Beautiful Birding.

I really like this time of year when all the birds start chirping about. I noticed the geese are coming back to the common now and the days are getting longer. Birding seems like something I’d like to get in to especially if all hides are this good!

Biotope Architects are a company of three Norwegian based Architects in the Arctic town of Varanger , have designed bird hides since 2009. Their carefully crafted, environmentally shelters blend into are be absorbed by their surroundings. It is certainly a niche, a very very fun one at that.

The beautiful approach to understanding and analysing a landscape prior to the drawing board is refreshing and effective in creating an individual character to each site and the best possible sight lines for birders.

The work of these interested folk has seen Varanger become established as one of the best birding destinations in Northern Europe. Their highly crafted, naturally sustainable and small-scale architecture offers a refreshing momentary pause in an increasingly fast paced world and their unique design solutions are now being sought across Scandinavia. Road trip any one?