Best Mountain Hotels
Geirangerfjord framed by mountains, Norway

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Scandinavia

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Fjords, birch forests and the long light of the northern summer. Scandinavian mountain hotels are masterclasses in restraint.

8 hotels

A quiet river through snowy northern forest

Swedish Lapland · Scandinavia

Arctic Bath

A floating spa hotel on the Lule River, built for the Northern Lights and the midnight sun.

Exterior in summer at Copperhill Mountain Lodge, Åre, Sweden

Åre · Scandinavia

Copperhill Mountain Lodge

A mountain-top lodge in Åre, combining Peter Bohlin’s architecture with direct access to skiing and hiking, Level Spa and seasonal dining from Jämtland.

Illuminated snow-and-ice entrance beneath a twilight sky at Icehotel, Jukkasjärvi, Swedish Lapland

Jukkasjärvi · Scandinavia

Icehotel

Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi is the original ice hotel, and one of the most extraordinary places to sleep anywhere. Every winter since 1989, artists from around the world have carved a new hotel from blocks of ice harvested from the frozen Torne River, creating suites that are part bedroom, part sculpture. In spring the building melts back into the river, and the cycle begins again. Alongside it, Icehotel 365 keeps a collection of ice art suites frozen all year round.

Minimal timber cabins set in a steep green gorge

near Geiranger · Scandinavia

Juvet Landscape Hotel

Minimalist glass-walled rooms set in a gorge near Geiranger.

Glass igloos in snow beneath the northern lights at Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort, Saariselkä, Finnish Lapland

Saariselkä · Scandinavia

Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort

Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort is the hotel that made the glass igloo famous. Deep in the snowy forests of Finnish Lapland, well north of the Arctic Circle, its domed glass rooms let you lie in a warm bed and watch the Northern Lights dance across the sky overhead. It has become one of the most searched-for winter stays in the world, and it remains one of the most magical ways to experience the Arctic.

Red waterfront cabins and wooden walkways at sunset at Reine Rorbuer, Reine, Norway

Reine · Scandinavia

Reine Rorbuer

Reine Rorbuer offers the chance to stay in a traditional red fishermen's cabin in Reine, the village often described as the most beautiful in Norway, and one of the most photographed places in the Arctic. Its rorbuer, cabins on stilts over the water, sit beneath dramatic granite peaks that rise straight from the sea, creating a scene that has graced countless postcards, magazines and travel posters.

Red waterfront cabin beneath green northern lights, framed by dark rocks at Svinøya Rorbuer, Lofoten, Norway

Svolvær, Lofoten · Scandinavia

Svinøya Rorbuer

Restored fishermen's cabins on the water, with dramatic peaks rising behind. Good for the Northern Lights and the midnight sun.

Biosphere treehouse surrounded by pine trees at Treehotel, Harads, Swedish Lapland

Harads · Scandinavia

Treehotel

Treehotel in Harads, Swedish Lapland, is one of the most famous design hotels in the world: eight extraordinary rooms suspended high in a pine forest, each created by a different leading Scandinavian architect. A mirrored cube that reflects the trees around it, a giant bird's nest, a UFO and a cluster of bird boxes are just some of the rooms that have made this small village near the Arctic Circle a place of pilgrimage for design lovers.