SWEDE DREAMS
Swedish airport hostel in Stockholm allows travellers to sleep inside an old JUMBO JET
The Jumbo Stay Hostel is built into an old Boeing 747-212B plane - right next to Stockholm Arlanda Airport
PASSENGERS at this airport hotel in Stockholm can get some kip on a plane before they've even checked in.
The Jumbo Stay Hostel is built into an old Boeing 747-212B plane - right next to Stockholm Arlanda Airport.
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They have three different types of rooms to accommodate one to three adults, as well as a four-bed dormitory option.
All together, the hostel offers 76 beds - with the most luxurious found in the cockpit - providing views of the landing strip.
All rooms have access to private and shared showers and toilets in the corridor, apart from the Cockpit suite, the Black Box suite and one single room which boast their own shower and WC.
The cockpit suite is by far the most exciting of the rooms, with a bed right in front of the old control dashboard.
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There are also quirky round "engine rooms", which have been built into the space where the jet engines were under the wings - that come with their own outside entrance, and a black box suite that is built into the back of the plane.
Prices range from 450 Swedish Krona (£40) for a bed in a four-bed dorm to 1895 Swedish Krona (£168) for the Black Box suite.
There is also a cafe inside the plane that serves breakfast, coffee, cookies, ice cream, sandwiches and hot meals.
Visitors can also head out onto an observation desk on top of one of the plane's wings.
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Jumbo Stay is only five minutes away from the check-in counters at Arlanda - and guests can take a free shuttle bus.
Hostel owner Oscar Diös said: "I was getting ready to expand my hostel business in 2006 when I heard about an old wreck of an aircraft for sale at Arlanda.
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"The plane, a decommissioned model 747-200 jumbo jet built in 1976, was last operated by Transjet - a Swedish airline that went bankrupt in 2002.
"It was originally built for Singapore Airlines and later served with the legendary Pan Am.
450 seats were taken out and the plane was completely sanitised in its entirety, then it was placed on a concrete foundation with the landing gear secured in two steel cradles.