Harbour Hotels
TheKrane Coppenhagen - One-Room Hotel In A Restored Crane In CopenhagenTheKrane  
Usually, when you think of industrial machines and docks, your mind doesn't rush to the luxury hospitality market. Yet, that is exactly what the Krane is. What used to be an industrial coal crane in the Copenhagen harbor is now a luxury two-person retreat. Yes, you read that right: a …
Accommodation types: Industrial
Location: Copenhagen  Denmark  West Europe
Euromast - The Observatory Tower In Rotterdam Where Rooms Might Rock A LittleEuromast  
Your room is 367 feet (112 meters) high in the famous Euromast tower in Rotterdam. Decorated in elegant 60s style, the building is designed to bend slightly in strong winds, so you may even feel your room rocking slightly. The room reflects the era when the tower was built, the …
Accommodation types: Tower
Location: Rotterdam  Netherlands  West Europe
Hotel Brosundet - Art Nouveau-Style Warehouse Transformation In NorwayHotel  
Brosundet
The designer boutique hotel, Brosundet, sits right on the waters of the harbor town of Ålesund. Snøhetta masterfully designed the interior of Hotel Brosundet. The Art Nouveau-style warehouse boasts 47 rooms that are all individually designed. They come with original wooden floors and panels and exposed brick; some even have …
Accommodation types: Design
Location: Alesund  Norway  West Europe
Faralda Crane Hotel Amsterdam - Million Euro Industrial SuitesFaralda  
Crane Hotel
The Faralda Crane Hotel in Amsterdam is well on its way to superstardom, even though it is a newly opened hotel. The three suites that make up the Faralda Crane, and yes, there are only three, are among the most expensive suites in the Netherlands. Each of the three suites, …
Accommodation types: Industrial   Luxury
Location: Amsterdam  Netherlands  West Europe
Spitbank Fort - Former Fort In A Revamped Hedonic CalculusSpitbank  
Fort
As you arrive via helicopter, Spitbank Fort initially looks like a military outpost from a classic strategy game like Red Alert or Total Annihilation. Indeed, when it was built in the 1860s its purpose was military: to defend Britain’s Portsmouth Harbour which was then one of the richest ports in …
Accommodation types: Fort   Industrial   Remote
Location: Gosport  United Kingdom  West Europe
Fort Leicester - Your Private Seaside FortificationFort  
Leicester
This fort was named after the first Earl of Leicester who was a 16th Century English statesman and close friend of Queen Elizabeth I. Originally designed to deter the French from invading England again, it remained an isolated post in the British channel until it was captured by the Nazis …
Accommodation types: Castle   Fort
Location: St. Helier  United Kingdom  West Europe
Traders Hotel - Tall And Twinkly In Hong KongTraders  
Hotel
Hong Kong is one of the world’s financial centres and is chock-full of infinite luxury so Traders Hotel must be pretty special to stand out against such still competition. And it does. It is situated right in the centre of the city. Near the galleries, business district and party hubs. …
Accommodation types: Skyscraper
Location: Hong Kong  Hong Kong  East Asia
Q Station – Go To Quarantine And Get Infected With A Love Of HistoryQ Station  
After pulling-off the typical European trick of killing thousands of native people with infectious diseases, early settlers in Australia set up a quarantine station in Sydney. The Q –Station housed all new immigrants to Australia for 40 days and functioned from 1830-1984. Much of the area and buildings have been …
Accommodation types: Ghost   Industrial
Location: Sydney  Australia  Oceania
The Crane Hotel - Awesome Harbor Crane Restored & RepurposedThe Crane  
Hotel
Blue Head, the Spider, and Long William are not sexual euphemisms but are actually nicknames for this old harbor crane which holds a special place in many people’s hearts. Apparently, it took a team of ‘history fanatics’ two years to restore it to its former glory and open it as …
Accommodation types: Industrial
Location: Harlingen  Netherlands  West Europe
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