Wednesday, December 17, 2008

World's First Zero Star Hotel

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BEDS are on offer for just £6 a night at the world’s first zero-star hotel — based in a converted NUCLEAR BUNKER.

But guests at the no-frills establishment will have to put up with hot water bottles rather than central heating.

And they will be given a pair of EARPLUGS to help blot out the racket from the ventilation system.

Standard beds at the austere Null Stern (No Star) hotel in Sevelen, near Zurich, Switzerland, are military-style bunks. Eleven pounds extra buys a “luxury” room, with “antique” beds from a condemned hotel.

Complimentary slippers are provided for walking across the icy concrete floors — while customers enter a draw to decide who gets the luxury of a hot morning shower. And with no windows, the only view of the outside world is via a row of monitors in reception.The bed-and-no-breakfast hotel began life as an art project by twins Frank and Patrik Riklin.

They turned it into a full-time business when interest grew, and plan to welcome their first guests early in the new year. They could convert 11 more bunkers if the first proves a success.

Patrik, 34, said: “Switzerland has lots more civil defense buildings. We’ve had inquires from all over the world.”

"I've worked some dumps in my days but this takes the cake!"

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4 comments:

Waiter Extraordinaire said...

Hey at least it looks clean.Ha Ha
Good post.

Don said...

Kudos to you for beating me to this article! Don't be surprised if I reference this in a future post (I'll link to yours).

Freakin' hilarious.

SlogBite said...

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Chef E said...

I cannot stop laughing...just read this to my hubby over the phone...we like to try different stuff, but this will not go on my list.