Snowfjord Lodge

A snow-covered log lodge with warm light in every window, on the shore of a fjord between white mountains

At the far end of a Norwegian fjord there is a lodge you reach by the last ferry. By November the road has closed, and the snow does the rest.

Inside, the fire is always lit. There is a lounge with deep chairs, a window seat above the black water, a small bar that stays open long after midnight, and a room under the eaves where you can almost hear the snow settle on the roof. A big shaggy cat keeps watch from the window and has never explained itself.

A log lounge with a stone fireplace, deep chairs and tall windows over a snowy fjord — The lounge

A window seat with red cushions and a warm drink on a tray, above a dark fjord with snow falling — The window seat

An empty wooden bar lit by candles, with a double bass by the stone hearth and a snowy fjord through the window — The bar

A soft bed under wooden eaves, with a wood stove burning and a window onto the falling snow — The room under the eaves

A big long-haired cat sitting at a window, looking out over a snowy fjord at night — The cat

The music comes from somewhere down the hall: slow jazz in the evening, quieter after midnight, and by the small hours only a piano and the fire.

You can't book a room. The lodge exists only in the music, which means it is always open.

What plays here

Night jazz. Three-hour mixes of slow, relaxing jazz with a fire underneath, for reading, working late or doing nothing at all.

Christmas jazz. Warm holiday jazz by the fireplace, with soft sleigh bells and a few old carols.

Sleep music. Eight-hour mixes of slow, gentle piano that stay quiet and even all night.

Listen on YouTube

The first mixes arrive this November.