Updated: September 21, 2017, 1:20 PM
7 hotels in unusual buildings
As the QE2 gets ready to open as a place to stay in Dubai, we look at other memorable ways to check in around the world
The Krane, near Copenhagen in Denmark, is an industrial crane which has been converted into a luxury hotel suite. The structure, on the edge of Nordhavn at the Oresund coast, has been turned into a luxury two-person private retreat costing €2,500 (Dh10,775) per night. Courtesy The Krane
The Jumbo Stay ('Jumbohostel') is a hostel that is a converted Boeing 747 airliner. It is located at the entrance of Stockholm's Arlanda Airport.
Every year, the Ice Hotel in Jukkasjarvi, Sweden, is built using ice from a local river. Tourists sleep in special sleeping bags on ice blocks.
Designer trailer and teepee camping at night at The El Cosmico campground in Marfa, Texas, USA.
Get a feel for prison life in this converted jail in Helsinki, Finland, now the Best Western Premier Katajanokka.
Watch the Northern Lights from the comfort of a luxury glass igloo at Kakslauttanen in Finnish Lapland.
The Underwater Suite overlooks an 11-million-litre aquarium at the Atlantis Hotel The Palm, Dubai.