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The Might · 09-15-2009, 08:49 PM

So I was browsing around inhabitat.com the other day and I happened to stumble across this:

Looks like hobbit holes, right?

Of course most hobbits, except perhaps Sam, wouldn't be happy to have their neighbours so close, but this photo could have been theoretically possible in M-e.

By the way, if you're wondering what this actually is, it's a hotel in the Netherlands made out of salvaged wine casks.

You can read more on this cool idea at http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/01/14/...ne-cask-hotel/

Btw, just thought that this would be a wine barrel that Bilbo and the dwarves would actually like to be in.

EDIT: Feel free to move this to Mirth, if it doesn't fit that well in here.

Inziladun · 09-15-2009, 08:59 PM

I'd think Sam could be at home there. Looks quite a bit like my mental image of Bagshot Row.

Azaelia of Willowbottom · 09-19-2009, 10:51 AM

I'd stay there for a night. With just a few yards more space between the doors, it would be strikingly similar to my vision of Bagshot Row as well.

The bedroom looks very cozy. I think the curved shape would be very relaxing. I had no idea wine barrels could be so large!

Very cool find, and such a creative idea! I think any hobbit would be quite content to call the place home-away-from-home. If I ever find myself in the Netherlands, I'd definitely look that place up for a night or two.

skip spence · 09-19-2009, 11:26 AM

Here are a couple of pictures from Castilla y Leon in Spain. No round windows, but still, it isn't hard imagining Don Hobbito lives here, no?

Edit: Another lesson learnt from Spain (although the locals would resent me for naming it Spain, and hey, I'm not taking sides in that conflict): The city Bilbao is "Bilbo" in the Basque language.

The Might · 09-20-2009, 01:09 PM

That does look very Hobbitish! Wouldn't it however be quite dark inside there?

skip spence · 09-20-2009, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by The Might

Wouldn't it however be quite dark inside there?

Yeah, I assume they are used for storing food and such, and not for living in, as there are no windows. Yet there are chimneys, and on the picture on the right you can see a TV-antenna on the full size version. I know that in some parts of Southern Spain, like in Granada, people are accustomed to living in dug out caves in the hillside, much like Hobbit-holes.

Eönwë · 09-20-2009, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by skip spence

Here are a couple of pictures from Castilla y Leon in Spain.

Wow, the second one looks very much like how I would imagine Hobbiton in a more arid climate.

09-15-2009, 08:49 PM	#1
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Hobbit housing? So I was browsing around inhabitat.com the other day and I happened to stumble across this: Looks like hobbit holes, right? Of course most hobbits, except perhaps Sam, wouldn't be happy to have their neighbours so close, but this photo could have been theoretically possible in M-e. By the way, if you're wondering what this actually is, it's a hotel in the Netherlands made out of salvaged wine casks. You can read more on this cool idea at http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/01/14/...ne-cask-hotel/ Btw, just thought that this would be a wine barrel that Bilbo and the dwarves would actually like to be in. EDIT: Feel free to move this to Mirth, if it doesn't fit that well in here. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

09-15-2009, 08:59 PM	#2
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,037	I'd think Sam could be at home there. Looks quite a bit like my mental image of Bagshot Row. __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

09-19-2009, 10:51 AM	#3
Azaelia of Willowbottom Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: By the Sea Posts: 446	I'd stay there for a night. With just a few yards more space between the doors, it would be strikingly similar to my vision of Bagshot Row as well. The bedroom looks very cozy. I think the curved shape would be very relaxing. I had no idea wine barrels could be so large! Very cool find, and such a creative idea! I think any hobbit would be quite content to call the place home-away-from-home. If I ever find myself in the Netherlands, I'd definitely look that place up for a night or two. __________________ "Wherever I have been, I am back."

09-19-2009, 11:26 AM	#4
skip spence shadow of a doubt Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Back on the streets Posts: 1,125	Here are a couple of pictures from Castilla y Leon in Spain. No round windows, but still, it isn't hard imagining Don Hobbito lives here, no? Edit: Another lesson learnt from Spain (although the locals would resent me for naming it Spain, and hey, I'm not taking sides in that conflict): The city Bilbao is "Bilbo" in the Basque language. __________________ "You can always come back, but you can't come back all the way" ~ Bob Dylan Last edited by skip spence; 09-19-2009 at 11:34 AM.

09-20-2009, 01:09 PM	#5
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	That does look very Hobbitish! Wouldn't it however be quite dark inside there? __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown