You really can stay at IKEA: the world’s only IKEA Hotel where even the rooms, saunas, and restaurant are full of Nordic vibes
Spending a night here is like turning an IKEA showroom into your actual home
Summary
- At IKEA Hotell in Älmhult, Sweden, you can choose from double rooms, family rooms, Cabin Rooms, and accessible rooms, and every room is furnished with IKEA pieces.
- Beyond just sleeping, guests can use the shared living room, gym, sauna, and laundry room, and even borrow bikes for free to explore the area.
- Breakfast is included in the stay and is currently served at the Grillen restaurant; from plant-based meatballs in the morning to charcoal-grilled dishes and a Hot Dog Bar at dinner, the dining experience feels very “IKEA.”
Have you ever looked at the display beds while browsing IKEA and thought, “If only I could really sleep here”?
At IKEA Hotell in Älmhult, Sweden, that idea can almost become a reality. This isn’t simply a regular hotel with an IKEA logo out front: from the beds, tables and chairs, and storage solutions to every familiar little detail in the room, it all feels as though it has been moved straight from an IKEA showroom into a guest room.
The rooms aren’t the only interesting part. With shared living rooms, saunas, a gym, bikes, and a restaurant that brings together local Swedish ingredients and classic IKEA touches, you could stay the night without feeling any rush to leave the hotel.
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The rooms really do look like IKEA showrooms, and the smallest is just 4 sq. m.
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The room types at IKEA Hotell feel like an accommodation experiment built around what IKEA does best: making the most of limited space.
A standard double room is about 18 sq. m., with a 160 cm-wide double bed, TV, storage space, and a private bathroom. For families, the 18 sq. m. Family Room fits four single bunk beds, each with its own reading light and curtain, so everyone can still have a little personal space in the same room.
The Cabin Room may capture the IKEA spirit best. At just 4 to 6 sq. m., it is designed for one guest, with the bed, TV, clothes-hanging area, and storage all compressed into a very limited space. The bathroom is outside the room and shared with the neighboring Cabin Room.
For more room to move around, there are also accessible rooms of about 26 sq. m. The different room types may not look luxurious, but they reflect IKEA’s familiar design approach: rather than cramming in as much as possible, it finds a use for every square meter.
Step out of your room, and the whole hotel feels like one enormous shared living room
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What makes IKEA Hotell least like a traditional hotel is that it doesn’t expect guests to stay in their rooms all the time.
The hotel has two shared living rooms, one of which includes a small children’s play area. Along with sofas and reading areas, there are refrigerators, freezers, and microwaves, so guests can bring food back to eat. It feels more like a shared living room at home.
For those looking to relax, there is also a gym and separate men’s and women’s saunas, open until the evening each day. Guests can use the free laundry room or borrow a bike directly from the front desk to ride around Älmhult.
Your stay also includes admission to the IKEA Museum. The hotel and museum are both in IKEA’s central area of Älmhult, so your entire trip can almost revolve around IKEA: sleep in an IKEA room, browse the design exhibitions, then return to the hotel to rest.
Plant-based meatballs for breakfast, plus a whole IKEA Hot Dog Bar for dinner
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When you’re staying at IKEA Hotell, breakfast naturally isn’t just a standard hotel buffet.
Breakfast is currently served at Grillen, across from the hotel, and is included in the room rate. The hotel describes the buffet as a blend of southern Swedish Småland flavors and IKEA specialties. Alongside the usual hotel breakfast options, IKEA’s signature plant-based meatballs even make an appearance at the morning table.
At lunch and dinner, Grillen takes on a different style. The restaurant describes itself as Älmhult’s “new living room,” centered on local Swedish ingredients with inspiration from cuisines around the world. Most dishes are grilled, and the current menu includes Swedish beef, fish, seasonal vegetables, and house-made ice cream.
The most interesting part is the Korvbaren Hot Dog Bar. IKEA’s familiar affordable hot dogs are given new twists here, with options ranging from classic sausages to moose sausage, smoked sausage, and the plant-based “Green Dog.”
So describing IKEA Hotell simply as “an IKEA you can sleep in” somewhat underestimates it. From rooms measuring just a few square meters and home-like shared living rooms to dinner at Grillen, it feels more like extending the lifestyle people imagine while browsing IKEA into a full 24-hour experience.
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