You Could Travel to Austria and Sleep in a Repurposed Drain Tube!

Creative Commons picture by Arkie Lad.
*Image not of actual hotel.
I have always been attracted to the allure of sleeping in a drain pipe. I don’t really know why. Perhaps it is based in a deep jealously of squirrels. On the other hand it could just be the romance of the idea.

It is now possible for my drain dream to be a reality (without the normal really-bad-smell or shrinking machine requirement). All I have to do is make reservations at that dasparkhotel and get to Linz, Austria.

Each room at the DasParkHotel is made from a section of really big cement tube (which they call “sleep-pipes” on their website). For comfort, a bed and side table are built into each tube. Additionally, the tube-room features electricity, a light, blankets, and cotton sleeping sacs. The round shape of the room also allows ample room to store stuff under the bed.

Unfortunately there isn’t a built-in bathroom or shower. For those amenities one must walk to the facilities provided by the park that the tubes are in. Oh yeah, did I mention that the tubes are plopped in a public park? They are.

How much does fulfilling this drainpipe fantasy cost? As far as I can tell from the website, that is up to each visitor. It seems to be a “pay whatever you feel like” system (they call it “pay as you wish,” but I like my version better). One just leaves some money in the tube when they leave.