Jumbo jet hostel

This item appears on page 88 of the March 2009 issue.

By Arlanda Airport in Stockholm, Sweden, a Boeing 747 plane has been converted into a hostel, refitted with private rooms and dorm rooms. The Cockpit Suite sleeps two and has a toilet with shower. The other, smaller private rooms and dorm rooms share bathrooms in the hostel style.

Room rates are SEK350 (near $45) dorm; SEK1,200 ($154) twin-bed room; SEK1,350 ($173) private room sleeping one to three people, and SEK5,328 ($683) Cockpit Suite. Short-stay, day-room rates are available. A free transfer bus is available.

Contact Jumbo Hostel (Jumbovägen 4, SE-190 47 Stockholm Arlanda, Sweden; phone +46 [0] 8-593 604 00, www.jumbohostel.com).