Travellers looking for a spot off the beaten track can now stay on a tiny barren lighthouse rock surrounded by the churning North Sea.
For some people looking for a break from the stress of every day life, the idea of sailing out to a salt-whipped, blasted rock with an extremely limited entertainment offer may sound appealing.
In fact if you're after a slightly unusual, quiet and potentially very restorative break, then the Pater Noster lighthouse is perfect.
The tiny rock island is just 250 metres long and 120 metres wide and sits three miles off of the west coast of Sweden.
In its pomp the lighthouse helped sailors navigate their way through hazardous waters which had wrecked 900 boats by the time it was built in 1868.
The lighthouse's dazzling light swept across the crests of the waves for a hundred years, during which time it helped to save countless lives.
In 1977 the then-automated tower was decommissioned in favour of a more modern one nearby, essentially robbing the island of its found function and leaving it to become a resting place for sea birds and tired seals.
The striking central structure - known by some as 'the king of lighthouses' - was not torn down, and was instead left to tower above the deserted island.
For 50 years few deigned to visit the little rocky outcrop until this year, when a group of hoteliers realised it was the perfect location for a slightly unusual guest house.
Holidaymakers can fork out around 13,000 SEK (£1,000) to live as the lighthouse keepers and their family would have, although in slightly more luxury.
Guests get to stay in a comfortable double room where they enjoy a few home comforts such as slippers and classically Swedish mid-century modern décor to keep the cold out.
The draw of Pater Noster is the chance to feel how it would've been to be stuck out on a rocky outcrop, far from civilisation and at the mercy of the elements.
Visitors live in close proximity to others holidaying on the island, meaning it's perfect for those looking to make friends, and less ideal for those with anxiety about getting trapped on a tiny rock with strangers.
While you may be in a remote location, there is still pampering on the menu. Guests are treated to range of spa treatments to help them relax into the location, including saltwater barrel baths and saunas.
All visits are full board and include homemade breakfasts, hot lunches and incredibly fresh seafood dinners.
Rainwear and fishing clothes from Grundén can be borrowed on the island in the case of inclement weather, and to complete the Scandi chic look.
"This state-of-the-art masterpiece gave hope and guided seafarers safely for over a century," the website for the Pater Noster experience reads.
"Next to it, the lighthouse keepers and their families built their home, a small-scale community on an island which had always been perceived as uninhabitable.
"For more than one hundred years they lived out here, on the terms dictated by the island and the sea.
"Now, we are once again opening the door to the lighthouse master’s home.
"A place for seafarers from near and far, for nature lovers and pleasure seekers, for those who are seeking tranquility or good company.
"Here, where the light is brighter and the wind is wilder, the ocean saltier and the seafood fresher."
Since opening the lighthouse stay has become famous and decorated, winning the eminent Global New Concept Award by AHEAD Awards this year.
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