Originally published in Commercial Interior Design


Inside the Sweden Beach Palace at The Heart of Europe

Want to show someone the world? Bring them to Dubai. Long a melting point of global cultures, the emirate’s portfolio of ambitious developments now includes The World.

The collection of man made islands, lying 4km from the shores of Dubai, are shaped into the continents of the world when seen from above.

Among this artificial archipelago, The Heart of Europe, which contains six islands, aims to create an unrivalled holiday and second home destination.

So far the Sweden island is the only complete project and by far the most bombastic. Covering 43,758 sq m, Sweden is home to 10 beachfront properties, which includes nine palaces and a mansion. The latter is four times the size of the others and is described by its creators as “both a curated sanctuary and a sophisticated playground.”
Kleindienst Group – established more than 30 years ago in Austria and Hungary and operating in Dubai since 2003 – is behind the project and its own interior designers and architects worked across the Sweden island, where construction sites took six months to prepare. Josef Kleindienst, chairman of the group, has previously said of the project: “We do more than luxury; we do the impossible.”
True to this word, the island looks like something straight out of a Hollywood movie. To get to the front door of the Palace, you walk through a man-made jungle. The trail contains 60 exotic plants, including giant banana leaf trees and bent palm trees….

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