Surrounded by old oaks, Scots pine, juniper and heather, this modest timber cabin sits above the protected landscape at Fuglsø, where rolling hills formed by the last Ice Age descend towards Denmark’s Kattegat coast.
Photography: courtesy of Adam Shnack
Photography: courtesy of Adam Shnack
Photography: courtesy of Adam Shnack
Photography: courtesy of Adam Shnack
Built in 1949, the original 56sqm holiday house remains deliberately simple, with a living and dining room, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom opening towards the surrounding woodland. A 30sqm guest annex, completed in 2018, adds two bedrooms, a bathroom and an additional sitting room.
The house occupies an unusually generous 6,380sqm site, part of an early subdivision that established large plots and long distances between neighbouring homes. From here, walking trails lead through protected heathland to an east-facing beach, while views extend across open countryside towards the sea.
Planning permission has already been granted for a replacement house of up to 180 square metres, giving the next owner the choice between expanding the site or preserving one of the area’s postwar holiday houses. Yet the appeal here is less about the building than its setting: a quiet pocket of Djursland where architecture remains secondary to the landscape that surrounds it.
It’s listed with Adam Schnack for DKK 7.5 million.
