Hotel guest Michelle Ferrari can be seen through a peephole in a cell of a former official prison in north-western Germany. Photo: Friso Gentsch/dpa
The small cells are anything but luxurious, but that doesn’t seem to be putting off visitors to Fuerstenau Prison.
Since the prison in the north-western German town of Fuerstenau reopened in May 2019 as a hotel, dozens of guests, including a freshly married couple, have voluntarily slept in the hotel’s former prison cells.
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Gallery: Germany's Fuerstenau Prison is now a hotel
Hotel guest Michelle Ferrari can be seen through a peephole in a cell of a former official prison in north-western Germany. Photo: Friso Gentsch/dpa
Germany has a new hotel for anyone who's into self-punishment
Michelle Ferrari wears black-and-white striped prisoner overalls in a cell of a former prison in north-western Germany that’s now a hotel. — Photos: FRISO GENTSCH/dpa
Germany has a new hotel for anyone who's into self-punishment
Fuerstenau Prison in north-western Germany was built in 1720. Its cells have housed many convicted criminals, including a murderer and a horse thief who was executed in 1883.
Germany has a new hotel for anyone who's into self-punishment
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