Orbaden Spa & Resort: A Scandinavian spa experience with a view to infinity

The perfect spa experience must involve a few things: a variety of treatments, steam baths and surroundings to match. Orbaden Spa & Resort offers all of this and more, with adventurous outdoor activities and unparalleled views.

For more than 100 years, visitors have come to Orbaden to enjoy the nature and its glorious beaches. In the latter half of the 1920s, a restaurant, a camping site and a dance floor were established for tourists and visitors to be able to enjoy the area for longer periods of time. Through the following decades, the site grew in the hands of various personalities and restaurateurs. In 2002, it was acquired by the current owner, Helene Åkerström Hartman.

Today, it is a resort offering a first-class cuisine, a Scandinavian spa experience, and conference areas as well as outdoor activities such as zip lining, via ferratas and hiking trails in the dense Scandinavian forests, all within walking distance. “And the beach is right here, and fields and cultural landscapes,” Åkerström Hartman says enthusiastically. “During the winter there is cross-country skiing and downhill skiing in Järvsö, 15 minutes away by car.”

With a traditional Scandinavian flair, the spa area boasts both an indoor and outdoor pool, a soothing 37-degree mineral bath and an outdoor jacuzzi. “We want the Scandinavian feel to run throughout the hotel and the spa area,” Åkerström Hartman continues. “Our yoga room has the most amazing view of the flowing river and the mountains.”

Orbaden Spa & Resort also provides conference facilities and experiences, with the possibility of topping events off with team building activities such as yoga, a gym session or one of the adventurous outdoor excursions. “We also have 10 suites at the hotel with various themes,” she explains.

Orbaden Spa & Resort is only two-and-a-half hours away from Stockholm Arlanda Airport by train or car.

These suites have been decorated and styled by collaborating ambassadors such as Victoria Silvstedt, Peter Stormare and Carolina Klüft. “Our local ambassadors have decorated every little detail,” Åkerström Hartman says. “We also donate some of the income from the suites to different projects close to our hearts. We have two rainbow rooms, where some of the revenue goes to LGBTI projects, for example. And our Africa suite supports our work with the organisation Smart Savannahs and schools in Kenya.”

Vegetables from Orbaden Spa & Resort’s 2000 square meter eco garden are used in its kitchen.

So, what’s on offer is not just nature experiences, soothing spa treatments and exquisite food, but also the chance to support a good cause – and we aren’t even done yet. There’s a beer brewery in the village too, and, of course, Orbaden Spa & Resort has its own beer. “Peter Stormare is a co-owner of the brewery,” Åkerström Hartman says. “It’s open for beer tasting – why not as a part of your conference experience?”

Victoria Silvstedt is one of Orbaden Spa & Resort’s ambassadors and has decorated one of the suites.

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