The Heart of Europe - Sweden Island

Sweden Island, part of The Heart of Europe development on The World Islands off the Dubai coast, presents a single furnished palace of 21,560 sq ft across seven bedrooms, priced at AED 125 million. Developed by THOE and completed in Q4 2024, it is one of ten residences on the island, each conceived as a freestanding beachfront estate rather than a conventional apartment or villa.

# An Island Address Off the Dubai Coastline

The World Islands sit roughly four kilometres offshore from the Jumeirah Beach strip, a man-made archipelago arranged in the rough outline of a world map. Sweden Island occupies its own discrete parcel within that geography. The scale is notable: ten palaces, no shared tower, no podium crowd. The architecture draws from Scandinavian reference points, specifically the inverted hull form of Viking longships, rendered at a scale that makes the cultural nod structural rather than decorative. From the water, the rooflines read as a series of curved, boat-derived profiles facing the Arabian Gulf.

Construction is complete and the project is registered under escrow account 001582085035901.

# Seven Bedrooms, 21,560 Sq Ft and a Furnished Interior

Each palace at Sweden Island is a single-title, seven-bedroom residence spanning 21,560 sq ft. That footprint accommodates a grand reception room positioned on the upper floor, where a full glass roof and panoramic window wall face the open sea. The top floor also functions as an entertainment space with the glass roof as its defining architectural feature.

# Bentley Home Furnishing

The interiors arrive furnished by Bentley Home, the furniture line associated with Bentley Motors. The specification draws on materials and craft techniques familiar from automotive interiors: handworked leathers, precision joinery, considered upholstery. For a buyer purchasing at this price point, the relevance is less about brand association and more about delivery: the residence is ready to occupy without a separate fit-out phase.

Private gardens, described as exotic and extensively planted, surround each palace. Each residence holds its own section of white-sand beach and direct ocean frontage.

# Amenities That Sit Within the Residence Itself

The amenity list here is almost entirely private rather than shared. A dedicated gym and spa sit within the residence alongside a sauna and a snow room, the latter a cooled chamber common in Scandinavian wellness culture. The coral reef garden and exotic garden extend the outdoor territory beyond the beach. Service charges run at AED 25 per sq ft annually.

There are no communal facilities listed beyond what each individual palace contains, which is consistent with the island's positioning as ten discrete estates rather than a resort or managed community.

# A Location Defined by Water, Not by Road

Access to Sweden Island is by boat. The mainland proximity is Jumeirah, placing the island roughly in line with Dubai's central coastal strip, within reasonable transfer distance of business districts and the international airport. The separation from the road network is the point rather than a limitation: it is the primary mechanism through which the privacy proposition holds. Helicopters and private tenders are the natural transport modes for a residence at this level.

# Who Buys a Single Island Palace at AED 125 Million

This is a narrow market. The buyer profile is likely a principal residence or significant second-home purchase for an UHNWI seeking a Dubai foothold that carries none of the characteristics of a city apartment or gated community villa. The combination of island separation, Scandinavian architectural identity and a Bentley Home interior places this outside the standard luxury residential categories that dominate Palm Jumeirah and Downtown Dubai.

For international buyers from Europe or the GCC already familiar with private-island ownership in the Maldives or the Caribbean, Sweden Island presents a comparable proposition within Dubai's regulatory framework and zero personal income tax environment. One unit, fully complete, ready for handover.