Åsgårdstrand, Norway
Greenpeace environmental activists protest and chain themselves to the Russian oil tanker Ust Luga, to prevent it from docking at the Slagentangen oil port (owned by Esso, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil)and unloading $116 million worth of jet fuel on April 25. The activists object to the Norwegian government continuing to import Russian fossil fuels in light of the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
These private retreats all share a warm, wild spirit and a focus on sustainability, even if their decor styles, locales or building materials differ wildly.