in Canvas Camp.

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Former industrial buildings converted into a design hotel

– Upperud 9:9, Åsensbruk

If you could travel back in time a hundred years and ask workers in the grain stores in Upperud if they thought that people from all over the place would travel there to stay in the silos one day, they’d probably think you were mad.

The fact remains that nowadays the old grain store Upperud 9:9 has been converted into a unique hotel, with modern designer rooms nestled into the old store room structures. French balconies and high ceilings give the rooms a light and airy feel. Maybe you’ll even find the odd grain still stuck in the gaps between the floorboards.

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Luxurious accommodation in an architect-designed hermitage

– Swedish Country Living, Köpmannebro

Are you seeking an extraordinary experience in all its simplicity at one of Sweden's most beautiful locations? Then this is the right place for you. Choose from 3 award-winning hermitages. Here, you have everything you need to disconnect from stress. Guests boast about how well they sleep. Enjoy farm-grown food, perhaps take a dip in a unique beachside bathtub, or paddle a canoe trip.

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Let the stillness of the forest embrace you

 - Hyssna Forest Resort, Hyssna

Deep in the forest, along the beautiful Hyssna Trail, you’ll find Hyssna Forest Resort. Here, unique cabins await — floating among the treetops, resting on a dramatic cliff edge, or tucked beside a gently flowing forest creek.

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Moose hotel in a moose park

– Wrågården, Falköping

Outside Falköping you’ll find Wrågården, where you can stay in cabins shaped like moose and bison. These unique cabins are located in Wrågården’s moose and fallow deer park. An adventurous experience for any age.

Lots of fun and interesting details in the cabins make your stay unlike any other. Outside each cabin there’s a lovely barbecue area overlooking the park.

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Last updated on: 2 July 2026