Rent a little piece of Finland in the Koti installation comprising 6 wooden huts that are available on Airbnb for 100 days.

If like a true Scandiphile, you’ve devoured Jo Nesbø’s crime novels, watched back-to-back box sets of The Bridge, decked yourself out in head-to-toe Marimekko and made the pilgrimage to Copenhagen’s Noma, it’s time to check out the newest Nordic phenomenon ? a Finnish mökki in the heart of Paris.

In Finland many people have a mökki, or a small wooden cottage, where they spend weekends and holidays, especially in the summer. Most are very basic, often without running water, and they provide a connection to nature, a slower pace of life and a focus on quality time with family and friends. Designer Linda Bergroth has captured the essence of this experience in the Koti installation comprising six wooden huts and a communal dining table inside the Institut Finlandais just around the corner from Paris’ left bank.
“The Koti installation highlights the experience of a common, shared home,” Linda explains. “There are six little huts without soundproofing, and guests eat breakfast together. Yet people are not forced to speak but can be together quietly, and not talking is completely okay. Instead of well-known design products, I think we should highlight the Finnish ways of sharing. This is what the little village of aitta guest houses for Koti aims to achieve. It is a bit crazy and experimental exp...