Hamster Hotel
November 18th, 2009If you could be any animal, what would you be? A bird, a dolphin, a lion… how about a hamster? Not your typical choice, perhaps, nor particularly glamorous, but apparently there are plenty of people actively willing to live like a rodent.
La Villa Hamster – a new themed hotel in France – has been booked out since it opened a couple of weeks ago. The one-room hotel offers a boxy space complete with bowls of grain, sawdust, a water tube to drink from, a bed you can only reach with a bit of a scramble and, most importantly, a human-sized hamster wheel on which guests can spin to their heart’s content. To help get into character, the hotel provides hamster head gear – a sort of furry hat-mask with ears.
La Villa Hamster
Creators of the Nantes hotel, Yann Falquerho and Frederic Tabary, were hoping to design an eccentric place that would be ‘very funny’. If the idea appeals, look out for the pair’s oddball humour this side of the Channel, as they have plans to open a similar space in London. Those not quite ready for life as a hamster better brace: their next idea is a hotel that takes you back to your roots – as in, your mother’s womb. Bet the hamster hotel sounds good now!
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November 18th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
Would that mean the main bookings they will offer will be ‘a womb with a view’?!
November 18th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Fantastic! Taking Creature Comforts to a whole new level… hurhurhurhur.
November 19th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
Not to rain on Yann and Frederic’s (now performing nightly in Las Vegas with a large, tamed hamster) parade but Transport for London has already cornered the market on living like cattle. I’m thinking living like a hamster wouldn’t seem that different, except you don’t get sweaty armpits in your face.
I’m guessing they settled on the hamster because it’s the only animal the French would never eat. A hotel themed around any other animal would consist entirely of a huge plate you have to run around as a giant fork stabs after you and garlic sauce rains down from above.
If I might be so bold… how about a Womble hotel in Wimbledon? ‘Yanneric’ could reuse the hamster outfits and it’d also reduce littering problems in the area.
November 20th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
How funny- I
November 20th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
Oops sorry for posting a bit early… How funny- I think I’d like a bit more space and would probably get verrry dizzy on the human hamster wheel, but perfect for the more escapist/ecentric amongst us!
March 22nd, 2010 at 1:56 pm
I can’t imagine anyone stayed there overnight! It’s a great idea, however! I’ll recommend it to my friends spending their holidays in western France this year.
Cheers
Walt