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Where some see an industrial ruin, others see a warm home or a hotel where they can live an experience. Furthermore, many of these buildings house the essence of their city or, at least, a chapter from their past.

HMS Owl, Scotland

This former air control tower in the Scottish Highlands was built during World War II and used by the Royal Navy until 1957. Since then it had fallen into stark oblivion. One fine day it was discovered by Charlotte Seddon and Justin Hooper, a London couple, who upon seeing the old military structure decided that it was the perfect place to live. They bought the property in 2013 and five years later they opened their spectacular new home. Today they rent a guest room through Airbnb.

Thekrane (copenhagen)

We are used to being surprised by Copenhagen. His latest blow is this one-room hotel that occupies the engine room of a huge cargo crane that still populates the docks of Nordhavn , the old port area in the north of the city turned into a pioneering urban project. With a careful and stylish design, the windows allow the guest to attend the sunset and sunrise. Breakfast is taken to bed and the bicycle awaits at the door.

vienna house andel's (lodz, poland)

We now travel to Lodz, the fascinating Polish city listed as one of the coolest emerging destinations in Europe. Its former textile factories made it one of the great economic centers of the Russia of the Tsars. Today they have become essential places for the visitor, full of contemporary art museums, restaurants and hotels like this one, a faithful reflection of the industrial skeleton of the city. Of course, with an interior design that wins international awards. As a pearl, the rooftop pool that the architects of OP Architekten built in the water tank of this former factory.

Williamsburg Hotel, New York

In the quintessential hipster neighborhood in New York, millennial tribes coexist with Orthodox Jews and descendants of European immigrants. His buildings also speak of this gentrification: factories turned into luxury lofts and flagship hotels like this one. It is without a doubt a photogenic fusion judging by the continuous parade of influencers and fashion people who come to them for photo shoots. Here the pool is not inside, but just below the water tower, where there is a bar with stunning views of Manhattan.

titanic hotel (liverpool)

Unesco World Heritage, the historic docks of Liverpool tell the story of an abandoned factory area that re-emerges like a Phoenix in this century, especially after 2008 when the city was a cultural capital . Today, bars and restaurants that fill up, especially at night, are joined by hotels like the Titanic, also in one of those characteristic red brick Victorian warehouses. Directly opposite is the Tobacco Warehouse, which in its day earned the title of the largest brick building ever built.

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