‘What can you live without?’: How the Nordics have perfected the summer cabin

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20260730-nine-stunning-nordic-cabins-and-summerhouses

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wizzor@sopuli.xyz · 18 pts · 16d (4 replies)

The pictured houses don't really represent my experience of nordic mökkis... But maybe my family and friends are just poor.

klangcola@reddthat.com · 17 pts · 16d (1 reply)

No 1 looks like a typical cabin. The rest looks like rich peoples modern interpretation of cabin

stoy@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 16d

No 1 looks like an old cottage that someone ruined with by putting in modern windows and doors.

No 6 looks fairly normal, yes, it is from the 70s, but that means that it works well with modern windows and doors, it looks definitely the most like a normal summer home in Sweden.

EDIT:

The rest are just weird architectural statement pieces on the theme of a summer home.

Not to say that they all look bad, some looks great, but most looks kinda overdone

lambipapp@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 16d

If anyone (non-nordic) want to see how normal summer cabins look. Just do a search for "Swedish sommarstuga" or "Norwegian hytte". Swedish summer cabins along the west coast is usually white or brown. The inlands cabins usually sport a traditional red color with white detailing. Called "faluröd".

ChristerMLB@piefed.social · 4 pts · 16d

Here in Norway, at least, the hytte is more and more something that exists mainly for the upper middle class and up.

Danarchy@lemmy.nz · 6 pts · 16d

Zoom in real close & u see two buttery cobs o corn just steamin away — ahh, paradise!