Stora Gla · Glaskogen · Värmland
Where the eveningslows down.
A modern cabin alone on the water, booked one party at a time. No lobby, no neighbours, no schedule but yours — just pine, black water and the long northern dusk.
A note from the owners
Stilla is the Swedish word for still.
It is what everyone says out loud on the first evening, usually within a minute of putting their bags down — så stilla. So still.
I built the cabin in 2019 on a rock shelf my family has fished from for three generations, on the eastern shore of Stora Gla inside the Glaskogen nature reserve. It faces west, so the light lasts a long time. In June it barely leaves at all.
There is one cabin and one booking. You will not meet a host in the driveway, share a sauna, or hear a car that isn't yours. The nearest light across the water is eleven kilometres away. What you will get is a key code, a full woodshed, a cold lake, and enough quiet that most guests end up sleeping ten hours a night without meaning to.
Come in July for swimming and the midnight blue that never quite goes dark. Come in October for mist on the water and the stove going all day. Both are the reason I stopped renting it out by the room.
Bashar Ayyash, Glaskogen
6
Sleeps, three bedrooms
55m
Private shoreline
40min
From Arvika
100%
Private, whole cabin
The spaces
Built of dark timber,glass and firelight.
One long volume set on posts above the rock, so every room faces the water. Oiled pine, blackened larch, stone counters, and a wood stove that heats the whole cabin on a single armload.
The great room
Six metres of glass to the water, a soapstone-lined stove, and a sofa long enough for all six of you.
The kitchen
Gas range, full-size oven, stone island for three. Stocked with oil, salt, coffee and good knives.
The lake room
Doors that slide fully open. Linen sheets, blackout blinds for the white nights.
The stone bath
One block of granite, filled deep and slow. Best used while it rains.
The reading window
A bench, a lamp, and about two hundred books left behind by other guests.
Amenities
Everything outsideis the point.
The deck runs the full length of the cabin and steps down to the rock and the water. Sauna, hot tub, firepit and dock are yours alone — no booking sheet, no shared hours.
Sauna & wood-fired tub
Cedar sauna for four and a barrel tub on the deck. Both fired by wood, both about ninety minutes to heat.
The shore firepit
Down on the rock at the water's edge, with chairs, blankets and split birch already stacked.
Dock & canoe
A deep-water swim ladder and a cedar canoe with paddles and vests for three.
Included, always
No add-ons,no resort fee.
- Wood-fired sauna
- Cedar hot tub
- Firewood, all of it
- Canoe, paddles, vests
- Swim dock & ladder
- Underfloor heating
- Starlink, 190 Mbps
- Linen & wool blankets
- Coffee, tea, pantry basics
- Washer & drying room
- Parking for two cars
- Reserve maps & trail notes
Dogs are welcome — tell us when you book. Self check-in from 15:00 with a door code; check-out is 11:00, and nobody will knock before it.
Reviews
4.9
214 stays since 2019
Guests mostly write about the quiet.
We came for four nights and cancelled our plans for the rest of the week to stay two more. The sauna at midnight with the lake right there is the whole holiday.
Johanna Lindqvist
Göteborg, Sweden
Three couples, no friction. Everyone had a real bedroom and somewhere to disappear to. The great room takes all six of you without feeling crowded, which is rarer than it sounds.
Tobias Meier
Zürich, Switzerland
It rained for two days straight and it did not matter at all. Stove going, stone bath full, that window seat. I have never read so much in one week in my life.
Aoife O'Rourke
Dublin, Ireland
Bashar left trail notes and a hand-drawn map of where the water is warmest. Small thing, but it's why this feels like someone's actual house and not a rental.
Henrik Nyström
Oslo, Norway
Rates & availability
One price,the whole cabin.
The rate is the same whether two of you come or six. Nothing is metered, nothing is extra, and no one else is booked while you're here.
- Nightly rate€540, all six guests
- Minimum stay2 nights · 3 on holiday weeks
- Cleaning fee€145, once per stay
- Check-in / out15:00 · 11:00
- CancellationFull refund up to 14 days out
- DogsWelcome, no charge
- Getting here40 min from Arvika, car needed
Your host
Bashar Ayyash.
I grew up two bays north of here, and I built most of what you'll touch inside the cabin. I live in Arvika, forty minutes away, and I answer the phone myself.
- Emailhello@stilla.house
- Phone+46 570 148 20
- WhereStora Gla, Glaskogen, Värmland
Stora Gla · Glaskogen
The lake is already quiet.
One cabin, one booking, six beds and fifty-five metres of shoreline that belong to nobody else while you're here.