Budget hotel: Germany

Superbude

HAMBURG (DE) - Nothing in Superbude is what it seems. The most ordinary items have been transformed into something completely different: plastic beakers into hanging lamps, mousetraps into memo boards, hundreds of jeans into a new sofa cover, plungers into coat hooks and beer crates covered with leather into ultra-cool stools. The luxury here is in the high-quality mattresses, expensive washbasins and the occasional genuine design item. And in the ambience. The staff are all around 30 years of age and the 74 rooms welcome a wide variety of guests, from backpackers to business travellers. As one guest summed it up on the (equally cool) info: 'Simply brilliant. Super style, super friendly, Superbude.'

Price per night per person: from €16 to €89
Address: Spaldingstrasse 152, 20097 Hamburg
Phone: +49 40 3808780
Architect: Dreimeta (Armin Fischer)
Date of completion: 2008