Jan 29 2009
Unusual Hostel - Stay in a Jumbo
Well the Swedes do it again. We reviewed the hostel on the boat in central Stockholm, now there is a new budget option to stay in a plane at Arlanda - Stockholm’s major airport!
The Jumbo Hostel combines several inprobable concepts: a cheap airport hotel, a cheap comfortable bed in a plane and a cheap hotel in Sweden! Yes this really is a decommissioned 747 - which once flew for Pan-Am but ended up a wreck whichhas been refurbished into a hostel near the entrance to Stockholme’s Arlanda airport.
There are 25 rooms in total most of which are 3-bed dorms with a facilites down the corridor. The exception is the deluxe flight-deck suite which includes an en-suite. All rooms have a flat-screen TV which includes information for arrival and departure. There is wifi throughout the Jumbo hotel and also an onsite cafe open to the public.
Rates start at around US$43 (350SEK) for a dorm bed to US$411 (3,100 SEK) for the cockpit room. Not exactly cheap for a hostel - but not bad for a unique experience at an airport hotel!
Uniquely there is an observation deck on the left wing for those 0f you who always wanted to climb out on the wing of 747-200 but never quiet dared to! Not sure what it is with Europe and re-purposing structures into hostels - but I think I like the idea of this one better than that off a nuclear bunker
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