Text and Photos © Cesare Zucca
While in Munich, I had the pleasure to stay in the ‘one and only’ Design Hotel The FLUSHING MEADOWS, Fraunhoferstraße 32. The pleasant surprises started with the Glockenbachviertel district where the venue is located, which is not only home to Munich’s gay and lesbian scene, but a destination for a hip young crowd of all backgrounds.
The area offers fashionable bars, snug bistros, trendy stores and supercool shops, all nested in one of Munich’s most picturesque boroughs.
At your arrival, downstairs on the street, your are welcomed by a small bar serving fresh juices, including their popular Super Danke, a green multivitamin shake. 
Let’s get in. By a metallic elevator I reached the reception on the 4th floor, where Ramon and lovely Aglaia escorted me to a definitely surprising room on the 3rd floor. 
Let me tell you that all the 16 rooms are different and each of them is dedicated to local celebrities who designed them, including Michi Beck ,
member of the well-known German hip hop group Die Fantastischen Vier , while the 4th floor rooms has been designed by the owners.
My room 305 was styled by the local techno musician, DJ Hell. 
Black was the inspirational color, including a metal skeleton band stand in an alcove and a vinyl record player ready for action.
Actually it couldn’t be more appropriate, since myself I have been spinning records for many years, back in the ’80 Milan disco scene.
Totally different atmosphere for the other room I experimented, the 306,
that offered a combo of high-tech furniture, sound proved walls and 2 pretty romantic feathers ceiling lamps, ballerina style.
Other additions include a Nespresso machine, coffee capsules, 
complimentary bottles of mineral water, and a pile of trendy magazines to flick through. 
The bathrooms are a sleek combination of white tiling and copper details on the powerful showers. Super comfy mattresses, private access to the rooms, free WiFi.
Guten Morgen!
A rich and healthy breakfast is served till noon (or even later) in the nice roof top bar with its little terrace overlooking the City.
‘Be cool’ is staff’s password.
Original and unconventional, Flushing Meadows is undoubtedly the coolest place to stay in Munich.
I ‘ll go back …After all, I ‘ve got 14 more rooms to discover and …more surprises waiting…
for more info
The Flushing Meadows Hotel & Bar”
Fraunhoferstraße 32, 80469 München, Germany
Phone: +49 89 55279170
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