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Sleeping Around Pop Up HotelWhen you book a night's stay at Belgium's <a href="http://www.sleepingaround.eu/" target="_blank" rel="t">Sleeping Around Hotel</a>, you'll need your GPS to find it. There is no street address, no landmarks to reference, and no signs pointing you the way. That's because Sleeping Around is a "pop-up" hotel that is constantly on the move. Made from six 20-ft recycled <a href="http://inhabitat.com/architecture/m2e-power/">shipping containers</a>, the hotel moves at will to new locations to provide its guests with fresh views and experiences. The four bedroom hotel is currently on a riverfront location in Antwerp and will soon be on its way to a new locale.1
Sleeping Around Pop Up HotelPop Up stores are pretty common, but hotels aren't mostly because of the need for reliable and consistent infrastructure.2
Sleeping Around Pop Up HotelThe makers of <a href="http://www.sleepingaround.eu/" target="_blank">Sleeping Around</a> wanted to apply the same principles of pop-up retail shops and eateries to the hotel business.3
Sleeping Around Pop Up HotelShipping containers provide the perfect space in which to make that happen.4
Sleeping Around Pop Up HotelTheir sturdy exterior, closable doors and accepted transportation capabilities allow them to be moved wherever and whenever.5
Sleeping Around Pop Up HotelCity-sized cranes simple lift them up onto a truck bed and then they are moved to the next location.6
Sleeping Around Pop Up HotelRight now the four-bedroom hotel is sitting <a href="http://www.sleepingaround.eu/locatie.asp?taal=en&id=JPGMPRN0" target="_blank">on the banks of the Schelde canal</a> in the heart of Antwerp near Rijnkaai Number 150.7
Sleeping Around Pop Up HotelIn September of 2012, Sleeping Around was at the TV Show Villa Vanthilt near the Mas in Antwerp and then in October it was in the Exhibition Interior in Kortrijk.8
Sleeping Around Pop Up HotelSoon the hotel will move on to its next location with new views and new surroundings.9
Sleeping Around Pop Up HotelGuests of Sleeping Around will enjoy their own room complete with a bathroom, a floating box-spring bed with high quality linens, an XXL Hansgrohe Raindance Shower, and a Dyson air conditioning system.10
Sleeping Around Pop Up HotelAnother container serves as the lounge and breakfast room and soon a 6th container will be the sauna.11
Sleeping Around Pop Up HotelRooms start at around €149 a night and the hotel can be booked out for special occasions.12
Sleeping Around Pop Up HotelCraning the hotel rooms into place.13
Sleeping Around Pop Up HotelSetting up Sleeping Around Hotel is as easy as opening the doors.14
