There's a particular kind of quiet you only find in the Norwegian countryside — the kind where the loudest thing on a Saturday morning is the crack of wood going into the stove and the distant call of a bird somewhere out in the spruce trees. That's what greets you at Malmervegen 89. Step onto the glass-panelled terrace with a cup of coffee before the rest of the cabin wakes up, and you'll understand immediately why people buy places like this and never let them go.
Situated in Åbogen, a rural pocket of Eidskog municipality in the Innlandet region, this three-bedroom cabin sits on a generously sized 1,308 square metre private plot. The surrounding landscape is classic inland Norway — rolling forest, wildflower edges along gravel tracks, and lakes close enough to swim in by midsummer. At €106,000, it represents one of the more accessible entry points into the Norwegian second home market, especially given its year-round accessibility and the fact that it comes fully furnished.
The cabin itself was built in 1996 and spans 45 square metres of indoor living space. That figure sounds modest on paper, but the layout earns every square metre. The kitchen sits just off the entrance and opens directly into the living room via a bar-style counter — a smart design choice that keeps social energy flowing when you've got a full house. And you will have a full house. Three bedrooms, each fitted with custom-built bunk beds, means this cabin comfortably sleeps more people than its footprint suggests. It's genuinely set up for the way Norwegian cabin culture actually works: long weekends, school holidays, three generations under one roof.
The living room is the cabin's core. Two heat sources — a fireplace and a wood-burning stove — ke ... click here to read more
