Tiny houses in Oberhavel

Oberhavel is the district that begins where Berlin’s northern S-Bahn lines end. The Havel leaves the city here and spreads into a string of lakes – Lehnitzsee, Grabowsee, the Wandlitz lakes to the east – with pine forest and sandy heath between them. Oranienburg, the district town, has a baroque palace on the river and is the last stop of the S1 from Berlin. Beyond it the land empties quickly towards Zehdenick and the Schorfheide.

The tiny houses here sit on one site: a former farmers’ market at Schmachtenhagen, a few kilometres east of Oranienburg, that reopened in October 2025 as a resort with around thirty small units, a campsite, a natural swimming pond and a garden restaurant. The units range from 18 m² mirror-glass houses and igloo cabins for two to 35 m² pod lodges for families, some with their own sauna. It works as a weekend escape from Berlin without a car: S-Bahn to Oranienburg, then a short bus or taxi ride.