Sleep in a Jumbo Jet
in Sweden
The Jumbo Hostel at Arlanda
Airport near Stockholm, Sweden, is a hostel located inside a decommissioned
747-200 jetliner. It opened in 2008.
The hotel is located inside a
decommissioned 747-200 jetliner. The aircraft is a Boeing 747-212B originally
built for Singapore Airlines in 1976. It was later sold to Pan American where
it was registered N727PA and named "Clipper Belle of the Sky". The
aircraft later served with Air Club International, Transjet, Northeast
Airlines, Jet Midwest Inc, Tower Air, Nationair, Cathay Pacific, and Garuda
Indonesia. The last owner was Transjet which had Arlanda as base, but it went
bankrupt in 2002. The plane has been at Arlanda since then.
In December 2007, Sigtuna
authorities granted a building permit for establishing Jumbo Hostel at the
entrance to Arlanda airport. In January 2008, the aircraft was moved to a
construction parking site where the first phase of the conversion began with
the dismantling of the old interior, new paint and new decorations for the
rooms. 450 seats were taken out and the plane was sanitized completely. The
hostel was built like any building, subjected to the same demands on climate
control and insulation, adhering to all common energy standards. Heating is
achieved with an air-air inverter.
During the summer of 2008, the
plane was towed to its final destination at the entrance to Stockholm-Arlanda
Airport where it was placed on a concrete foundation with the landing gear
secured in two steel cradles. The hostel opened late December 2008.
The Jumbo Hostel has 27 rooms
with three beds in each, along with a more expensive "cockpit suite"
located on the upper deck. Altogether, the hostel holds 79 beds. All rooms have
a flat screen television where guests can watch the departure times for all
flights. Throughout the jetliner guests have access to wireless broadband. All
rooms share a shower and toilet in the corridor, except for the cockpit suite
and a single person room which feature their own. The Jumbo Hostel's café
allows guests and non-guests to purchase breakfast, coffee, pastries and basic
meals. The cafe provides microwaves for patrons to heat up meals they have
brought with them.
Copied from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumbohostel
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