June 22nd, 2007

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Ostel is a new budget hotel in Berlin that celebrates Communist retro chic.

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Rooms are furnished with Communist-era pieces rescued from private houses and second hand shops, and have nostalgic names such as Stasi Suite and Pioneer Camp.

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The hotel is located in a former East German housing block in the Berlin Mitte district.

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It also contains a Konsum store selling vintage souvenirs from the days of the German Democratic Republic.

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Posted by Marcus Fairs

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17 Responses to “Ostel communist-style hotel in Berlin”

  1. raúl Says:

    It looks clean, but it’s ugly and depressing.

  2. geoff Says:

    you better visit poland dudes ;)

  3. pezka Says:

    heheh come to Poland we still have many such “beautiful” places… and if you want more go to Ukraine or Russia

  4. dusoft Says:

    having lived in communism, I can tell that floors do not look communist a bit. Otherwise, they were pretty successful in imitating 70’s communist style.

  5. Zender Says:

    Ugly and depressing (forgetting the clean part…) = you are describing comunism :)

  6. Dan Says:

    Looks exactly like every other 60’s 70’s motel every where else in the world.

  7. Andy Says:

    I agree with Dan. Some nice pieces, but pretty much identical to 70’s capitalist USA. I actually find it less ugly and depressing than modern day utilitarian hotel room aesthetic.

  8. Shane Says:

    Obviously very 70’sI think the colours are very warm and autumnal. Hardly depressing. I’d have thought communist era blocks were more dank and grey than this. Hey, it’s cheap and looks funky. I LAIKE!

  9. 2rude4u Says:

    Very funny! It is explosion from the past.)

  10. Zender Says:

    Even though some of us never lived on those days, the pictures above make nostalgy grown inside of us…

  11. CVW Says:

    communist chic…hmm, that’s called an oxymoron, right?
    the bedrooms are cheap & cheery- thanks largely to metal bedframes and the color yellow - very functional but that lr is somwhere out of a small northern suburb’s bachelor apartment -d-r-a-b and a little scary too.

  12. Wilf Says:

    Jesus Christ… if that’s what everyone got for free under communism I’m signing up for the revolution. No more homeless, no more obscenely rich - Rupert Murdoch will be put to death, and we all get to live in seriously agreeable housing for FREE.

  13. jery Says:

    nostalgic names such as Stasi Suite? who the hell are you kidding? no one thinks of the stasi in a nostalgic way, the whole regime was geared towards total supression, this whole place is a depressing travesty. let the GDR stay dead!

  14. nollie Says:

    if you think this is depressing, come to Rhyl in North Wales! communism is preferable.

  15. Michael Says:

    Be happy that you have the ability and privilege to stay in a place like that. I’m sure 2/3 of the world (or more) would not have a problem with that. You really don’t need any more than that, especially if its a hotel. A Hotel room is for sleeping. If you find the room distasteful, they are actually doing you a favour by forcing you to leave the hotel and go explore something in the city :)

  16. Manuel Says:

    hello we help the people of Cuba to leave Comunism….

  17. Jason Says:

    I’d like to see some rooms from the Nazi era, those fascists had style!

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