The Utter Inn, Sweden
What looks from outside like a shed, not spacious
enough to even house a bed is actually just the
entrance to an underwater hotel room submerged ten
feet beneath the surface of Sweden’s Lake Mälaren.
Built by Mikael Genberg, a local artist and sculptor, The
Utter Inn (Otter Inn in English) has an above-surface
kitchen inside a little hut made to look like a traditional
Swedish cottage — a small red house with white gabled
roof.
Swim, watch the fish, sunbathe on the deck, and in
case the little hut gets too claustrophobic, get into the
inflatable dingy and take a trip around the lake.
At bedtime, climb down the hatch to the sleeping
quarters with an all-round view of life under the
surface. It is a remarkable feeling to go to bed with the
lapping sound of water to soothe you while the fish are
watching you carefully: You are in a “reverse aquarium”
for the night.
Get me there: You arrive at the port of Vasteras located
in southern Sweden, just east of the capital Stockholm
and sail one kilometre into Lake Malaren in an inflatable
boat. After receiving all the instructions you need, you
are left alone.
Source: www.visitvasteras.se
14 Travel Secrets November-December 2015