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-welcome to the woods-
“Stedsans is an off-the-grid forest resort in Southern Sweden (2 hours from Gothenburg/Malmö and less than 3 hours from Copenhagen) with a regenerative farm, a restaurant that goes deep into the flavors of our seasonal ingredients, 16 simple wooden cabins, campsite, and a floating sauna on the lake. We want our guests to feel the healing powers of nature on mind, body and soul, and to show that luxury, true sustainability and well-being go hand in hand."
Watch the movie below to see how we work.
-The Stedsans vision-
Stedsans is Danish for ‘sense of place/direction’. We interpret it as something with terroir, using our senses and which direction we need to go as a society. It is founded by Mette Helbæk and Flemming Schiøtt Hansen, two Danish chefs from Copenhagen who felt the call of the wild. We love spending time in nature, we love beautiful, simple things, and we love food!
We created Stedsans as our own playground where we explore natural food, design, and lifestyle and share what we find with our guests. We believe that creating a way of living that respects all forms of life is possible, and we think that connecting with our own inner nature and the natural world surrounding us is a key element in this process. Stedsans is our take on a model for a lifestyle more in sync with the natural rhythms. By visiting us, you support this work, and hopefully you get inspiration for ways to apply our ideas in your own daily life.
-Plan your visit-
In the wintertime we are open on Saturdays only. In the summertime you can visit us Friday or Saturday - or you can stay both nights. 1 night gives you a peek into our world while a 2 night-stay allows you to fully calibrate to the forest lifestyle. A stay always includes sauna, dinner, drinks and breakfast, and if you stay 2 nights we also offer lunch and complementary calm activities.
You spend the night in one of our simple wooden cabins set with everything needed for a good night’s sleep. You are also welcome to bring your own tent or camper van - read more about this option below.
Meals and drinks are always included in a stay with us. We serve our signature 5-course menu on Saturdays all year round, and on Fridays we offer a 4-course dinner. In the mornings we make a simple, fabulous breakfast.
All our food is based on the same principles: Homegrown and/or from local small scale producers, homemade, fresh, vibrant, poison-free and with as much from the wild as possible. We cook outside over fire, all year round and in all weather conditions - because we love to feel nature all around us, and believe this love can be felt in our food.
-things that are good to know before you book-
Stedsans is a little bit wild, off-the-grid and no luxury retreat in the traditional sense - just the way we (and our many regular guests) like it! It’s a work in progress and we work under whatever conditions nature offers on a given day - whether it be snow, rain or full, delicious sun.
Our cabins follow a strict less-is-more philosophy and only the beds are heated, not the room. Read more about our cabins here.
Our background is in fine-dining, but our food is honest and simple - what you see is what you get and what you don’t see but may feel is decades of studies and work around how human beings are designed to eat for a healthy body and planet. We decide what you will eat and take the freedom to change our minds about the menu according to what nature offers. Of course we will take into consideration any dietary requests to make sure everyone feels well-nourished and taken care of. Our kitchen and cooking style is not set up for cooking fully vegan meals while vegetarian/pescetarian options are always offered.
Dinners take place in our glass house in the middle of the forest, surrounded by trees and whatever scenery nature brings any given day. All meals are enjoyed family-style with all guests eating together.
And no! We do not have many mosquitos, luckily.
-Stay for 1 or 2 nights-
All year round you can join our 5-course dinner on Saturday night. From late April to September we have a 4-course dinner on Fridays.
You can book 2 days in a row, or just one of them.
-camping/sauna + dinner without staying over-
In the summer months you can bring your own camping equipment, and just pay for the dinner. We have a campsite with a shared toilet, and you can use all the other shared facilities, too: Sauna, showers, hangout areas etc.
The same is the case for you who have a place to stay nearby and just want to join us for sauna + dinner.
-Where are we located?-
Halland is a very special place. Located less than 2 h from Gothenburg and 2 h 45 m from central Copenhagen and still a true wilderness with endless forests and huge rivers. It is not uncommon to see moose, wild boars, cranes, or big eagles in the area.
-Clippings from the press-
Årets Resmål 2019, Dagens Industri
It Was Magical’, The New York Times
’The off-grid Trip of your Dreams’, AFAR Magazine
’The Beautiful Solution’ ‘A New Way of Living That’s as Sustainable as it is Delicious’
Honoured ‘Best Wild Escape’ by EasyJet Traveller Magazine
Best outdoor supper clubs in the world-list - Conde Nast Traveller
‘Seasonal, sustainable, organic, artisanal, waste-free, foraged. ..
A trend we hope lasts. Especially if it looks and tastes as good as Stedsans in the Woods’ - Dish
This was a moment of hygge if ever we have experienced one’ - Olive
‘A Fairy-tale’ .. ‘As off-the-grid as it gets’ - Monocle
’An Ode to Nature and Wild Life’ - Milk Decoration
Featured in 4 Gestalten Books: ‘Farmlife’ ‘Northern Comfort’, ‘Farmland’ and ‘Delicious Places’.
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