<strong>Sausage hotel</strong>: Meet Claus Boebel, a fourth-generation German butcher who took his passion for making sausages to another level. 48-year-old Boebel founded the Boebel Bratwurst Bed and Breakfast in a village near Nuremberg, Germany -- it's a sausage-themed accommodation spot.
Sausage hotel: Meet Claus Boebel, a fourth-generation German butcher who took his passion for making sausages to another level. 48-year-old Boebel founded the Boebel Bratwurst Bed and Breakfast in a village near Nuremberg, Germany -- it's a sausage-themed accommodation spot.
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<strong>Celebrating cuisine</strong>: The hotel is adjacent to Boebel's family butcher shop. He lives next door, with his wife and two daughters. He says he decided to open the hotel to celebrate the traditional German sausage. "I like to travel around the world -- and when I travel around the world, I like different foods [and] food culture," Boebel tells CNN Travel.
Celebrating cuisine: The hotel is adjacent to Boebel's family butcher shop. He lives next door, with his wife and two daughters. He says he decided to open the hotel to celebrate the traditional German sausage. "I like to travel around the world -- and when I travel around the world, I like different foods [and] food culture," Boebel tells CNN Travel.
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<strong>Extreme decor: </strong>It's a pretty intense room experience, complete with sausages hanging from the walls as decoration.
Extreme decor: It's a pretty intense room experience, complete with sausages hanging from the walls as decoration.
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<strong>Forging connections:</strong> Boebel opened the hotel in this barn, pictured, next to his butchers, describing it as a "a place where people meet in Bavaria, in my home, and eat typical food and connect together."
Forging connections: Boebel opened the hotel in this barn, pictured, next to his butchers, describing it as a "a place where people meet in Bavaria, in my home, and eat typical food and connect together."
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<strong>Design-led</strong>: "I designed this hotel," says Boebel. "I would like it when I am on holidays, I like not only a normal hotel with white walls, water and electricity [...] I like a special experience, a nice design-themed hotel."
Design-led: "I designed this hotel," says Boebel. "I would like it when I am on holidays, I like not only a normal hotel with white walls, water and electricity [...] I like a special experience, a nice design-themed hotel."
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<strong>Destination experience:</strong> Boebel also makes the point that he's created a destination experience, attracting people to the village of Rittersbach. "The village is not spectacular," he admits. "It's not a castle, it's not a touristic site, but there is a hotel."
Destination experience: Boebel also makes the point that he's created a destination experience, attracting people to the village of Rittersbach. "The village is not spectacular," he admits. "It's not a castle, it's not a touristic site, but there is a hotel."
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<strong>Wurst nightmare?</strong> Some of the design touches are a bit creepy -- such as this butcher's knife reading "Zu den Zimmern" ("To the Rooms"), which acts as a guidepost.
Wurst nightmare? Some of the design touches are a bit creepy -- such as this butcher's knife reading "Zu den Zimmern" ("To the Rooms"), which acts as a guidepost.
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<strong>International visitors</strong>: Boebel says he's already had guests visit the hotel from across the world: "In the first four months. I have people from China, Japan, Nigeria, France, Italy, Sweden [and] Spain," he says.
International visitors: Boebel says he's already had guests visit the hotel from across the world: "In the first four months. I have people from China, Japan, Nigeria, France, Italy, Sweden [and] Spain," he says.
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<strong>Internet sensation</strong>: Apparently most of the guests enjoy the experience: "People who don't enjoy this don't book," says Boebel. "Because they see many pictures on the Internet before."
Internet sensation: Apparently most of the guests enjoy the experience: "People who don't enjoy this don't book," says Boebel. "Because they see many pictures on the Internet before."
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<strong>Small-scale</strong>: Boebel isn't interested in expanding the business -- he wants to keep it small-scale and friendly. "I want to be the owner who talks with his guests and not only just the operator who want to earn money," he says.
Small-scale: Boebel isn't interested in expanding the business -- he wants to keep it small-scale and friendly. "I want to be the owner who talks with his guests and not only just the operator who want to earn money," he says.
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