@brittarnhild
A few years ago we discovered a secret, well, at least it was a secret for us: the lovely, romantic, historical wooden hotels along the western coast of Norway. For us it started the summer of 2007, at Hjelle hotel, and since then we have had some lovely, romantic stays on different hotels.
I have several books about these old hotels, and during the winter it is a nice pasttime to flip through them, read about the different hotels, trying to decide where to go next.
Some weeks ago a television program made me put away the books, I had found another place, not at all one of the historical wooden places, no, this time we would go for something modern.
A real "house in the woods"
The television program was about Nikka, a 96 years old woman living in Valldal, just south of Trollstigen. Somewhere, in the middle of the program, we saw a few glimpses of some modern glass cabins in thje middle of the woods.
And I knew!
This was our wooden hotel for this summer.
A few years ago Knut Slinning bought an old farm in Valldal. He renovated it, and built seven modern small cabins, all with one wall completely made of glass.
No curtains.
The most stunning view.
It was like sleeping out in the wilderness.
We arrived early, and had time for a bath in the outdoor bathtube before dinner.
Dinner was in the old barn.
One long table where all the guests made one happy family.
There were 12 of us, one couple from Holland, one couple from the US and the rest from Norway.
Dinner shared, and then breakfast the next morning.
For two meals we felt like one happy family and shared travel tales from around the world.
We were lucky,
for dessert we had trollkrem and bakelse made by 96 years old Nikka.
Next summer we will probably be back in one of the historical hotels,
but I am glad we decided to go for Juvet this year.
An experience you can get nowhere else.
A real night in the woods.
Here is a link to Juvet´s webpage
And HERE is a link to a BBC program when Hairy Bikers visited Nikka.
