Grounded 747? No, it’s a Hostel.

Travel Blog  •  Ben Keene  •  01.08.08 | 3:31 PM ET

Thanks to an entrepreneurial Swede, it may soon be possible to spend an evening in a Boeing 747 that’s been grounded at Stockholm’s Arlanda Airport since 2002. Oscar Diös, the businessman with the rather unconventional proposal, hopes to eventually open a chain of similar hostels at airports around the world.

Wonder if it was the average height of Scandinavians that led Mr. Diös to choose an 80-bed plan instead of repurposing the overhead compartments into some sort of bunk arrangement styled after Japanese capsule hotels?

Tags: Hotels, Europe, Sweden, News and Briefs

Ben Keene has appeared on National Public Radio, Peter Greenberg Worldwide Radio as well as other nationally syndicated programs to discuss geographic literacy and his work updating a bestselling world atlas. Formerly a touring musician, he has written for Transitions Abroad and inTravel.


1 Comment for Grounded 747? No, it’s a Hostel.

Eliza Amos 01.09.08 | 11:18 PM ET

Very clever ... This on the heels of the announcement that the Swedes will also begin warming Stockholm office buildings with body heat from the subway. Smart cookies over there.

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