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You Can Sleep In These Owl Cabins In France For Free, And Their Interior Is As Good As Exterior
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You Can Sleep In These Owl Cabins In France For Free, And Their Interior Is As Good As Exterior

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An adorable cabin built to resemble three forest owls is now ready for campers in the Bordeaux region of Southwestern France, and it costs absolutely nothing to stay the night. It’s part of an initiative encouraging city dwellers to get off the grid and experience nature, and we can’t lie – we’re dying to go for it!

The plywood shelter contains three floors, circular white beds, and an adjoined boardwalk overlooking nearby wetlands. Dubbed Les Guetteurs (“the watchers”), the timber strigidae were designed and constructed by contemporary art producer Zébra3, a project commissioned by artist-architect collective Bruit de Frigo as part of their Refuges périurbains (“peri-urban shelters”) campaign.

If you’re planning a trip to Bordeaux in the near future, you can book your free stay in Les Guetteurs – or one of the many other unique camping structures in the area – here. Honestly, who wouldn’t want to give up electricity for a few days to live inside a wooden trio of owls?

Image credits: Bruit du Frigo 

Image credits: Bruit du Frigo 

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Image credits: Bruit du Frigo 

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Image credits: Bordeaux Métropole

Image credits: Bordeaux Métropole

Image credits: Bruit du Frigo 

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Image credits: Bordeaux Métropole

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Sarah Laurent
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's in France ? For free ? Beautiful and amazing ? it will -unfortunately- be destroyed before November, i guess :'(

Marion Guy
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There are more : http://lesrefuges.bordeaux-metropole.fr/ We call them "Refuges périurbains" (= suburban shelters) And yes, it's free but it's like bying tickets for a Kanye West concert in Paris (better be connected at the first minute when booking is open ! )

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Sarah Laurent
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's in France ? For free ? Beautiful and amazing ? it will -unfortunately- be destroyed before November, i guess :'(

Marion Guy
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There are more : http://lesrefuges.bordeaux-metropole.fr/ We call them "Refuges périurbains" (= suburban shelters) And yes, it's free but it's like bying tickets for a Kanye West concert in Paris (better be connected at the first minute when booking is open ! )

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