Harads, Sweden · The Arctic

Arctic Bath

Harads, Swedish Lapland, Sweden

An architectural floating spa hotel on the Lule River at HaradsA timber circle around an open-air ice-cold plunge pool fed by the riverJust 12 glass-fronted cabins, six on the water and six on land

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Location

On the Lule River

On the Lule River at Harads in Swedish Lapland, a luxury micro-destination alongside the Treehotel, around an hour from Lulea airport; northern lights from August to March and the midnight sun in summer.

Transfer

An hour from Lulea

Around an hour by road from Lulea airport, arranged on request, set on the Lule River at Harads beside the celebrated Treehotel.

Villas

12 glass-fronted cabins

Just twelve cabins — six floating water cabins of twenty-four square metres on the river and six two-storey land cabins of sixty-two square metres for families — all heated with wood-burning stoves, with heated floors and minibars.

Best For

Who it suits

Design-led couples and small groups drawn to architectural Arctic wellness, the cold-bath ritual and the northern lights, at a floating spa hotel on the Lule River.

Board Basis

Dinner-inclusive packages

Typically sold on dinner-inclusive packages, with the Scandinavian set-menu restaurant of up to eight courses drawing on foraged Lapland produce.

Overview

A floating design-icon spa hotel

Arctic Bath is an architectural floating spa hotel on the Lule River at Harads in Swedish Lapland — a timber circle around an open-air, ice-cold plunge pool fed by the river, ringed by saunas, that floats in summer and freezes into the ice in winter. Just twelve glass-fronted cabins surround it: six cosy water cabins on the river and six two-storey land cabins for families, all heated with wood-burning stoves. The setting is a luxury micro-destination in the far north: Arctic Bath sits beside the celebrated Treehotel at Harads, around an hour from Lulea airport, with northern lights from August to March, the midnight sun in summer, and the forests and the river all around. A Member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World with one Michelin Key, it pairs the sauna-and-cold-dip ritual with Scandinavian set-menu dining and dog sledding under the northern lights. Design-led Arctic wellness.

Accommodation

Water and land cabins

Just twelve glass-fronted cabins surround the bathhouse — six floating water cabins of twenty-four square metres on the river and six two-storey land cabins of sixty-two square metres for families — all heated with wood-burning stoves, with heated floors and minibars. Intimate and design-led, they put guests on or beside the Lule River itself, the forest and the aurora framed through the glass, the floating bathhouse a few steps away. The floating water cabins sit right on the river, rocking gently in summer and locked into the ice in winter, the land cabins giving families more room, all warmed by their wood-burning stoves.

Water

Water Cabin

Sleeps two. A 24-square-metre floating cabin on the river, with a private deck, a wood stove and heated floors.

24 square metresFloating on the river

Land

Land Cabin

Sleeps up to five. A 62-square-metre stilted, two-floor cabin with a loft, a spiral stair and double-height windows.

62 square metresTwo floors, for families

Food & Drink

Dining

The restaurant runs a rotating Scandinavian set menu of up to eight courses, drawing on foraged and regional Lapland ingredients, with riverside drinks beside the bathhouse. It is design-led, set-menu dining rooted in the far north, the kitchen leaning on what the surrounding forest and water provide. Wines and pairings follow the courses, and the kitchen leans hard on the forest and the river, the set menu changing with what the season in the far north provides.

Signature

The restaurant

The restaurant, a rotating Scandinavian set menu of up to eight courses.

Local

Lapland produce

Lapland produce, foraged and regional ingredients.

Bar

Riverside drinks

Riverside drinks, beside the bathhouse.

Wellbeing

The floating bathhouse

The circular floating open-air bathhouse has a cold and ice plunge pool of river water at its centre, ringed by saunas, a steam room, hot tubs and a treatment room — the sauna-and-cold-dip ritual, with a robe and products to take home. It is the heart of the hotel and an Arctic design icon, the plunge pool open to the sky and fed by the Lule River, floating in summer and frozen into the ice in winter.

An ice-cold plunge pool

An ice-cold plunge pool, river water, open-air.

Saunas and a steam room

Saunas and a steam room, around the bathhouse.

The cold-dip ritual

The cold-dip ritual, robe and products to take home.

Activities & Experiences

Signature Experiences

The cold-bath ritual, the design and the northern lights define a stay — move between the saunas and the ice plunge at the floating bathhouse, watch the northern lights over the river from August to March, and take dog sledding under the lights. The floating architecture itself, an Arctic design icon, and a Scandinavian set-menu dinner of up to eight courses round out the days at this far-northern micro-destination. Moving from a hot sauna straight into the ice-cold, river-fed plunge is the signature ritual, taken under the northern lights through the long Lapland winter.