Today we want to tell the story Faktum Hotel, the only hotel in the world without rooms. It is located in Gothenburg, the second largest city in Sweden. With just $ 10 you can book a night in one of 10 different places at your disposal: a forest, an abandoned building, a park bench. These are all en-plein-air, so you can try to sleep as a homeless man.
A
description of the hotel's "rooms" tells you everything you
need to know: "A stay at the Skeppsbron wharf assures you a
waterside vista in the heart of the city."
One of every six homeless people in Sweden live in Gothenburg, they are 3.400 circa. Most of them find a roof over their heads with a friend or at a refuge, but some sleep in the open air.
The
brainchild of Faktum magazine editor-in-chief Aaron Israelson, the
hotel plans to give its profits to support the magazine's charity
work, aimed at raising awareness of Sweden's homeless population.
Aaron told: “We don’t think politicians do enough. This is a
reminder of poverty and a way to get involved in an easy manner."
There
are a tonne of ways to think about Charity Campaigns, but this one is
just a tad different.
There
have been about 1,000 bookings so far. You can book one for yourself,
or as a gift for somebody else. Either way the money goes to the work
for homeless and socially vulnerable people.
More
info
website
Faktum Hotel
Photo
credit © Håkan Ludwigson - Faktum Hotel
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