Thursday 23 June 2022 09:11 AM The 'ZERO STAR hotel' where guests pay £275 a night to sleep on a bed in a ... trends now
'I couldn't sleep,' and 'my room was too noisy,' may be complaints hoteliers dread from guests, but for the Riklin brothers that is the entire point of their latest 'zero star hotel' art installation.
The Swiss concept artists' hotel room, which costs 325 Swiss franks (£275) a night, is essentially a double bed on a platform, with two bedside tables and lamps. There are no walls, ceiling or doors to provide any privacy or shelter.
They have set up their null stern suite - German for zero star - on a roadside next to a petrol station in the village of Saillon, in the southern Swiss canton of Valais.
The intention is to make guests think about the problems in the world, the twin brothers said, and inspire them to act differently.
'I couldn't sleep,' and 'my room was too noisy,' may be complaints hoteliers dread from guests, but for the Riklin brothers that is the entire point of their latest 'zero star hotel' art installation. Pictured: Frank and Patrik Riklin pose on the bed of the anti-idyllic suite at the Null Stern Hotel
The Swiss concept artists' hotel room is essentially a double bed on a platform, with two bedside tables and lamps. There are no walls, ceiling or doors to provide any privacy or shelter
They have set up their null stern suite - German for zero star - on a roadside next to a petrol station in the village of Saillon, in the southern Swiss canton of Valais. Pictured: Saillon Mayor Charles-Henri Thurre is served by a butler in bed at the anti-idyllic suite of the Null-Stern-Hotel
The intention of the Null Stern Hotel is to make guests think about the problems in the world, the twin brothers said, and
