41,000$ per month from back packers?! A youth hostel. And that is the profit after the overhead is deducted.! Is that place a front for drugs and prostitution?! Or is it a shell building laundry mat for crime in other parts of Germany? $41,000 per month.
Take a look at the pic at the bbc article below. It’s a very large building, not a little motel.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39882199
Seems to just be rent. So they win whether or not the hostel profits. The Norks are renting the building to a German company that operates the hostel.