Tiny houses in Germany

The Harz is northern Germany's highest range, a witch-folklore landscape crowned by the Brocken and criss-crossed by narrow-gauge steam railways — a genuine mountain escape for a region otherwise short on real hills. The Bavarian Forest, in the country's southeast, borders Bohemia and shares its forest with the Czech Šumava, protected on both sides as national park, one of the largest continuous forests in Central Europe.

The Eifel, near the Belgian border, adds volcanic maar lakes and dark-sky parks to the mix, while Saxon Switzerland, southeast near Dresden, is the country's answer to a mini Grand Canyon: dramatic sandstone pillars and cliffs, including the famous Bastei bridge, cut by the Elbe.

Our verified stays here are all straightforward wooden cabins, mostly one or two bedrooms — simple, functional forest bases rather than architect tiny houses. May to October is the easy season for hiking across all four regions; the Harz and Bavarian Forest both add a modest winter season for snow. Our verified selection here spans a solid slice of Germany's own forested mountains, with more of the country still to check.

Three glamping tent-lodges round out Germany's forest cabins, two in the Lüneburg Heath and one on the Mecklenburg Lake District. The larger Heath lodge sleeps five across two bedrooms with its own bathroom and kitchen; its neighbour adds a hot tub and private pool for four. The lake tent is a simpler standalone for two. Rates start at €70.