This imposing hotel in Berlin’s Charlottenburg district is a 120-year-old women’s prison with courthouse. It has been transformed in 11 years (!) by a family of architects into a fantastic minimalistic design hotel . Eye-catching… and what work has been put into keeping the soul of the building intact but making it a comfortable and beautiful hotel. This Hideaway is a must for design lovers! And I can tell you from experience… it is absolutely no punishment to sleep here!
This Hideaway is a monumental building with enormous grandeur, the old Stadtbad – public bath – dating from 1902. In 2011, the owners of the Language Centre behind it seized the opportunity to restore the bath and breathe new life into the building. The building still exudes the nostalgic atmosphere of the early last century but has cleverly integrated all modern requirements. The various rooms (including family rooms and flats) are very comfortable and little details have been thought of.
Okay, there’s special and then there’s very special… this hideaway in the heart of Cologne falls into the latter category. I often talk about how a hotel needs to have a soul… this is what makes it stand out from the crowd, and this hideaway certainly does. In this case, the soul of Michael Kaune, which perfectly matches the beautiful neo-Gothic building, the old city archive. Michael was looking for a place where he could bring together his love of design, art and beauty. Not a museum, but low-threshold and everyday, so that everyone can enjoy his wonderful collection of modern design.
This hotel is the embodiment of Berlin: a creative, social, alternative and modern melting pot. Not a standard hotel but rather the result of a group of friends and soul mates giving shape to their ideas! A place to gather for those of us who are young at heart and unconventional.