Hotel Knaust, hotel in Sundsvall, Sweden
Hotel Knaust is a late 19th-century hotel in central Sundsvall, Sweden, offering over a hundred rooms and several meeting rooms across its floors. The lobby is dominated by a large marble staircase, and a Hall of Mirrors with a bar adds to the public spaces of the building.
The hotel was founded in 1891 by Adolf Fredrik Knaust after the city's main hotel burned down, leaving a gap that he moved to fill. In the early 2000s, the Elite Group carried out a full restoration of the building, bringing it to its current state.
The hotel bar and gastropub on the ground floor draw locals as much as guests, making the building a natural gathering spot on Sundsvall's main street. Sitting there, you get a sense of how the place belongs to the city rather than standing apart from it.
The hotel sits on Storgatan, Sundsvall's main street, so most of the city center is within walking distance. The main entrance has steps, but a step-free alternative entrance is available for visitors who need it.
Before its restoration, the building housed Sweden's first casino, a role that left almost no visible trace in the rooms seen today. Few visitors who walk through the lobby have any idea this side of its past ever existed.
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