2-Bed Winterized Country Home on 3,893m² Near Lake Norrsjön – Almunge, Uppsala



Vargmossevägen 44, 741 97 Almunge, Uppsala, Sweden, Almunge (Sweden)
2 Bedrooms · 1 Bathrooms · 48m² Floor area
€115,000
Country home
No parking
2 Bedrooms
1 Bathrooms
48m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
On a still September morning, the kitchen window at Vargmossevägen 44 frames a wall of birch trees already tipping gold. The coffee is on the stove. Somewhere out past the tree line, a woodpecker is working at something. This is what a Swedish country home actually feels like — not a postcard version of it, but the real, quiet, deeply restorative thing.
Almunge sits roughly halfway between Uppsala and Arlanda Airport in the rolling, lake-dotted countryside of Uppsala municipality. It's one of those villages that locals guard without advertising too loudly. The pace here is genuinely different. People wave from tractors. The air smells of pine resin and damp earth after rain. And once you've spent a weekend in this part of Uppland, the idea of going back to city noise starts to feel faintly absurd.
The house on Vargmossevägen was built in 1971 and has been maintained with evident care. At 48 square meters of living space plus an additional 16 square meters of auxiliary area, it's honest about what it is: a well-proportioned two-bedroom country home designed for people who want to actually be outside, not just look at the garden through floor-to-ceiling glass. The two bedrooms are comfortable and properly sized for couples, small families, or friends visiting from abroad. The living room is the kind of space where board games come back out and phones stay face-down on the table.
Large windows run throughout the main living areas, and in the afternoon the western light comes through with that particular warmth that high-latitude summers produce — long, low, golden, lasting until nearly 10pm in June. The kitchen is functional and well laid out, with room to cook properly. Not a show kitchen, but a working one, which is exactly what you want when you're bringing in a haul of chanterelles from the forest or grilling fresh perch from Norrsjön.
Speaking of Norrsjön — the lake is approximately 1.2 kilometers from the front door. On summer mornings, the walk down takes about fifteen minutes through forest track, and you arrive at calm water with almost no one else around. Swimming here is a genuinely Swedish experience: cold, clear, bracingly real. In winter, if the ice sets firm, locals skate on it. Fishing is popular year-round; pike and perch are common catches, and ice fishing in February is as atmospheric as it sounds.
The plot itself is substantial: 3,893 square meters. For international buyers unfamiliar with Swedish rural property, that's roughly two-thirds of a football pitch of private land. Mature trees ring the boundaries giving natural privacy from the road and neighboring plots. There's open grass in the middle where previous owners clearly spent summer evenings, and there's genuine potential here — a terrace extension, a vegetable patch, a fire pit area under the pines. The land already has good bones.
This is a winterized property, which matters more than it might initially sound. Sweden's winters are not mild, and a property that can only be used from May to September loses more than half the year's experiences. Here the heating system carries the house through the coldest months without drama. January weekends in Uppland have their own specific pleasures: cross-country skiing on the trails through Almunge's forests, the absolute silence of snow-covered fields, coming back inside to warmth and something simmering on the hob while it's dark by 3pm.
The forest around Almunge is part of the broader Uppland landscape that has shaped Swedish culture for centuries. Birdwatching here turns up species that most Europeans never encounter — cranes passing overhead during the September migration are a genuine spectacle. Late summer means blueberries and lingonberries growing wild enough that you can pick a kilogram without wandering far. Mushroom season runs from August through October; chanterelles, funnel chanterelles, and porcini are all findable within cycling distance.
Uppsala city is about 30 kilometers southwest — perhaps 30 to 35 minutes by car. That proximity matters. Uppsala is Sweden's fourth-largest city, home to Scandinavia's oldest university and a cathedral that has anchored the skyline since the 15th century. The Saluhallen market hall on St. Eriks Torg is where locals shop for smoked reindeer, artisan bread, and serious Swedish cheese. The botanical garden attached to Uppsala University is free and extraordinary in spring. There are good restaurants — Hambergs Fisk has been doing exceptional seafood since 1972, and the city's student population ensures that things stay lively in a way that many Swedish cities of similar size don't quite manage.
Arlanda Airport is roughly 25 kilometers from the property. For international buyers flying in from London, Amsterdam, Berlin, or further afield, that's a significant practical advantage. You land, collect your bags, drive 25 minutes, and you're pulling up to a quiet country road. No extended transfer, no shuttle bus, no second journey. It makes weekend use genuinely viable — not just theoretically, but actually.
From a purchase perspective, the Swedish property market has historically offered strong value for international buyers, and rural Uppsala municipality sits in a sweet spot: close enough to the capital region to hold value, but priced well below the Stockholm archipelago or central Uppsala. The legal framework for foreign ownership of Swedish property is straightforward, with no restrictions for EU citizens and a well-established process for buyers from further abroad. Property taxes in Sweden are among the most reasonable in Europe relative to property values, and annual running costs for a property of this size are manageable. The property's winterized status means it can be let during the ski season as well as summer, offering genuine year-round rental appeal for those interested in offsetting ownership costs.
Key features at a glance:
- 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 48m² living area plus 16m² auxiliary space
- Winterized for year-round use with functional heating system
- 3,893m² private plot with mature trees and open garden areas
- Approximately 1.2km from Lake Norrsjön — swimming, fishing, winter skating
- 30km / 30-35 minutes from Uppsala city centre
- 25km from Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN)
- Surrounding forest with marked trails for hiking, cycling, and cross-country skiing
- Wild berry and mushroom foraging directly accessible from the property
- Built 1971, well-maintained, good structural condition
- Strong investment fundamentals in Uppsala municipality rural property market
- No foreign ownership restrictions for EU buyers; straightforward purchase process
- Year-round rental potential appealing to nature-focused travelers and remote workers
If you've been looking for a second home in Sweden that actually delivers on the Nordic countryside experience — not a romanticized version of it, but the real thing, four seasons and all — this is the kind of property that doesn't come up often at this price point, on a plot this size, this close to an international airport.
Reach out through Homestra to arrange a viewing or to request the full property documentation. Properties in Almunge at this specification sell without fanfare and without much warning. The woodpecker outside the kitchen window is not waiting around.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 2
- Size
- 48m²
- Price per m²
- €2,396
- Garden size
- 3893m²
- Has Garden
- Yes
- Has Parking
- No
- Has Basement
- No
- Condition
- good
- Amount of Bathrooms
- 1
- Has swimming pool
- No
- Property type
- Country home
- Energy label
Unknown
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