This Starless Hotel In Switzerland Offers Sleepless Nights To Reflect On The World Crisis

Riklin brothers starless hotel. (Face Book/Patrik Riklin)

JAKARTA - 'I can't sleep' and 'my room is too noisy' may be complaints hotel managers fear from guests. But for the Riklin brothers, that's the essence of their latest 'zero star hotel' art installation.

The Swiss concept artist hotel room is basically a double bed on stilts, with two bedside tables and a lamp. There are no walls, ceilings or doors to provide privacy or protection.

They have installed their aft suite zero, German for zero stars, on a side street next to a gas station in Saillon Village, in the southern Swiss canton of Valais.

The goal is to get guests to think about problems in the world, the twins said, and inspire them to act differently.

They've made similar beds in a beautiful setting, but this is their first 'anti-idyl' site.

"Sleep is not the point," said Frank Riklin, as reported by Reuters June 23.

"What is important is to reflect on the current world situation. Staying here is a statement about the need for urgent change in society," he continued.

Guests are invited in their 'half-sleep' to consider topics such as climate change, war and mankind's endless quest for perfection and the damage it causes to the planet.

"In short, now is not the time to sleep, we have to react," said Patrik Riklin.

"If we continue in the same direction as now, there may be more places that are anti-idylized than ideal."

The project, which has been developed with hotel manager Daniel Charbonnier, also features a further three stern zero suites in a more scenic vineyard and on a scenic hillside.

Please note, the suite, which comes with a butler offering drinks and breakfast, is available for booking from 1 July to 18 September. The price for this imperfect night's sleep is around 325 Swiss francs. Interested in trying?