If you can’t get enough of a Billy Bookcase or the Malm Collection, then this Austrian hostel is perfect for you.
A group of travelers were both excited and surprised when they arrived at their hostel in Vienna and found it inside an Ikea.
TikTok user Jess Braun posted a short clip of her Ikea hotel experience after staying at the Jo&Joe Hostel.
In the 14-second clip, Jess showed off the multi-storey homewares store, which is located on the store’s top two floors.
Jess (pictured) and her travel companions stayed in Vienna, surprised to find their hostel was located INSIDE an Ikea
Jess showed their journey to their fifth floor hostel as they made their way through the shop to reach the entrance
She filmed them arriving at the store and walking through the showroom through the lower floors among customers before arriving at their destination.
“When your hostel is literally in an Ikea in Vienna,” Jess captioned the video.
“Honestly, being one floor above the Ikea food court is a 10/10 rating from me,” the excited traveler enthusiastically captioned the clip, which has been viewed more than 1.2 million times.
Jess (pictured) has documented her travels online
According to the Website of the hostel worldLocated on top of the HÜS at the Westbahnhof in Vienna, Jo&Joe is the world’s first downtown Ikea, located on the fifth and sixth floors of the Swedish store.
“(There is also) a beer garden on our 1,800 sq. ft. roof terrace on the 7th floor with bars in converted shipping containers,” the website continued. ‘Sounds amazing? Yes it is!!!’
According to its website, the trendy hostel offers private rooms, dormitories and atypical configurations.
Rooms range from $53 per night for a bed in a mixed dorm to $640 per night for a private bedroom for 10 people, according to hostelsworld.com.
TikTok users were stunned – and excited – by the prospect of being just an Ikea-issued paper tape measure away from having Swedish meatballs within reach.
“That Ikea was the highlight of my trip,” says one user enthusiastically.
‘This was my FAVORITE thing on my backpacking trip!! Don’t forget the rooftop bar :)’ one user suggested.
“Come back drunk and just sleep in a display bed,” another joked.
From the outside, the Jo&Joe Hostel in Vienna looks like an ordinary Ikea in the city center
You can get a good night’s sleep AND do some furniture shopping when you stay at the hostel in Vienna
The modern hostel has a rating of 9.1 on hostelworld.com and offers private rooms, dormitories and atypical configurations
TikTok users were stunned – and excited – by the prospect of remaining just an Ikea-issued paper tape measure away from Swedish meatballs within reach
Others pointed out some difficulties they had finding the entrance to their accommodation.
“I once booked this hostel, but I arrived at night and the Ikea was closed… I looked for forever for the elevator outside,” one TikTok user wrote.
One TikTok user had some inspiring words for all the guests who wanted the Ikea experience.
“All Ike’s are hostels, if you’re brave enough,” they pointed out.
Although it is not an Ikea hotel, but rather a hostel on top of an Ikea, there is an Ikea hotel for every lover of the Swedish furniture giant.
Located iIn Älmhult, Sweden, the hotel opened in the 1960s, but has since undergone several expansions, going from the original 25 rooms to 254.
The rooms are simply furnished with – as you would expect – Ikea furniture, including high-tech floor lamps that double as wireless chargers.