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title: "The first container hotel opens in Tallinn"
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# The first container hotel opens in Tallinn

![Image](https://estonianworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Tallinn-Container-Hotel-1024x683.jpg)

By  [Silver Tambur](https://estonianworld.com/author/silver/)
  ·  February 10, 2020  · [Business](https://estonianworld.com/category/business/)
 · 1 minute of reading

### A former railway depot has been turned into a container hotel in Tallinn, Estonia.

Neighbouring Tallinn’s Baltic Station market and Telliskivi Creative City, a new container hotel has opened its doors – the first of its kind in Estonia.

![Image](https://estonianworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Tallinn-Container-Hotel-II-1024x683.jpg)

“The hotel rooms are built in shipping containers, which, despite their harsh facade and previous work as cargo containers, provide the ultimate comfort and everything you could expect from a hotel room,” Sten Tikk, the founder of Hektor, the company behind the development, said in a statement.

He added that the use of shipping containers in architecture is “an increasingly popular solution”, but this is the first container hotel in the region.

![Image](https://estonianworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Container-Hotel-Tallinn-Tiina-Liina-Uudam-1024x683.jpg)

The 84-room container hotel is located on the territory of the former locomotive depot and offers a new experience to up to 168 guests.

Images courtesy of Hektor container hotel.

## About The Author

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[Silver Tambur](https://estonianworld.com/author/silver/)
Silver Tambur, co-founder and publisher of *Estonian World*, studied journalism at the University of Tartu and politics at Birkbeck, University of London. He has edited Estonian Public Broadcasting’s English news and contributed to *Business Sense*, *Deutsche Welle*, and *Radio New Zealand*. He is currently editor-in-chief of *Trialoog*, TalTech’s business and research portal. You can also follow him on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/SilverTambur)
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