Floating Raft Hotel Lets You Camp Out On A Calming Lake In Belgium
Image via Vlotkamp
Fishing trips are overhyped as stress-free pastimes. To truly stay unplugged, consider taking to the lake and letting the gentle waters rock you to sleep. One such option is Vlotkamp (which means “raft camping” in Dutch), a popup hotel floating on a lake in Flanders, Belgium.
Vlotkamp consists of eight rafts and sleeping tents for a fully socially distanced retreat. Each tent is constructed with five floating modules and a reinforced Sibley tent to not only keep it buoyant but also unyielding to the elements.
According to My Modern Met, Vlotkamp’s creators Tobias Knockaert and Kika Merlin were inspired in part by the pandemic to conceptualize a travel experience that flouts conventions. The hotel is so remote, you’d have to get to your room by canoe.
The units are furnished with a king-size double circular mattress—meaning that this is more of a posh “glamping” experience than the sort of your childhood—but the star of the show is really the vast bed of blue that stretches beyond the peripherals.
The hotel will be open through September 28. Find out more here.
[via My Modern Met, images via Vlotkamp]
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