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I recently slept in a hotel in Berlin. The hotel is a 4 (maybe 4.5) stars respectable hotel which belongs to a known brand, near the Alexanderplatz. I specifically ordered a king size bed, but when I arrived at the hotel I got two single beds pushed together with two single blankets. After asking the receptionist about it, she said that one can only get twin beds in Germany and together they are king size (i.e. 190x160 cm and not 190x140 cm which is queen size).

While I respect the modesty rules of the locals, can one get a bed for two persons with single mattress (and a single blanket with the same "two persons" size) in Germany?

P.S. All your jokes about cuddling and twin beds are already in this thread.

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There is no direct translation for "king size" in German. The term doesn’t exist in German, and when you order it, they try to do as near as possible.
German beds for two adults are customarily separate mattresses, and - especially in hotels - separately moveable, to allow separation as needed.

The same applies for the other US bed size terms - be it queen, twin, or whatever. There is no one-to-one equivalent. Bedsizes do not follow an international standard.

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