Hi, I’m part of the Wostel team, and today I want to share a story that still makes us smile.
A few weeks ago we welcomed Lucas, a web developer from Utrecht who arrived in Málaga with a backpack, a laptop, and a half-tired heart. “I’m looking for a place where I can finally stop, work in peace… and if there’s sunshine, even better,” he told us with a half-smile when we first met him in the Fun Zone.
Lucas had been traveling across Europe for months: Lisbon, Budapest, Athens, Palermo. Each city brought a new spark of excitement… and also a small disappointment. “In Lisbon the Wi-Fi kept crashing in the middle of calls, in Budapest I shared a room with a nocturnal saxophonist, and in Palermo I couldn’t sleep more than three hours straight because of a fan that sounded like an old helicopter.”
💡 Then he discovered Málaga was hosting a Digital Nomad Meetup in May and thought: “Okay, one last stop. If it doesn’t work here either, I’m going back home.”
His arrival at Wostel
He booked a Private Hub (Lower) at Wostel. Nothing fancy, but very well thought out: a comfy bed, total silence, reliable Wi-Fi, and his own desk. The location—just three minutes from María Zambrano station—made it easy to arrive after a night train from Madrid.
“You can’t imagine what it was like arriving in the middle of the night, tapping my phone on the smart lock and… just walking in. No waiting. No explanations. Just peace.”
On his first morning, he went down to the shared kitchen, made himself a coffee in his own mug (he’d been carrying it since Prague) and said: “I can stay here for a few days. Let’s see what happens.”
The event that changed the trip
On Friday, Lucas joined the Digital Nomad Meetup Málaga. More than 50 people from all over Europe were there. Talks about AI, freelancing workshops, and plenty of laughter on the terrace. That’s where he met Julie (France), Thijs (Netherlands), and Elena (Italy). They shared favorite apps, coworking tips, and even made a plan to visit Nerja on Sunday.
That night, he went back to his hub with the feeling that something had finally clicked.
The little things that made the difference
🧼 “The shared bathrooms were so clean I didn’t miss hotels.”
🎧 “I had my headphones on, but I didn’t even need them—there was no noise at all.”
🛏️ “The Zero Gravity mattress… that was another story. I hadn’t slept that well since Bucharest.”
And the best part: working from his desk with natural light, stepping out for lunch nearby, and coming back actually wanting to keep working.
What we learned from Lucas
He stayed a week. On his last day, as he said goodbye to the team and had his final coffee in the kitchen, he told us:
“Wostel wasn’t just the place where I worked best. It’s where I got back the desire to keep traveling.”
And us… well, we got a little emotional. Because that’s exactly what we want you to feel here.
