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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6226946.stm

"Ostel" takes its guests back to some time before 1989 - an era of ugly
brown and orange wallpaper, spartan furnishings and Politburo portraits.

Boil in the bag nostalgia.

 

Not the first of its king, by a long shot. I read or saw a travelogue
several years ago that involved a similar place. The consensus seemed to
be "curious idea, horrible to stay at, why bother?"