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Oudezijds Achterburgwal 118/120, Amsterdam 1012 DT, The Netherlands
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Heart of Amsterdam
3.0 of 5 stars 123 Reviews
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Nottingham, United Kingdom
2 reviews
3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
“very smelly and dingy”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 December 2011

Booked this hostel for 3 nights, wanted to stay here due to it being very central and within walking distance to most attractions, i.e. anne frank and van goghs museum. My friend and I (22 and 23yrs old both girls) were not sure what to expect of this hostel as there was mixed reviews on here. I myself have never stayed in a hostel before so it would be a new experience for me anyway. We arrived and were placed in the back room (cave) there was not one single window and the room absolutely stunk of a mixture of urine, alcohol and weed. As there was no ventilation the room was always smelly, very dark and unpleasant. The telly did not work and breakfast was 3euros (not clear when booking) breakfast consisted of bread, cheese and a boiled egg. It really is right in the middle of the brothels, sex shows, if this doesnt bother you, which to be honest it didnt me it was okay. The area is always busy so we did not feel unsafe. The shower also smelt very bad which put me off even going into the bathroom atall. On the last night I was soo relived to be coming home as I felt sick from the smell all through the night and the temp of the room was ridiculous..even in winter. I would not stay here again. If your after a bed in a dingy room then your ok. I did not expect much from a hostel but would not stay in this place again.( looks like your walking into draculas house )

  • Stayed December 2011, travelled with friends
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 2 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 2 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
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“The room & bathroom smelt of sewage :/”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 2 December 2011 via mobile

I wouldn't stay here again. I wish we had the room with the broken TV then a revolting smelly room!

  • Stayed November 2011
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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8 helpful votes 8 helpful votes
“Good hostel! Great location!”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 November 2011

Stayed in this hostel twice now! Great location right in the middle of the RLD! perfect for finding when you're staggering home drunk wit your mates! Clean hostel, cudn't really complain for the price since a'dam is so expensive! Recommend for travellers or stag groups! Defo not a place for your girlfriend or a place to spend a quiet night in amsterdam! lol! Overall i'll defo stay here again when i visit amsterdam again!

  • Stayed November 2011, travelled with friends
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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bristol
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1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
“Where Do I begin”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 September 2011
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Me and my two mates came to amsterdam to enjoy queensday, we we're all excited about the trip. that is until we got to our hotel, when we first walked in the only thing i coud think of was this place is somewhere you'd film a low budget scarface styled porno, everything was black, with some gold paint on it, classy..and then there was this running theme throughout the hotel of putting loads of movie posters everywhere? for what reason i don't know, stupid gimmick i assume. we didn't actually watch a film all weekend as our tv didn't work..but i'll get to that later..after we checked on the desk we were told to come back later as our room wasn't ready so we went off for an hour or so and came back, to find a grim dark room, with 1 window, which didn't even lead to outside but to a dark corridor, leaving us with no ventilation whatso ever, or any form of natural light, it was like being in a stuffy sweaty cave, and to add insult to injury everything was painted black, how bloody depressing, and another stupid movie poster on the wall which freaked everyone out in the morning, after a night of sweating away in the guantanimo bay style prison cell we kindly asked the girl on the desk if we could perhaps use her fan as we couldn't handle the heat, this helped for the 1 or 2 seconds when the was actualy pointing at you, other than that it was like a sweaty torture, "what have i done to deserve this? i was asking myself", to top it all off we were also not allowed to smoke pot inside the building which would have made my experience slightly more sufferable but no they wouldn't even allow a cheeky spliff, breakfast was substandard warm milk and cornflakes, grim, only good thing about this hell hole was the shower, and lets get real we don't go to amsterdam to sample their showers, as it was queensday weekend we ended up paying an absolutely ridiculous price for the standard of living we had to endure over the weekend, people stay away from this pit its not worth it!!!!

  • Stayed April 2011, travelled with friends
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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“super affordable with a nice view!”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 September 2011

We arrived in Amserdam not knowing where to stay. Found this hostel right in the heart of the red light district, very cheap for the city, unique views (with characters changing every couple hours) from my window, and the environment inside was interestingly changing all the time. Do not expect nothing fancy or formal, this hostel will get you the Amsterdam feeling right from the moment you enter.

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  • Stayed October 2010, travelled with friends
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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Address: Oudezijds Achterburgwal 118/120, Amsterdam 1012 DT, The Netherlands
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