Check In at the Jumbo Hostel
We all know that long-haul jumbo flights can be tiring. But the Boeing 747-200 once built for Singapore Airlines in 1976, which was installed at Stockholm Arlanda Airport, is anything but boring. A few years ago, it became the first jumbo to be converted into a hostel. The aircraft, which bears the name 'Liv' after the daughter of the owner Oscar Diös, has been completely renovated since it was decommissioned in November 2002: So 450 seats out, beds in. After the last flights for Mecca pilgrims and vacationers to Mediterranean destinations, guests can now spend the night in a four-bed cabin, for example, from around 45 euros per night - breakfast and wireless Internet included. Washrooms and toilets are located in "the rear section of the plane", i.e. backwards, where the kitchen used to be. The cockpit has been converted into a suite, the "hump" is now a lounge, as is the front section of the main deck, where the reception is also located. The Jumbo Hostel can be reached by the airport shuttle bus (runs every 20 minutes) and is less than 15 minutes' walk from the terminals. Interest is high, early booking recommended to get a boarding pass for the room.
Jumbo history
March 19, 1976: First flight
March 30, 1976: Delivery to Singapore Airlines
June 26, 1984: handed over to Pan Am as "Clipper Belle of the Sky
From April 1991 to July 2002: several changes of ownership and in charter/pilgrimage service.
As of May 1, 2007: handed over to Oscar Diös, who already operates a 'normal' hostel in Uppsala.
www.jumbohostel.com
Kurt Hofmann
(January 2012)
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