With hostels located in central Berlin, Copenhagen, Dublin and London, Generator Hostels has over 3,500 beds in Europe and attracts over 1.2million visitors from around the world each year. The hostel is opening its new site in Hamburg in Early 2012.

Offering guests everything they need to stay entertained, each hostel has a bar and travel desk where visitors can get free advice and book excursions. Additional facilities include luxury female dorms, en-suite rooms, single sex dorms as well as free bed linen and Wi-Fi at no additional charge.

Berlin is packed with buildings that date from different periods of its history – some famous, others less so – and the Cold War era of the city is no exception. We found this cool video on Motherboard.tv , which features a long-abandoned American listening station on the Teufelsberg in the west of the city…a fascinating glimpse of a different time.

Teufelsberg itself is a cool spot with an interesting history. The hill was built following the second world war with the rubble from the bombed buildings in Berlin and at 80 metres is now the highest point in the city.

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