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Propeller Island (Berlin, Germany)

9/26/2014

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By Jed

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It's a weird start to your stay when your check-in is delayed a few hours because a Polish television crew wants to film your room. Such is life at Propeller Island City Lodge in Berlin, one of the strangest hotels in the world.

Propeller Island is the brain child of Lars Storschen, a weird German modern artist. Each room is unique, ranging from slightly odd to completely wacky. When you book your room, you can choose which of the 30 rooms you would like to stay in, depending on your tolerance for the bizarre. Each room is also equipped with its own soundtrack that plays over speakers.

We opted for the “Space-Cube” room, were the main feature is a bright, lit-up divider between the bed that glows and can be raised or lowered with a crank. There is also a metallic propeller above the bed, blue glass windows in the bathroom and a light-up chair. It is a bit hard to describe, but you can see the room in the pictures below.
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With Divider Up
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With Divider Down
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We had the chance to sneak peeks at some of the other rooms as well. One is the “upside down” room, where all the furniture is on the ceiling and the floor is completely empty. The real furniture that you would actually use is hidden in compartments under the floor.  Another room features hundreds of mirrors displayed in different angles around the room. One of the rooms has a bed suspended in the air by giant logs. 

Some of the rooms really push the boundaries of one's comfort zone:such as one with beds in two suspended lion cages, the one that has a 1-way mirror to the room next door that you can choose to let your neighbor peer into your room and the one where you sleep in coffins! But don't get too excited, there is a big sign next tot he coffin that says “no sex in the coffins!”

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Despite an overall eerie feeling, we enjoyed our one night in the weird (but not too weird) room that gave us an experience a bit different then a typical AirBnB. Somehow a hotel like this in Berlin, with it's distinctive culture, seems to fit just right.  If you want to see the rest of the rooms, you can find pictures and descriptions of all of them on their website: http://www.propeller-island.de/rooms_neu/room_detail/11/index.php And if you are interested in going, hurry up as they are only open for 1 more year!

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Dan G. link
9/28/2014 05:11:30 am

OMG, this is nuts! Important question: Can you swing around on the metallic propeller? If yes, important follow-up question: Did you? I hope the answer to both questions is yes.

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Jed
9/30/2014 06:23:10 am

Unfortunately, the answer to both is no. They let you do some weird things in that hotel, but swinging from the propeller apparently is not one of them =(

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Dan G. link
9/30/2014 08:20:09 am

LAME.

Lindsay
10/21/2014 05:05:08 am

Were you able to turn off the light on the illuminated divider? If no, important follow-up question: did you get any sleep?

Also, did you find out what happens if you touch the walls in the Landscapes room? ("Guests ought not to lean themselves or their belongings on the wave-shaped wall - like in the average museum: 'Please do not touch'. Trust is better than guardrails!")

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Jed
10/23/2014 03:13:38 am

Fortunately (very fortunately), there was a light switch for the divider. There was also luckily a safety bar holding it up because it was HEAVY and I was quite scared of it falling down on top of me whilst sleeping.

No feedback for you on the walls in the Landscape room. Wish I had now though to see what would have happened.

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