4-Bed Norwegian Chalet on 2,373m² Plot Near Røros UNESCO Town – Holiday Home



Damvoktarveien 46, 7372 Glåmos, Norway, Glåmos (Norway)
4 Bedrooms · 1 Bathrooms · 62m² Floor area
€199,000
Chalet
No parking
4 Bedrooms
1 Bathrooms
62m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
Step outside on a February morning and the only sound is the creak of fresh snow under your boots. The ski track is 900 meters away. Lake Aursunden glitters through the birch trees at the bottom of the slope. The thermometer reads minus twelve, but inside the cabin, the wood-burning stove has been going since seven, and the whole place smells of birch smoke and coffee. This is what you came to Norway for.
Damvoktarveien 46 sits in the Kuråsen cabin area just outside Glåmos, a small rail village in the Røros region of eastern Norway. The plot runs to 2,373 square meters of freehold land — proper freehold, not the leasehold arrangements you'll encounter elsewhere in the Norwegian leisure market — and the terrain around it is the kind of low-maintenance Nordic wild that practically takes care of itself. Cloudberries and blueberries grow on the property in late summer. You don't plant them. They've always been there.
The chalet itself was built in 1981 and extended in 1997, sitting at roughly 720 meters above sea level. That elevation matters. It's the reason winters here are reliably snowy, properly snowy, and why the air in July feels like nothing you've breathed in a city. The main living area comes to 62 square meters inside, with another 15 square meters of covered external space and a 39-square-meter terrace that catches the afternoon light. There's also a 12-square-meter outbuilding for storage, ski gear, or the tools you'll accumulate over the first couple of summers.
Inside, the layout makes practical sense for a group. The entrance vestibule keeps the cold out, the kitchen sits directly off the dining area so meals flow without awkwardness, and the living room has large windows facing the landscape — not a wall, not a neighbor's fence, the actual Norwegian landscape. The fireplace and wood stove together mean you can heat the place however you like, and in a mountain winter that flexibility is genuinely useful. Four bedrooms sleep a family comfortably or accommodate the group of friends you've been promising a ski weekend for three years. One bathroom serves the lot; for the price point and the location, that's entirely standard for this type of Norwegian fritidsbolig.
The west-facing terrace — 26 square meters, sheltered on two sides — is where summers happen. Dinner at nine when the sky is still pale gold. A glass of something cold while the kids run laps of the garden below. The main entrance also has a terrace, so you get sun from two angles depending on the time of day.
Røros is 15 kilometers south on the E30, and if you haven't been, add it to the list before you do anything else. It's a genuine UNESCO World Heritage town, not a reconstructed one — the timber buildings along Bergmannsgata have been standing since the copper-mining era, and the church from 1784 still anchors the town square. The Rørosmartnan winter market runs every February, one of the oldest markets in Scandinavia, drawing thousands to a town that otherwise has fewer than 4,000 residents. There are good restaurants here too: Vertshuset Røros serves reindeer and local game in a building that's been a tavern since the 1700s, and Doktoren Mat og Vinhus does serious things with regional ingredients in a more contemporary setting.
Glåmos itself is smaller but useful. There's a grocery store and a train station — the Røros Line connects the village to Trondheim in about two and a half hours, and to Oslo via Hamar in around five. For international buyers flying in, Trondheim Airport at Værnes is the most practical entry point, roughly 130 kilometers northwest. You don't need a car to get here, though you'll want one once you arrive.
The outdoor calendar runs year-round. Cross-country skiing from November through April, with groomed tracks starting less than a kilometer from the front door. Lake Aursunden — one of the larger mountain lakes in the region — opens up for fishing when the ice melts, and the trails around it are well-marked for walking and cycling through the warmer months. The Femundsmarka National Park is within reach for more serious hiking. Elk, reindeer, and golden eagles are not remarkable sightings in this area; they're just Tuesday.
From an investment standpoint, cabins in the Røros region have held value consistently, partly because supply is constrained — there isn't much buildable land left at this elevation — and partly because Røros's UNESCO status keeps pulling visitors who then discover the surrounding countryside. Short-term rental of Norwegian leisure properties is permitted under Norwegian law for owners who aren't resident, and platforms serving the Scandinavian cabin market have strong demand for Røros-area properties in both winter and summer. The electric car charger already installed at the property is a practical advantage as Norwegian EV ownership continues to climb — renters expect it.
For international buyers, Norwegian property law is open to foreign ownership with no restrictions on purchases. There's no annual property tax on leisure properties below a certain threshold, though you'll pay a one-time document duty of 2.5% on the purchase price. An independent valuation and a condition survey (tilstandsrapport) are standard parts of the Norwegian buying process and well worth reviewing — the seller's documentation covers the current state of the property in detail.
Key features at a glance:
- 4 bedrooms, 1 bathroom across 62m² interior floor area
- Freehold plot of 2,373 square meters
- Fireplace and wood-burning stove
- West-facing sheltered terrace (26m²) plus entrance terrace
- 12m² outbuilding for storage or equipment
- Electric car charging point installed
- Cross-country ski track 900 meters from the door
- Year-round road access and ample parking
- Shared water supply, private sewage system, full electricity connection
- 15km from Røros UNESCO World Heritage town
- Train station in Glåmos, 4 minutes by car
- Grocery store in Glåmos village
- Lake Aursunden views and direct access to lake activities
- Approximately 130km from Trondheim Airport (Værnes)
- Berry picking — cloudberries, blueberries — directly on the plot
Properties like this in the Røros area don't sit on the market long, particularly those with freehold tenure, genuine four-bedroom capacity, and this kind of plot size. If you've been looking for a second home in Norway that earns its keep in every season rather than just one, Damvoktarveien 46 is worth a serious look. Reach out through Homestra today to arrange a viewing or to request the full condition report — the property is accessible year-round and ready to show.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 4
- Size
- 62m²
- Price per m²
- €3,210
- Garden size
- 2373m²
- 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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