Ostel (Berlin)

Ostel
Ostel building in February 2012
General information
Town or city	Berlin
Country	Germany
Inaugurated	1 May 2007

Ostel was a hostel in Berlin. Located in an original Plattenbau, it was decorated in the style of Ostalgie. ^{[1] [2] [3]} Sometime in 2020, it has closed down.

Ostel room with an Erich Honecker photograph hanging at the wall.

It was inaugurated on 1 May 2007, and is decorated in the style of East Germany. ^[4] Clocks display the time in Moscow, Beijing and Havana ^[5] and the rooms are decorated with photographs of Erich Honecker. ^[6]

References

Media related to Ostel (Berlin) at Wikimedia Commons

1. "BERLIN NEVER RECOVERED AFTER THE WALL FELL" (retrieved January 5, 2018)
2. "Meine Nächte in der Stasi-Suite" ("My nights in the Stasi Suite") (retrieved January 5, 2018)
3. "Schlafen in der Stasi-Suite"
4. "East German hotel recreates communist era". NBC. 20 June 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
5. Andrew Kingsford-Smith (31 October 2019). "The Top Art And Culture Hotels in Berlin". Culture Trip. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
6. Nicole Crowder (28 October 2014). "Coming of age: East Berlin today, 25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall". Washington Post. Retrieved 14 September 2021.

External links

• Ostel website