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A new hostel built inside a jumbo jet plane has now opened in Sweden's capital. And for those romantics who like flying high, a honeymoon suite is available in the jet's cockpit. For more news and videos visit ☛ http://ntd.tv Follow us on Twitter ☛ http://twitter.com/NTDTelevision Add us on Facebook ☛ http://on.fb.me/s5KV2C STORY: The new Jumbo Jet hostel at Stockholm's Arlanda airport offers flyers a whole new departure. Opening this week, the decommissioned Boeing 747 has been completely refurbished to accommodate travelers - but this time under different circumstances. The 450 seats have been stripped out and instead there are now 25 bedrooms and nine bathrooms. The nose of the plane has been converted into a reception area while upstairs there's a lounge. Staff are attired in cabin crew outfits. Like any other self-respecting establishment, the Jumbo Hostel also boasts a honeymoon suite - sited in the cockpit, naturally, and the only room on the plane with ensuite bathroom facilities. And the wedding theme doesn't stop there. [Gisela Olson, Jumbo Hostel Site Manager]: "This is the cockpit suite and you can stay here if you're celebrating something special or if you get married so we're going to have the "wing walk" and at the end of the wing walk you can get married." Sited within walking distance of the airport terminals, where up to 18 million passengers pass through every year, the hostel's owner, Oscar Dios is confident the enterprise will take off now that the biggest challenge has been overcome. [Oscar Dios, Jumbo Hostel General Manager]: "The most challenging thing with this project was trying to build something inside a metal hull - it's just really, really tight. It's very different from building a house." The construction issues resolved - the sky's the limit for Dios, who says he wants to build a fleet of jumbo jet hostels around the world.

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Besides the Milano Centrale train station and Giorgio Zattonni, there probably is not much the general skate public knows about Italian skateboarding. We first arrived in Rome and were promptly taken to their new skate park located across the street from Cinecitta Studios, just about every skater in Rome was there because who can resist a fresh concrete park. We had a chance to talk with Ale Martoriati and Alessandro Gargiulo about being a skater and sticking with it in football crazed Rome. On the way up to Milan we stopped in Savarna to meet up with Giorgio Zattonni, Italys first international pro, to talk a little bit about his personal history. Milan was the next destination, and we got a chance to skate with Max Bonassi, the recognized father of Italian skateboarding. Along with his long time friend, and important skater in his own right, Claudio Bernardini they run Bastard Clothing. The building that Bastard is housed in is old movie theatre outfitted with one of the most beautiful wooden bowls that hangs over the whole office. These might not be the most well know people in global skateboard history, but they certainly are some of the most die hard. Originally released in 2010 on http://VICE.com Check out more VICE Skate videos here: http://bit.ly/VICE-Skate Subscribe to VICE here! http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/VICE-Videos Videos, daily editorial and more: http://vice.com Like VICE on Facebook: http://fb.com/vice Follow VICE on Twitter: http://twitter.com/vice Read our tumblr: http://vicemag.tumblr.com

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