Hotel Wilmina

The family-run Hotel Wilmina is a place of natural tranquillity, relaxation, and comfort – an oasis in the middle of the city of Berlin. A historic building, carefully transformed into a unique retreat.

Tucked away, yet in the middle of Berlin. Surrounded by lush gardens and interflowing courtyards. A family-run hotel, Wilmina offers guests a high level of tranquility and comfort with 44 rooms and suites, a rooftop terrace above the new penthouse, as well as a library, fireplace lounge, bar, spa, pool and gym. Wilmina is a place of discoveries of surprising visual links, ambiguous layers of space and traces of the past. But Wilmina is also a place of natural rest, relaxation and comfort – an oasis of tranquility in the middle of the city.

Wilmina Hotel
Wilmina stands for a rediscovered ensemble in a special place. Located at Kantstrasse 79 in Berlin-Charlottenburg, the former courthouse and women‘s prison were transformed, expanded, and reprogrammed by Grüntuch Ernst Architekten. A family-run hotel, Wilmina offers guests a high level of tranquility and comfort with 44 rooms and suites, a rooftop terrace above the new penthouse, as well as a library, fireplace lounge, bar, spa, pool and gym.

No other street in western Berlin is as international and vibrant, hardly any other combines as many Berlin facets as Kantstraße in Charlottenburg. Behind the doors of number 79, a place remained inaccessible and forgotten for decades. a hidden oasis; an ensemble of 19th century brick building framed by lush gardens.

Berlin Architects Grüntuch Ernst have taken on the site and transformed it into a place of longing with a hotel and restaurant. A gem for a deliberately chosen retreat. In this lively and at the same time contemplative place, guests can escape the hustle and bustle of everyday urban life without forgoing exchange and communal togetherness.

The central garden courtyard is lushly landscaped and offers a surprising island of nature in the middle of the city block. Hotel guests enter the lobby from the garden courtyard and are greeted by a bright, high-ceilinged space. To the left, the lobby is connected by a gallery to the inviting fireplace lounge. To the right, a staircase leads to the atrium, the heart of the building, which connects four existing floors and the newly added penthouse floor. A light installation with glass pendant luminaires playfully emphasizes the height of the air space – like soap bubbles, they exude a lightness amid the quiet, almost monastic atmosphere. Wilmina offers 44 guest rooms: the spectrum ranges from cozy rooms (11 m2) to the spacious Garden Loft (75 m2) with its own staircase. All guest rooms combine historical authenticity with modern luxury and comfort, without imposing distracting opulence. Despite their similarities, each room is unique. No two rooms are alike, but in all, light colors, soft textures and warm, high-quality materials create calming retreats.

Lovis Restaurant & Bar
In the Lovis restaurant, the world of gastronomy and architecture meet in a unique way. Hidden behind walls, the restaurant is located in a former outdoor area, the Schleusenhof. There, large panoramic windows replace the old gates and reveal views of lush gardens, a fascinating interplay of past and present, inside and outside, public and private.

Guests enter the bar in the 1st courtyard in the side wing of the front building. The path into the restaurant continues through an extension whose new, space-creating wall blends quite unnoticed into the lush, large garden courtyard. In the space is a small, enclosed garden with rare ferns, vines, climbing plants and an old, tall birch tree. All the roof areas of the restaurant and kitchen have also been lushly
landscaped.

Design: Grüntuch Ernst Architects
Photography: © Wilmina | Patricia Parinejad, Markus Gröteke, Robert Rieger