Ostel (Berlin)

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Ostel
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Ostel building in February 2012
Ostel (Berlin)
Interactive map of the Ostel area
General information
Location Berlin, Germany
Inaugurated1 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. Berlin 06.05.2012 21-07-06.jpg
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

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  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.
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