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A&O Plans 2,500-Bed Berlin Hostel for 2027, Touting Europe’s Largest

The €40 million conversion of a former office block near Checkpoint Charlie is positioned as part of the company’s €500 million expansion strategy.

Overview

  • The company targets an opening in the first quarter of 2027 for the Kreuzberg site.
  • Plans call for about 610 rooms and roughly 2,500 beds, with multi-bed dorms comprising about 69% of capacity alongside double and family rooms.
  • a&o says the project would lift its Berlin capacity to approximately 8,000 beds across the city.
  • The roughly 31,000-square-metre building will be converted by the structural contractor Anes, which previously worked on Berlin’s Estrel Tower.
  • a&o describes the property as Europe’s largest hostel, a claim not verified by an official ranking; Danhostel Copenhagen City currently cites 1,040 beds.