Gastwerk

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Individual ratings for Gastwerk

Location
Located in Bahrenfeld district on the west side of Hamburg.
Ambience
Urban, and full of character. Raw industrial design tempered by a snug modern interior.
Infrastructure
Restaurant with large patio, bar, art gallery, small spa with sauna, steam room, and two treatment rooms for massages and beauty care, bike rental, complimentary parking.
Culinary
On weekends, breakfast is served through 13:00 CET for late risers. Creative, international cuisine at the "Mangold" restaurant, open for lunch and dinner.
Rooms
141 starkly modern rooms and suites with exposed brick walls. All are decorated in warm, earthy colours and feature extra-long double beds (210\_cm in length), iPhone docking stations, and complimentary WiFi. Rooms of the "Loft" category and higher come with an Illy espresso machine each.
Service
Very hospitable, efficient and attentive. Here you are greeted with honest smiles.

Gastwerk Hotel, Hamburg

Red brick, industrial design, and loft ambience: No other hotel in town captures the spirit of Hamburg more aptly than the "Gastwerk," the name a pun on "Gaswerk," the former gasworks once housed in the same building. Well-known German hotelier Kai Hollmann turned the decommissioned gasworks into "guest works," as it were. Entering the lobby feels as if you were stepping back into the open again. The huge airy hall, 600\_sqm in floor space and five stories high, greets guests with its sheer vastness. Ample enough to store 5,000\_tons of coal, the industrial structure is now criss-crossed by skywalks connecting the various level and building sections. Bright daylight fills the hall, lending a feeling of translucence to the building. While you will encounter exposed brick walls everywhere you go, there is nothing confining about them. Like a stage set, you will also find visual reference points to get your bearings, such as the enormous church clock behind the reception, its hands permanently stopped at five to twelve. This charismatic 4-star hotel stages its harmonious blend of new design with period architecture in amazing ways.
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In the art studio of Georgios Engonidis (Giorgio), you cannot only acquire artwork but also experience it first-hand by getting active.
The location – well off the beaten track! You should have a soft spot for the Altona borough in the west of Hamburg, or find another good reason to stay here for several days.

Location: Hamburg | Hamburg

Gastwerk
Beim Alten Gaswerk 3 · 22761 Hamburg

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