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Scan Magazine | Special Theme | Norway’s Autumn and Winter Highlights
Coming home to the farm – not an ordinary hotel Imagine the most romantic, typically Norwegian image you can think of. A wild guess is that it will be of an old-fashioned farm with scenic nature and some animals grazing outside. That is pretty much the description of Store Ringheim Hotel, the farmturned-hotel just outside of Voss in the Norwegian fjord region.
meats as well as wild herbs and berries,” Ringheim says, adding: “This is one of few places where you may be served soups based on mushrooms and herbs handpicked by the staff the same day.”
By Helene Toftner | Photos: Store Ringheim
Store Ringheim farm dates back centuries, some even say millennia. Having originated as part of a bigger farm, it is beautifully located in the midst of nature just outside the small town Voss near Bergen. While the traditional farming is a closed chapter here, the farm-turned-hotel has incorporated its past into the surroundings since opening two years ago. “This is a place that attracts people who want something different, where the hotel is part of a greater experience,” says owner Svein Ringheim. No room numbers The hotel only has six rooms, which inspires intimacy and privacy at once. Con-
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trary to most hotels, it does not have room numbers; instead, each room is named after its original purpose. It is not every day you get to sleep in the kitchen! The extraordinary setting encourages rave reviews on review sites such as TripAdvisor and Booking.com, where ‘idyllic’ and ‘inviting’ are recurring words.
Store Ringheim Hotel is easily accessed by public transport or car from Bergen, which operates daily direct flights to cities including London, Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Oslo.
Norway’s food chamber Any self-respecting hotel ought to have a good restaurant, and Store Ringheim Hotel is no exception. In fact, the owners take food so seriously that people come simply for a taste of their local menu. “Voss has so much to offer in terms of local produce, with the best lamb and other
For more information, please visit: www.storeringheim.no