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Crane Hotel Offers One Room and One Amazing View

If you want a night in a lifeboat, a lighthouse or in a crane, you might want to head to the picturesque port of Harlingen in the Netherlands. Dutch businessman Gosse Beerda offers all three hotel options for a trio of some of the world's most unusual hotels.

Bloomberg reports that the Crane Hotel was a functioning harbor crane used to unload timber until 12 years ago when a bigger industrial harbor was built nearby. The machine room of the crane is now a cozy room for two 55 feet high. Guests in the room can also head up to the control room and swing the cabin around. A Dutch breakfast is delivered in a lift and there is a small patio.

The lighthouse is also a one-room hotel and an old English lifeboat can be rented. Because each venue only has one room there is a long waiting list, up to a year in the case of the lighthouse and eight months for the crane. A night in either the crane or the lighthouse costs 319 euros.

Gallery: One Room Hotel

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Mega-Yacht Marina Planned For British Columbia

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Yachts & Sailing, Real Estate Developments

British Columbia's waterfront condo market is booming but I hadn't considered that the ample waterfront space might also be a spot for luxury yachts. The Vancouver Sun reports on the proposed mega-yacht marina which is scheduled for Victoria in 2009. The planned $20-million, 48-berth marina at Songhees would attract larger yachts ranging from 65 to 140 feet long and is designed to offer a permanent place for these larger yachts. The marina will be located at the entrance to the Victoria Harbour and will consist of two symmetrical one-story buildings that will sit at either side of a 46-slip marina. The architecture of the buildings will mimic the look of a yacht setting out to sea, with sweeping bows, squared off sterns, and solid stainless steel rigging. From above, the view of the rooflines will look like a stylized yacht propeller. In addition to the Yacht Club facilities, the marina buildings will also include a public restaurant and lounge, the Harbour Heritage Coffee House, as well as a supplier of marine provisions and a yachting concierge marine management center.

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Tags: british columbia, harbor, marina, victoria