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Aston – the submarine hotel
Front desk opening hours
Breakfast
Evening buffet
Internet access
Drinking water
Laundry service
Phone
Non smoking / Fire alarm
Aston – the submarine hotel
U137 was a Soviet Navy Whiskey-class submarine. it ran aground on 27 October 1981 on the south coast of Sweden, approximately 10 km (6.2 mi) from Karlskrona, one of the largest Swedish naval bases. At the time, the incident was generally seen as a proof of widespread Soviet infiltration of the Swedish coastline.
By the night of October 29, the news of U137 had reached the whole world and journalists from near and far made a pilgrimage to Karlskrona. Hotel Aston housed both Swedish and Soviet journalists – without them knowing about each other – and since then Hotel Aston has been popularly known as the Submarine Hotel.
The grounding came to be called Whiskey on the rocks…
Since then, countless submarine crews have been staying in Aston – as you can see on the hotel walls.
Front Desk opening hours
Sunday – Thursday 06.30 am – 10.00 pm
Friday – Saturday 8.00 am – 10.00 pm
You can reach the front desk by dialing 9 on the telephone in your room.
When the front desk is unattended, please call +46 455 194 70.
An answering machine will tell you how to reach the duty manager on call.
Some deviations in opening hours may occur – especially during weekends
Breakfast
The breakfast is served in the same floor as the front desk. Schedule your breakfast time at the front desk.
Monday – Friday 06.30 am – 10.00 am
Saturday – Sunday 08.00 am – 10.00 am
During our opening hours you can treat yourself to coffee/te and home baked cookies.
Evening buffet
Monday to Thursday, September to May we´ll also treat you to a small evening buffet between 5-8 pm
Something simple and home made – for example a soup, sallad, stew or grilled sandwiches. You can buy sodas, beer and wine at the front desk to go with the supper.
Internet access
We have wireless internet in the entire hotel as well as lobby and breakfast room. The internet access is free of charge for all our guests, but it requires log in information. Connect to Aston_Guest, the password is Letmeinwifi
Drinking water
Karlskrona has one of the best drinking waters in the world! Use the glasses on the desk and drink water straight from the tap.
There´s also a selection of cold drinks to buy at the front desk.
Laundry service
Do you have dirty clothes that you need help with?
Put your laundry in the bag hanging in the closet and notify the front desk staff. To get your laundry done the same day you must leave it at the front desk before 09:00 am. Contact the front desk for pricing.
Phone
You can use the phone available in your room for calls within the hotel or outside. To make calls out of the hotel, first turn a 0 and then the number, even in emergency situations. To call within the hotel you can reach all rooms by dialing the room number. The front desk is accessed by hitting number 9.
Need a wakeup call please contact the front desk.
When Aston is unmanned you can also call our other hotel – Hotell Conrad – +46 455 363200
Non smoking / Fire alarm
Please note that smoking is prohibited in the entire hotel area. It is also forbidden under Swedish law to smoke in direct connection to the entrance. If we can prove that you smoked in the room, we will charge a cleaning fee of SEK 5000. If the fire alarm goes off, you will also be charged an emergency fee of SEK 7500
We have fire alarms that are directly connected to the emergency services – for your safety. The detectors are sensitive to changes in air density, which means that they react to water vapor as well as hairspray, deodorant spray and the like. Therefore, keep the toilet door closed when you shower.