Thanks to stylish Scandinavian design, this boutique hotel is a lesson in functional luxury, with clean, crisp features lifted by lovely detail
They may spend much of the year blanketed in snow, but, culturally, the Nordic countries have never been hotter. The last few years have seen their authors (Karl Ove Knausgård), chefs (René Redzepi) and TV shows (Borgen, Lilyhammer), touted as compelling evidence that – with their progressive taxation and chunky knitwear – the Nordic countries have got this “life” thing, licked.
Such cheerleading ignores some uncomfortable truths: the £7 pints, the existential despair (you’ve seen Wallander, right?), but there is one sphere in which Nordic superiority is unquestionable – that of interior design and, specifically, interior design with a heart.
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