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Unusual hotels of the world: Stayokay Rotterdam in CUBE HOUSES, Rotterdam, Netherlands

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Channel: Recommended Hotels · 2016 · Travel & Events

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Overblaak 85- 87, 3011 MH Rotterdam, Netherlands
Description: Stayokay is in one of the famous cube houses, across from Blaak Metro Station. This unique hostel features a vending machine, a simple modern bistro and bar with a pool table. Free Wi-Fi is available.
The hostel has a 24-hour front desk and bike rental. Rotterdam Stayokay is a 10-minute walk from the Maritime Museum. The main shopping area is less than a 10-minute walk away.
This is our guests' favorite part of Rotterdam, according to independent reviews. 
Each of the simply furnished dormitory rooms at Stayokay Rotterdam has bunk beds, a shared bathroom with shower and a shared toilet. Guests can enjoy a buffet breakfast every morning.

Cube houses (Dutch: Kubuswoningen) are a set of innovative houses built in Rotterdam and Helmond in the Netherlands, designed by architect Piet Blom and based on the concept of "living as an urban roof": high density housing with sufficient space on the ground level. Blom tilted the cube of a conventional house 45 degrees, and rested it upon a hexagon-shaped pylon. His design represents a village within a city, where each house represents a tree, and all the houses together, a forest.
The houses in Rotterdam are located on Overblaak Street, right above the Blaak Subway Station. There are 38 small cubes and two so called 'super-cubes', all attached to each other.
As residents are disturbed so often by curious passers-by, one owner decided to open a "show cube", which is furnished as a normal house, and is making a living out of offering tours to visitors.
The living room of the "show cube" in Rotterdam.
The houses contain three floors:
    ground floor entrance
    first floor with living room and open kitchen
    second floor with two bedrooms and bathroom
    top floor which is sometimes used as a small garden
The walls and windows are angled at 54.7 degrees. The total area of the apartment is around 100 square meters, but around a quarter of the space is unusable because of the walls that are under the angled ceilings.
In 2006, a museum of chess pieces was opened under the houses.
In 2009, the larger cubes were converted by Personal Architecture into a hostel run by Dutch hostel chain Stayokay.

Most unusual hotels in the world: Stayokay Rotterdam in CUBE HOUSES, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
100% Verified Reviews:
Pluses: 
ocation is perfect, breakfast is good, staff is very helpful and nice, nice lobby with bar, computers, games and books. Highly recomended!
Interesting cubic look building. Attracts many visitors
Minuses:
Breakfast can be improved
The shower became hot than cold than very hot again and was the only thing I Did not like about My stay

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