It146;s a plane. It146;s a hostel. It146;s Jumbo Hostel

Turns out this former Pan Am jumbo jet is no longer taking passengers to the skies, but will soon be accommodating them on the ground. Left inactive at Arlanda, Stockholm8217;s main airport, after its last owner went bankrupt, the plane was rescued by a Swedish entrepreneur looking to expand his hostel business. 8220;I got information about this airplane standing abandoned at Arlanda,8221; says Oscar Dios, who runs a hostel in Uppsala, about 32 kilometres north of Arlanda. 8220;I thought why not try to convert it into a hostel? Since you8217;ve been converting boats, light houses and trains before into hostels.8221;

Construction crews are working through the holidays to get the 25 rooms ready for the scheduled opening on January 15. Jumbo Hostel is already taking bookings.

The 6-square meter rooms are Spartanly furnished, with a bunk bed, an overhead luggage compartment and a flat screen TV with entertainment as well as flight information. Every inch of the 3,800-square-foot floor space is being used. There will be a reception and small cafeteria just inside the front entrance, two rows of rooms on each side of the aisle, and showers and toilets in the rear.