1. Hello!

You’re very welcome to stay over in Vulpera from March ‘24 till I move to St. Moritz, which is available for friends, family, and close collaborators who got personally my invitation.

Vulpera is a tiny village next to Scuol, in the beautiful area of National Park (lower/unter) Engadin(e), which is all in the Kanton/’province’ Graubünden in Switzerland. 🇨🇭
This area, was previously a spa town/health resort, because of the unique forest of Arven trees/Swiss Pine and the many different natural water sources.

Address:
Chasa Belmunt
Apartment 306
7552 Scuol, Switzerland
+ Save location on Google Maps

You can always reach out via:
WhatsApp, it’s the easiest or marijnvo@gmail.com

Vibes:
Bring hiking shoes with socks, books/magazines, and card/board games (I brought Rummicub, Ligretto, and Spicy).
Hiking, cooking, making art, and watching movies it is!
Feel also free to bring your laptop when you can work on distance, just be sure you’re taking time for just being you.

Balance versus Abundance:
After reading & agreeing to what you read on this page, you can let me know when you like to come over.
Just tune in with yourself in which way you like to contribute. I offer this as a concept to also being able to stay over as a guest in other places around the world.
+ Pay it forward in your own way.
+ And/or if you prefer to pay your share (the Dutch way) by donation; it’s €700 per month, so €23 per day, which you optionally can calculate as contribution.

Donation details:
Cash or IBAN: NL90TRIO0391005030 (BIC: TRIONL2U)
Name: M.G. van Oosten

Apartment:
In Vulpera there is an apartment from a previous hotel, where I have space for 2 guests (it’s one room with 2 beds + bed bank, bathroom, kitchen, and balcony) and during the day I am in the artist's studio, which is within walking distance across the street.
It’s also possible to rent an apartment next to me, I need to confirm the availability.

Before Corona, I had always so many guests over from all over the world and family + friends out came over from other cities in the Netherlands.
So I thought, let’s keep this flow alive of sharing precious quality time together, in the combination of both following our own plan.

To make life a bit easier for everyone, I’ve set up this page, so it’s easy to blend.

House rules for both of us:
- Leave everything behind where you found it.
- Who breaks something, fixes/pay for it.
- Please don’t touch the art (!).
- When you want to use art materials or the car, please ask first permission.
- Because the space is small, there are no extra guests allowed, except for dinner.
Dinner guests are welcome, on request so we both know.
- Please talk peacefully after 22.00 since the walls/balcony/hallway are noisy.
- No loud music, because the neighbors are mutually respecting our peace too.
- When you feel tension, please share within 24 hours.
- If you want to bring or share food, please know I’m vegan.
- Kitchen + bathroom + shared spaces are always directly cleaned up, e.g. nothing is left in the sink.
- When staying longer than 3 days, please let’s clean together.
- When you stay longer than 3 days, you become a chef to take care of bringing out the trash, glass, and paper, because it’s not an AirB&B :-)
- No smoking allowed in the house, never. You can use the balcony at all times.
- Shoes are taken off at the entrance/hall.
When not respecting the rules, you’ll be friendly and asked to leave.

Always before leaving the house:
+ Turn off the heather.
+ Turn off the lights.
+ Close all windows and lock both doors.

In the drawer below the coffee machine, you find:
+ Your set of guest-keys
+ Wifi code
+ Public Transport card, please upload a similar amount of how much you’ve used, so the next person can use it.

Available:
+ Your own towels.
+ Any further instructions for machines, like the washing machine.
+ All basic necessities are available, only no hair dryer.
+ You can use the left half of the fridge.
+ Feel free to use any foods/drinks, just when you really use something fully, replace it within a day or so, to keep the balance alive.
+ Balcony on the South East, which means the morning and afternoon -when it’s shining-!

2. Area

Other places to stay:
+ Fundaziun Nairs, as my guest, see prices below.
+ Hotel Val Sinestra, it’s a Dutch hotel without wifi, but affordable, 20 minutes from where I stay, €82 per night, including 3x food per day and including Guest Card (free public transport, etc.).
+ Camping Scuol, within walking distance.
+ Other places are starting from €70-€100 per night and up.

Nature, hike directly from home:
+ Hike to Gasthaus Avrona (2,5 hours)
+ Hike/drive to Lake Nair, where you can go for a picnic or swim too (2 hours)
+ Hike/drive to Tarasp Castle (1,5 hours), also possible in combination with Lake Nair
+ Hike/drive to Fundaziun Nairs, where I stay in Artist Residency, also on the road you can try the different water sources that Scuol is offering (45 minutes)
+ Hike to Funtana Cotschna (3 hours)
+ Hike around mountain Pike Piz Pisoc (7 hours + 25 min by bus 913 from the bus stop at Coop)
+ Hike to Hof Zuort (2-hour hike + 25 min by car), near Hotel Val Sinestra
+ Jöriseen (8-hour hike + 1 hour by car)
+ Flüela Schwarzhorn (3,5 hour hike + 1 hour by car)

Sportive highlights in the neighborhood:
+ Saunas, thermal bath, swimming pools; spa Engadin,
3 hours entry is CHF 34.00 or Day admission is CHF 48.00 or Evening entry (19.30-21.30 pm) is CHF 24.00.
+ Freibad Vulpera (outside swimmingpool across the street)
+ Hallenbad Quadras (inside swimmingpool)
+ Ice hall Gurlaina
+ Ski area Engadin, starting from the 9th of December
+ Boulderhal Mountain Gecko
+ Reitstal horse riding San Jon

Nearby gems, 20 minutes by car:
+ Museum Susch

Practical and walkable spots in the neighborhood:
+ Supermarket Coop, 20 min walk
+ Bio supermarket Betschla, 25 min walk

Practical places:
+ Hausarzt Bogn Engiadina
+ Hospital Davos, 1 hour driving.
+ Bank (RaiffeisenBank), right now 1 CHF Swiss Franc is €1,04 Euro. On the way by car, I could pay with Euros and got Swiss Francs back at benzine stations.

Practical phone numbers:
- 144 for emergencies, is always working.
144 App is for when you’re deaf or hearing-impaired. Or use SOS as a code on your Iphone, it will direct you to 144.
- +41 081 864 12 12 Hausärztlichen Notfalldienst (Regio Unterengadin), for health emergencies where you don’t need an ambulance for.
- 117 Polizei, is for police calls without (?) emergency.
- 118 Feuerwehr, fire department.
- 163 Strassenzustand, road issues.
- 187 Lawinenbulletin, avalanche bulletin.
Note: +41 or 0041 is the land number.

Tip:
Download the offline map of Engadin on your mobile, so you always find your way offline, and save all locations (!) you want to visit in your Google Maps.