Off-season and 'offline' on the island of Fårö at Stora Gåsemora in the Baltic Sea near Sweden
Is it something like that for you too? Imposing all kinds of obligations on yourself, running from appointment to appointment, meeting your deadline at the last minute? Twenty balls in the air while you check your social media with a sideways eye? Recognizable? On the Swedish island of Fårö (the accessible version of Floortjes 'to the end of the world', so to speak), everything turns itself off. Here there is silence, tranquility. Slow living it is, in the middle of the Baltic Sea, about 100 kilometers from mainland Sweden.
But of course you also need to sleep. And you do that Stora Gasemora. A beautiful hut with a sea view.
On Fårö, a few minutes by boat from the coast of Gotland, there is chaos off-season a serene peace. The only hectic experience to be found is at the local supermarket where the floor space is being doubled. Because those seeking peace and quiet don't have to lack anything, right? The wonderful credo of Fårö. So stock up on that one outdoor fika and prepare it outside at one of the island's many fireplaces. On the fine sand of the Sudersand beach, with a view of the irregularly shaped stone 'raukar' by nature, at the English cemetery, the so-called Engelska Kyrkogården, or near the attractive fishermen's houses. Mega idyllic now, dramatic at the time, when many Faroese were surprised by the white water. For those who want to clear their heads… better not think about it. Just enjoy that fika, freshly smoked fish or each other.
Fårö is the perfect island for the digital nomad that serene one digital wants to stay. Here you can easily process some overdue heartbreak. It is the ideal environment for writing that business proposal that has been demanding attention every night for months. Or… to just agree with yourself, or with each other. Our proposal, sleep in Stora Gasemora. In the hut where Olle, professor at Stockholm University, wrote his books long ago. A lovely hut with a sea view. For the shower and possibly a luxurious toilet, go to the main building. Furthermore, Olle has everything. Even something that passes for a toilet. It doesn't get any quieter. For those who prefer to celebrate silence in a more luxurious way, Stora Gåsemora has all kinds of options upscaled variants from the year 1700, 1900, a white mill among the lavender fields or brand new whitewashed ones. All equally relaxing, surrounded by heathland, spectacular skies and a few steps from the sea. The absolute luxury of doing nothing at all, except constant photography, because it's absolutely beautiful.
