The world’s most remote design hotel
– Pater Noster, Hamneskär
Far out to sea, the tiny island of Hamneskär in West Sweden is home to a unique hotel. Barren and windswept, with magnificent views of the open horizon, the island is crowned by the Pater Noster lighthouse.
The island was inhabited by lighthouse keepers and their families, with the occasional shipwreck survivor, for more than a century. Since then the buildings have been sympathetically renovated to retain as much of their original identity as possible, and in 2020 reopened as a sustainably operated hotel and conference venue.
The restoration has already been awarded several prestigious international prizes, including first place in the American Gold Key Awards for Excellence in Hospitality Design. In 2020 the British Telegraph newspaper named Pater Noster the year’s most exciting newly opened accommodation.
Pater Noster