Cutting edge, creative and just a little bit crazy, Berlin is one of Europe’s most dynamic cities for design, art, fashion, food and architecture as well as a hotbed of new hotel development.

Our home-from-home for Sleepover Berlin was the Michelberger – a funky, edgy and fun hotel which gives its guests a feeling for the ‘real’ Berlin in stark contrast to the city’s mainstream business hotels.

We drove Trabants, we watched the sunset over Berlin from a rooftop bar, we feasted on traditional German fare – just like Grandma used to make back in the day. Along the way, drinks were drunk, ping pong was played, and tours were taken with the creative minds behind the Michelberger.

Next day we dragged our guests out of bed to look at some new hotels and art galleries before taking them to a secret location (Pan Am Lounge, a private apartment where pilots and air hostesses kicked back in Berlin in the 1960s and 1970s) – for a farewell address from Design Hotels CEO Claus Sendlinger.

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