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Recently overtaken, expanded, and revamped by a young husband-wife team, Hotel am Scheunenviertel is leaps and bounds better than its past incarnation as a bland tourist hotel. Nestled in above the popular, noisy, bar-lined Oranienburgerstrasse (where prostitutes line up at dusk), this hotel is close to everything—Hackescher Markt, Museum Insel, and Friedrichstrasse are a short stroll away; the U-bahn, S-bahn, and tram are even closer.

The hotel has an interesting interior befitting its lively surroundings. Guests can chose from three types of rooms. The first floor's older rooms have been jazzed up with new curtains and black and white photographs of Berlin. The second set of rooms have been redesigned and redecorated with whimsy. The “China Room” features deep red walls with metallic gold trim, paper lanterns, and lacquered Chinese furniture. Our favorite redesigned room is deliciously glam with its bubblegum-pink wall, a black vinyl bed, a mirrored, faux-vintage closet, and a black and white Matisse-style drawing.

The two highest floors are home to newly minted rooms, minimalistic with just a splash of color from hot-pink chairs and multi-colored throw pillows. In addition to small, modern bathrooms (some of which sport glass block walls), these singles, doubles, and triples have wall-mounted flat-screen TVs, narrow desks with orb-like lights, and streamlined wooden beds with built-in side tables and reading lights. The neatnicks (and clothes horses) in us, however, clucked at the lack of closets.

Other than the breakfast room, which is outfitted with marble café tables and curved black chairs, the hotel isn’t bursting with amenities. But am Scheunenviertel’s central location is ultimately its major selling point.

» Susan Buzzelli

Note: This hotel was visited by a EuroCheapo editor and is recommended based on cleanliness, location, price and overall quality. EuroCheapo did not charge this hotel to be listed.

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Oranienburger Str. 38
Mitte, Berlin, Germany

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