Lucky Lake is awesome, despite being a twenty minute metro ride out of Amsterdam. The cabins, kitchen, showers and toilets are all very clean. Breakfast is great value, you even get to cook additional things each day (eg. eggs one day, pancakes another etc). The setting is beautiful, there were ducklings and chicks wandering around while we were there. The ammenities are great, there is a little cinema at the hostel, bike hire is cheap, cooking facilities and fridge space is perfectly adequate. There is a little grocery store at the hostel, and you can order simple hot snacks. If you are staying in Amsterdam for more than a couple of nights then definitely think about giving this hostel a go, you will feel so relaxed and refreshed at the end of your stay due to it's rural setting! Highly recommended.

We stayed at Lucky Lake last summer and had a wonderful time. The open air Kitchen is very cozy and great for making a nice dinner. The campers are very comfortable, and the overall atmosphere of the place is both funky and homey. The staff is fantastic, and there is a shuttle running all day to get you to the subway. We enjoyed hanging out at the campground much more than in the crowded city. They even have bikes to rent to grab groceries or just sightsee (as you are situated in a beautiful countryside.) We would definitely recommend this to anyone wanting to visit Amsterdam!

You rent a small caravan camper, ride a bike to town for groceries, and use an open air kitchen to cook for yourself. Very friendly and outgoing young staff. Very cool place. Great place to go bike riding. Smoking is a GO as there is a lounge in the center of the camp with communal bong and pipes though most people seem to be into beer drinking at the kitchen picnic tables. No problems. Good WiFi internet. Only open in the warm months as it's an open air camp except you sleep in a small caravan. Great cheeses and meats available at the local super market. Awesome Italian food ingredients available. 1 Euro shuttles to the train station for going in and out of the city center. No charge for shower and WiFi. This place is just outside of Amsterdam in a country setting. All is self service, but not super cheap as it's in expensive Western Europe. You will pay a lot to do your own laundry and cook meals, but it's quite a special place. Every thing is over priced from an American perspective, but Western Europe is simply a different economy of scale from the USA.

Highly recommended.

There were MISQUITOS GALORE!!! We could hear them buzzing in our ears as we slept. They found their way inside even with the windows closed! First of all, the "hostel" was basically comprised of a bunch of caravans grouped together. The staff weren't overly helpful or friendly. The washrooms were on one side of the camp site, so they weren't necessarily in close proximity to all the caravans. Aside from the misquitos, there were spiders everywhere! This is definitely not the place for someone with a bug-phobia (i.e. ME). PLUS the caravans weren't sound-proof, we could hear people in the communal tent talking/laughing loudly in the middle of the night as we were trying to sleep. We had to complain to the staff NUMEROUS times before the noise finally stopped. Not to mention the long commute to the city centre - about 30+ minutes via bus/metro. I would definitely never come here again!