Picture this: it's six in the morning, the air is sharp and clean, and from the wide windows of your living room you're watching low mist lift off Lake Østrungen while a cup of coffee warms your hands. No traffic noise. No neighbors visible. Just the soft creak of the cabin, the distant call of a loon, and the kind of silence that takes about three days to truly sink into. This is Kolsetvollvegen 173 — a three-bedroom Norwegian mountain chalet sitting at around 546 meters above sea level in the Selbu municipality of Trøndelag, and it delivers exactly that kind of morning, every single time.
Selbu doesn't try to be flashy. It doesn't need to. This is a part of Norway where the landscape does all the talking — dense spruce forests, granite ridgelines, and a string of fishing lakes that have been feeding and captivating people for centuries. The village is most famous across Norway for the Selbu rose, the iconic knitting motif that originated here in the 1850s and now appears on mittens and sweaters sold across the country. That same quiet, rooted craft tradition runs through the whole culture of the place. People here are serious about their outdoor life, their fishing spots, their berry patches, and their ski trails — and the cabin at Kolsetvollvegen sits right in the middle of all of it.
The chalet itself was built in 1978 and has been looked after well. At 48 square meters of indoor living space with a total usable footprint of 65 square meters, it's compact but genuinely functional — the kind of layout that encourages everyone to actually be in the same room rather than disappear into separate corners. Three bedrooms sleep up to seven people, which means it works for a family with kids, or a group of friends splitting a ski weekend. The annex — a separate 17-square-meter structure on the property — gives you that extra buffer of space when you need it. Grandparents visiting, teenagers who want their own zone, or simply a quiet room for when you need to take a call without the chaos of a full cabin.
The living room is generous by cabin standards, with a wood-burning stove that becomes the gravitational center of the space from October onward. Scandinavian winters are long and dark, and there's a specific pleasure in feeding a stove while snow falls outside — the smell of birchwood smoke, the tick and pop of the fire, the orange glow on the walls. It's not romantic in a magazine way. It's better than that. It's the real thing.
Then there's the terrace. At 52 square meters, it's larger than most city apartments' living rooms. South-facing and open to the lake view, it becomes the outdoor living room from late May through September when Trøndelag gets its long, warm summer days — sometimes 20 hours of daylight in June. Outdoor dinners that stretch until midnight without ever getting fully dark. Coffee at six AM with alpenglow on the ridgeline. The terrace earns its footprint.
The property sits on a freehold plot, which matters practically for international buyers — you own the land outright, no ground rent, no leasehold complications. Municipal fees are modest. The overall fixed cost structure here is low, which makes this a viable second home even for buyers who won't be using it every weekend.
Access is worth knowing about. In summer, you drive right to the door — road access is direct and comfortable. In winter, the current owners use a snowmobile, which in this part of Norway isn't unusual; it's actually part of the appeal. Groomed snowmobile trails are prepared around Østrungen each season, and cross-country ski tracks start from just 1.4 kilometers away. Strap on skis and you're out into a prepared trail network through birch forest before you've finished breakfast.
The surrounding area is outstanding for anyone who actually uses their holidays actively. Østrungen and the other nearby lakes — there are several within easy reach — are well-stocked for fishing, particularly trout. Late summer brings cloudberries to the high bogs and blueberries to the forest floors; knowing a good berry patch out here is a kind of local currency. Hiking trails thread through the municipality at every level of difficulty, from easy lakeside walks to longer ridge routes with serious elevation.
For winter, the whole region converts. Snowmobile touring is huge in Selbu, with trails linking up into the broader Trøndelag network. Cross-country skiing from the cabin's doorstep is as good as it gets without paying for a resort. And if you want downhill, Meråker Alpine and the slopes around Stjørdal are within reasonable driving range.
Mebonden, Selbu's main village center, is around 30 minutes by car — enough for groceries, a hardware run, or a meal at one of the local spots. Trondheim is roughly 90 minutes away, which means the full weight of a proper Norwegian city — Nidaros Cathedral, the Nedre Elvehavn restaurant district along the canal, the Saturday market at Ravnkloa fish hall — is a day trip. Trondheim Airport at Værnes is about 65 minutes, making this realistically accessible from most European capitals with one connection through Oslo.
For international buyers looking at vacation property in Norway, Selbu represents the kind of value that's increasingly hard to find. The Norwegian cabin market has been competitive in recent years, particularly around the most popular resort areas, but Selbu offers genuine wilderness proximity without the inflated price tags of Geilo or Hemsedal. At 66,400 EUR, this property is priced to reflect what it is: a well-maintained, move-in-ready chalet in a spectacular natural setting, with low running costs and genuine year-round usability.
Key features at a glance:
- 3 bedrooms sleeping up to 7 people across the main chalet and separate annex
- 48m² indoor living area, 65m² total usable space, plus 17m² annex
- 52m² south-facing terrace with direct views over Lake Østrungen
- Freehold plot — full land ownership, no ground rent
- Wood-burning stove as primary heating with large windows and natural light
- Summer road access by car; winter access by snowmobile
- Cross-country ski trail 1.4km from the property
- Snowmobile and ski terrain directly surrounding the cabin
- Fishing on Østrungen and multiple nearby lakes
- Berry-picking grounds in summer and autumn (cloudberries, blueberries)
- Approximately 546m elevation with open panoramic views year-round
- 30 minutes to Mebonden village amenities
- 65 minutes to Trondheim Airport Værnes
- 90 minutes to Trondheim city center
- Low fixed costs — modest municipal fees and no leasehold obligations
This is a vacation home in Norway that works across all four seasons — not just as a concept, but in practice. The kind of place where kids remember their summers for decades and the adults come back for the silence as much as the scenery.
If you're seriously considering buying a second home in Norway and want to see Kolsetvollvegen 173 in person, reach out through Homestra to arrange a viewing. The cabin is ready to go — and so is the stove.
