26 October 2026
How sustainable are bubble tents? An honest check
A plastic dome and the word “sustainable” in the same sentence? We understand the raised eyebrow. Glamping in Germany is booming, and not everything that looks green actually is.
So here's an honest look: what is a bubble made of? What happens to the ground underneath? What makes a short trip to a bubble tent sustainable?
The material: free from harmful substances
Let's start with the shell – after all, you'll lie under it all night. Our bubbles are made from plasticiser-free TPU. That means they're free from harmful substances such as BPA or phthalates. You can slumber and snore here without a second thought. And it wasn't our marketing department that tested this, but DEKRA.
Sounds unspectacular? It is. And that's exactly how it should be: the spectacular part happens outside, above your heads.
Not a pop-up: bubbles that stay
You might know this from your feed: a photo spot, set up for one summer, gone again by autumn. Our bubbles aren't a pop-up phenomenon. They stay put for the long term, with hosts who know and love their land – winemakers, farmers, farm owners.
There's a reason for that: those who stay take care of their surroundings. And those who come back find their favourite spot exactly where they left it.
Gentle tourism: treading lightly
No forest is cleared and no slope levelled for a bubble tent. The domes stand on land that was hardly used before: at the edge of an orchard, between the vines, in a clearing behind the farm. Instead of a concrete foundation, there's an anchoring system that protects the ground. If a bubble moves on one day, grass grows there again – as if nothing had ever been there.
This is what gentle tourism looks like to us: nature remains the host. We're just visiting.
Solar power, solar showers, composting toilets
Some locations go a step further. There, the electricity comes from the sun, the shower water warms up in the solar shower during the day – and the toilet is an organic composting toilet.
Admittedly, some people flinch at the words “composting toilet”. After the first night, most of them wonder why there isn't one everywhere. A cycle just as nature itself invented it. The listing tells you which amenities your bubble has.
A short break nearby instead of a long-haul flight
And now perhaps the most important point. You don't have to fly to Iceland for a starry sky or to Canada for a sense of wide open space. With more than 35 locations in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France, your next bubble is often just a few hours' drive away. Sometimes even in your own region, which you've never seen like this before.
A holiday nearby means no time difference, no jet lag, no baggage carousel. Set off on Friday lunchtime and count your first star that evening. Slow travel, but with a short journey.
The best kind of sustainability: getting back outside
In the end, it's about more than materials and solar panels. Anyone who has spent a night under the open sky looks at nature differently. You listen again when the birds start up in the morning. You remember how rain smells on a meadow. And you want to get outside more often – on the next hike, into the next micro-adventure, into the woods behind your house.
Perhaps that's the most honest form of sustainability: protecting what you know. And getting to know what's right on your doorstep.
Ready for a holiday in nature?
Find the bubble closest to you – or give a night under the stars to someone who needs to get out again.