Description: The hostel sits in an old industrial neighbourhood and the surrounding buildings are mainly large gray square buildings with hardly any character. I can say the exterior is the only downside of the hotel. The reception and the lounge area are in a separate building and the rooms are all within a few minutes walk from the receptions.
When you walk inside you are greeted by almost an explosion of colours and it was for me the most colourful hostel I have ever seen. The reception is a spacious room where you immediately feel home. You have a lounge area and a few toilets. In the lounge were always people playing a board game or something and in the evening are always movies played. There is also a bar which is especially fun at night. Coming back at night to this hostel was also fun and the bar was lively every night. If you want to meet lots of new interesting people I think this is really a good way. There are almost all internationals travellers with lots of stories.
I have stayed in a triple room with two friends but there are also double and dorm rooms available. The size of the bed was slightly bigger than regular and had an comfortable matras and bed linen. There was a coffee and tea maker but also a x box with a few games and two controllers! The bedroom was always clean and actually felt spacious.
I haven’t seen any private bathrooms and we had to use the building with a few showers and toilets. The toilets were just fine but of course the problem with many different people using the toilets is that it’s never completely clean. It’s cleaned twice a day which is a huge plus. The shower was poor in my opinion and you don’t have a lot of space hanging your clothes. The water was luckily warm and the shower itself was ok but could have been better.
The rooms are cleaned daily by very friendly people who are in for a chat. Not always fun when you're in bed with a hangover. All the buildings I've seen are clean and in very good condition. The building of the reception can be a bit messy, but that's more because there is so much furniture (which totally matches). It is clean, just very messy, which I totally do not mind. It just looks so homey.
The rooms are spacious and you have even an X-Box with sufficient choice of games and movies you can look at. The whole is very well maintained and clean. The sanitation is even cleaned twice a day, something you rarely see in hostels. The room, which is highly affordable for the average backpacker and there is also complimentary breakfast and in the shared space you have free WIFI. This shared space is a great and has a very good atmosphere. You will also find always another backpackers who’s in to play a board game or something. The hostel has won several awards and all the awards won by this hostel has been more than justified and it is also a very popular hostel. However, they haven’t enough rooms so you better make a reservation. In short: Clean, fantastic atmosphere, large movie screen, complimentary breakfast, award-winning and fits within your budget!
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