Villa Terminus offers 18 design-led guest rooms on Norway’s dramatic western coast. Perhaps Bergen’s most sophisticated boutique hotel, it’s also local hotel group De Bergenske’s smallest. Not that size matters here.
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Capturing the essence of the city’s history and creativity, Villa Terminus (originally built in 1770 by merchant and philanthropist Alexander Kaae, whose intention was to provide a retreat for those who’d fallen on hard times) today offers guests a perfect sense of equilibrium between cultural heritage and the irresistible charm of mid-century and modern-day design.
Swedish architecture and design firm, Claesson Koivisto Rune, refurbished the property — taking inspiration not only from the realm of design, but the world of art. A late-Baroque exterior is juxtaposed with an interior scheme that traverses design from the 1950s to present day; Villa Terminus exists in several time periods. All devastatingly handsome.
Guests at the Bergen design hotel can enjoy an abundance of living areas, a library, and large modern communal kitchen. Individually designed rooms are light and spacious, whilst furniture and furnishings come courtesy of a host of well known names from the world of design: Erwan and Ronan Bouroullec, Ilse Crawford, Samuel Wilkinson, David Chipperfield (and plenty more).
Stunning exterior aesthetics and impressive interior design roll call, a stay at Villa Terminus is akin to bedding down in an obsessively curated design museum. Impressive stuff.
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Photography, Åke Eson Lindman