2-Bed Off-Grid Mountain Cabin on Imingfjell, Minutes from Hardangervidda



Imingfjellvegen 590, 3632 Uvdal, Norway, Uvdal (Norway)
2 Bedrooms · 1 Bathrooms · 75m² Floor area
€57,500
Chalet
No parking
2 Bedrooms
1 Bathrooms
75m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
Step out the door on a September morning and you're already in it — the cold, clean air hitting your face, frost still clinging to the grass, and the Imingfjell plateau rolling away in every direction with nobody else in sight. That's the reality of owning this traditional Norwegian cabin at Imingfjellvegen 590, and for the right buyer, that moment alone is worth every krone.
Priced at €57,500, this 75-square-metre mountain cabin in Uvdal sits on a leased plot in one of Numedal's most rewarding highland landscapes. It's an honest property — two bedrooms, one bathroom, no electricity, no running water, solid pine floors, panelled walls, and a wood-burning stove that becomes the centrepiece of every evening spent here. This is not a glossy weekend retreat. It's a cabin in the original Norwegian sense: functional, raw-edged, and deeply connected to its surroundings.
The interior has that particular quality you find in older Norwegian mountain buildings — warm amber pine panelling that's absorbed decades of wood smoke and candlelight, plank floors that creak in the right places, and small windows framing views that change every hour as the light moves across the plateau. The kitchen runs on a freestanding gas burner and has upper and lower cabinets around a full sink. It's workable. You cook simple food, you eat well, you go outside. The layout includes an entrance hall, a combined living room and kitchen, a utility room with washbasin, a toilet room, a hallway, and an external storage room. The toilet is a traditional bench-style outdoor arrangement — a detail that will either suit you perfectly or tell you immediately that this cabin is not your match.
The property is sold as-is, furnishings included, no pre-sale clean. What you inherit is a ready-to-use base camp for mountain life. Some maintenance and upgrades are needed — this is acknowledged openly — but the bones are solid, the stove and chimney are in place, and the structure gives you something genuine to work with rather than a blank-slate new-build.
Outside, a balcony terrace faces the mountain panorama. On clear evenings in July, the sky stays light past ten o'clock and the plateau takes on a copper glow that would feel theatrical if it weren't so ordinary up here. In February, the same view is monochrome and vast — snowfields running to the horizon, the kind of silence that makes city sounds feel like a different language.
Uvdal and the surrounding Numedal valley give this cabin its real value. The Hardangervidda National Park, Europe's largest mountain plateau, begins effectively at your doorstep. Hardangervidda covers over 3,400 square kilometres of reindeer country, ancient hiking routes, and high-altitude lakes. From the cabin, marked trails lead directly west toward Mårbu and Rauhelleren — classic Hardangervidda waypoints that serious hikers will recognise. Summer brings weeks of long-distance walking, and the fishing in Sønstevann and the Uvdalsåe river for brown trout is the kind of quiet, unhurried sport that people come back to year after year.
Winter changes everything and changes nothing. The trails become ski tracks. Uvdal Ski Center, roughly fifteen minutes by car down the valley, runs alpine slopes that suit families and intermediate skiers well. But most people up on Imingfjell are cross-country skiers, and the groomed networks around here are excellent — hundreds of kilometres of prepared track connecting cabins, lakes, and mountain huts across the plateau. You ski out from the cabin directly. That detail matters enormously.
Access to the cabin is by foot along a path from the parking area on Imingfjellvegen, the public road that threads through this highland community. The nearest larger town is Nore, and Kongsberg — with a proper train station connecting to Oslo's Numedal line — is around 90 kilometres south. Oslo itself is roughly two and a half to three hours by car, making this a genuine weekend destination for Scandinavian buyers and an accessible European getaway for international owners flying into Oslo Gardermoen.
The plot is leased rather than owned freehold, with an annual ground rent. This is standard practice for Norwegian mountain cabins and keeps the entry cost low, though international buyers should take advice on Norwegian hytte ownership rules and any applicable tax or inheritance considerations before proceeding. A local Norwegian lawyer familiar with fritidseiendom transactions is always worth the fee.
For buyers thinking about rental income: the off-grid nature of this cabin limits its appeal as a managed rental property. It's better understood as a personal retreat — something you come back to every season and slowly make your own. A new wood-panel bathroom, a solar panel setup for basic lighting, a proper kitchen upgrade — none of these are large investments in the context of Norwegian cabin renovation, and each one would meaningfully improve both the experience and the long-term value.
Key features at a glance:
- 2-bedroom traditional Norwegian mountain cabin, 75 sqm
- Located on Imingfjell, direct trail access to Hardangervidda National Park
- Off-grid property: no electricity or running water installed
- Wood-burning stove and chimney for year-round heating
- Solid pine floors and panelled walls throughout
- Gas burner kitchen with upper and lower cabinetry
- Balcony terrace with open mountain views
- Sold furnished and as-is, ready for immediate use or renovation
- Leased plot with annual ground rent
- Parking on Imingfjellvegen, short footpath to cabin entrance
- 15 minutes to Uvdal Ski Center for alpine skiing
- Direct access to groomed cross-country ski trails in winter
- Fishing in Sønstevann and Uvdalsåe rivers nearby
- Approximately 2.5–3 hours drive from Oslo
- Priced at €57,500 — strong value for Hardangervidda-adjacent cabin land
The Norwegian hytte culture is one of the most deeply held in Europe. Around 450,000 Norwegians own a cabin, and mountain properties near national parks have held their value through economic cycles in ways that urban real estate rarely does. What this particular cabin offers isn't square footage or mod-cons — it's a foothold on one of the most extraordinary landscapes on the continent, at a price that makes it genuinely accessible.
If you've been thinking about a second home in Norway — somewhere to disconnect properly, to ski out the front door, to watch the reindeer move across the plateau in autumn — this is a rare entry-level opportunity to make that happen. Contact Homestra today to request the full property documentation, arrange a viewing trip, or speak with our Nordic property specialists about making this cabin yours.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 2
- Size
- 75m²
- Price per m²
- €767
- Garden size
- 0m²
- Has Garden
- Yes
- Has Parking
- No
- Has Basement
- No
- Condition
- good
- Amount of Bathrooms
- 1
- Has swimming pool
- No
- Property type
- Chalet
- Energy label
Unknown
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