# Urban Tube Hotels (UPDATE) Das Park Hotel Creates Rooms Out of Sewer Pipes By Chalaine Mantha | Published 2011-01-27 | World Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/das-park-hotel References: [nylonmag](http://nylonmag.com/nylonblogs/blog/2011/01/25/welcome-to-my-underground-lair/) & [dasparkhotel.net](http://www.dasparkhotel.net/index.php?lang=EN) I can definitely say that the Das Park Hotel in Austria is the strangest hotel I have ever seen. The rooms within the hotel are made from enormous recycled sewer pipes, but are surprisingly cozy-looking. The Das Park Hotel was designed by Andreas Strauss, who is hoping to open up more of these lodgings in different areas around Europe. The hotel is based on a "pay-as-you-wish" system with no set prices. Strauss says "We are happy to be able to provide another place for travelers, people who need a little time out from their everyday lives." ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 5.2/10 - Popularity: 78% | Activity: 69% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 70% men, 30% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [World](https://www.trendhunter.com/world) > [Travel](https://www.trendhunter.com/travel) ## Key Themes ### What Makes This Trend Stand Out - **Sewer Pipe Accommodations:** The unique concept of using recycled sewer pipes as hotel rooms presents an opportunity for disruptive innovation in the hospitality industry by offering affordable and eco-friendly lodging options. - **Pay-as-you-wish Model:** The pay-as-you-wish pricing model allows for disruptive innovation in the hotel industry to attract budget-conscious travelers and experiment with alternative payment structures. - **Sustainable Tourism:** Sustainable tourism aligns with the eco-friendly concept of sewer pipe accommodations and presents an opportunity for disruptive innovation in the tourism industry by exploring more sustainable and environmentally friendly travel options. ### Sectors Adopting This - **Hospitality:** The hospitality industry can use the concept of sewer pipe accommodations and pay-as-you-wish model to provide an affordable and unique lodging experience to attract more customers and gain a competitive advantage. - **Travel and Tourism:** The travel and tourism industry can experiment with sustainable tourism concepts and eco-friendly accommodations like sewer pipe hotels to align with changing consumer preferences and promote responsible travel. - **Sustainability:** Sustainability is a key theme for the sewer pipe hotel concept and presents an opportunity for innovation in sustainable building design and materials, waste reduction, and carbon-neutral operations across industries. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [One-Star Hotel Installations](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/one-star-hotel-riklin.md) - [Thin-Structured Indonesian Hotels](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pituroom.md) - [Mansion-Topped Surreal Hotels](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/marison-heler.md) - [Sculptural Concrete Hotel Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sleeping-lab.md) - [Retro Nightlife-Inspired Hotels](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/htel-chteau-deau.md) - [Mountainside-Inspired Bespoke Hotels](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bouchardon-hotel.md) - [Captivating Stilt-House Hotels](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mast-1.md) - [Stationery-Themed Hotel Rooms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/villa-fontaine-haneda-airport.md) - [Surrealist Story-Backed Hotels](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/maison-heler.md)