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Milo Boyd

Museum turns room into giant 'forest' full of plants - and you can spend the night

You could spend the night amidst the trees without forsaking any comfort in what's sure to rival UK camping holidays.

Visitors to Fotografiska, a photography museum in Stockholm, Sweden, has turned its exhibition space into a pop-up forest hotel room.

For its In Bloom show guests can spend a night at the museum for the first time in a room inspired by the Swedish forest, aimed at "calming and rebalancing stressed urbanites."

The room is inspired by forest bathing and will be full of trees and plants. It can be booked for three nights only, through Airbnb. Stays cost 2,500 SEK a night, which is the equivalent of about £200.

The overnight stay includes admission to the exhibition as well as an exclusive five-course dinner put together with sustainable and seasonal ingredients.

Once you've kipped beneath the branches you'll be able to tuck into breakfast in a private dining room overlooking one of Stockholm’s most panoramic views.

You can find out more and book at fotografiska.com.

If you aren't lucky enough to snag one of the nights' stays, then fear not.

Sweden has some of the strongest protections for walkers and campers in the world, under its Allemansrätten or 'everyman's right' policy.

It means that you can hike, camp and stop for lunch in pretty much all of the country, so long as you're not obviously in people's gardens in view of their homes.

By one count Sweden has 40million hectares of forest and is 70% covered by trees, making it one of European countries with the most extensive and brilliant woodland.

Elin Frendberg, executive director of Fotografiska Stockholm, said: “We are constantly seeking new and exciting ways to enhance our guests' experience in our building.

"We aim to make it fun and magical to spend your time here, and it is thrilling to offer an overnight stay for the first time.

"This spring, nature will be the focal point at Fotografiska Stockholm, and we are eagerly anticipating the addition of a lush indoor forest.

Inka Niclas is another of the artists showing their work (INKA & NICLAS LINDERGARD INKAANDNICLAS.COM)

"With opening times stretching from 10 am to 11 pm we are proud to say that one of the world’s most open museum now becomes even more open.”

In Bloom will feature 16 photographers exploring and celebrating nature, including both international photographers such as Cig Harvey and David Ụzọchukwu and Swedish photographers like Inka and Niclas and Helene Schmitz.

All proceeds will be donated to Naturarvet, an organisation which works to preserve Sweden's forests.

The Wood Hotel in Skellefteå is now taking visitors (Off the Map Travel)

Swedish forest fans may also be interested in staying in the world’s tallest hotel made almost exclusively from wood.

The Wood Hotel in Skellefteå has now opened for guests at the birthplace of cross-country skiing - Skellefteå - and stands at 75m high (20 storeys) tall.

It is made from spruce and pine sourced from the neighbouring forests, with each of the hotel’s 205 rooms are filled with the rich smell of the trees they are built from, forested from Sweden's vast woodland tracts.

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