Travel Back in Time to Former East Germany

Posted by Robert Birming in Travel & Places on July 15, 2007 at 7:38 pm


Ostel

Travel back in time to former East Germany at the Ostel hotel in central Berlin.

Our guesthouse in the “Berlin Mitte” district offers you a unique experience. Travel with us back to the former East Germany, the GDR, starting with the original GDR furniture to a city tour in a Trabant vehicle.

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10 comments to "Travel Back in Time to Former East Germany"

  1. Jacob
    July 15th, 2007 at 9:28 pm

    Part of me really likes the look of that room.

    Another part of me is ashamed of that part of me.

  2. Gabe
    July 16th, 2007 at 12:33 am

    It's all about that wallpaper.

  3. Alex
    July 16th, 2007 at 1:15 am

    Does the wake-up call involve a knock on the door in the middle of the night?

  4. GeekAlerts
    July 16th, 2007 at 1:23 am

    It might Alex. But it's good to know that (from the about page):
    "And don't worry! So far no-one's been arrested at the border crossing..."

  5. Lasse
    July 16th, 2007 at 1:39 am

    i wonder if it involves the hotel management trying to recruit your spouse/friend to spy on you.

  6. fine
    July 16th, 2007 at 4:58 am

    This is "Travel Back in Time" (only). In my friend flat time stopped in '78 (and many many more flats are the same).
    P.S. I live in Poland, Kielce - my friend city :)

  7. liz
    July 16th, 2007 at 9:37 am

    Just like that movie - Goodbye Lenin

  8. GeekAlerts
    July 16th, 2007 at 1:05 pm

    I'm afraid I haven't seen "Goodbye Lenin", but I will.

    My girlfriend is actually born in former East Germany and recognizes A LOT of the interior design from the Ostel hotel. They didn't have much to choose from back in the old East German days. It was a very, very limited set of furniture you had to choose from. If you wanted a bed, you could pick Bed1 or Bed2. If you wanted a kitchen table, you could pick Table1 or Table2 - more or less.

    Believe or not, they had to queue for at least 10 years to get a Trabant. When they finally had the chance to get one of those cardboard cars, the wall came down. :)

  9. 3rdRome
    July 16th, 2007 at 5:04 pm

    groovy

    I notice wallpaper like that in contemporary Russian porn

  10. Sam
    July 16th, 2007 at 7:46 pm

    Anybody else noticed the neat illusion when you put that picture in your browser window and scroll it up and down a few clicks? Crazy.


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