I'm glad we remember to call ahead, because there was nobody there at check-in, we needed to type in a code to open the box to get our room key. If we hadn't called in advance we would have been locked out! The room was fine, though it was a bit strange that there was a stove and also a big warning on the door that it's illegal to use the stove! The location was a bit far away from the city center, about an hour walk, but there was free parking at the hotel. Even though the hotel is in a sort of desolate area, with nothing interesting around as far as we could tell, there was a very nice little pastry/cafe place down the block, and a very nice big supermarket, and a laundry place, and a bakery, all within about 1 minute walk from the hotel, so that was cool.