Persevering with my hostels of the long run collection, I travelled earlier this spring to Copenhagen to checkout the model new Next House Copenhagen hostel in Copenhagen. With 1600 beds, Subsequent Home is the most important luxurious hostel in Europe for the time being. 1600 beds? That’s an insane capability. I used to be actually curious to know the way a hostel can perform and create an environment for its visitors with that variety of visitors. I hopped alongside to see for my very own eyes and here’s a fast assessment with my ideas and impressions from my keep.
Location
Location of the hostel is unbelievable. It’s a brief stroll from Copenhagen Central prepare station so it’s good if you’re coming by prepare or by the metro from the airport. The opposite key landmark on the doorstep of the hostel is the magical Tivoli Gardens amusement park which is a should go to for individuals of all ages. You might be additionally a couple of hundred meters from the riverside the place you’ll be able to rent kayaks in the summertime and discover or simply go for a pleasant stroll or run within the morning.
Rooms and bedrooms
There are a thoughts boggling 433 rooms and 1600 beds within the hostel. Company can select from the spacious 6-bed dorm or a 4-bed dorm, and if you would like a smaller room that’s non-public, you’ll be able to e book certainly one of our double rooms. The doubles are fairly tight so I might not suggest it for quite a lot of days keep. The 6-bed dorms and 4-bed dorms are divided into ‘For All’ and ‘For Ladies’, and so they will also be booked as a personal room. All of the dorms have non-public loos and embody linen, towels plus the pod model bunk beds are geared up with 2 particular person energy sockets and studying lights. Dorm rooms additionally present private lockers.
Rooftop restaurant
Amenities
Unfold throughout 3600 sq. metres, the unbelievable vary of amenities are what makes this hostel actually stand out. Once you enter the hostel, there’s a extremely cosy lounge space for visitors to loosen up in with lengthy leather-based couches to sink into with {a magazine} or simply to browse in your smartphone.
There’s a big in-house restaurant the place they serve a beneficiant buffet breakfast the place you can also make your individual ham cheese toasties with potato wedges-perfect for a hangover breakfast. There’s additionally cereal, teas and coffee-all for the princely sum of 49dkk ( €6.50 ). There’s an additionally all you eat pizza and pasta buffet from 99 dkk ( €13 ) ( which is unbelievable worth for Copenhagen.
There are 4 bars to select from however the choose of them needs to be the rooftop bar , with a beneficiant outside seating space with 360 diploma panoramic views of town. The bar costs are unbelievable here- you will get pint of Carslberg for as little as 30 DKK (€4) or a glass of wine for 40 DKK>
Different star options embody a rooftop self service kitchen parallel to the bar -has to be in with a powerful shout for the very best hostel kitchen within the universe.
You must pay a 20 DKK price however that covers to your whole size of keep. Price noting right here that there’s a wonderful worth Netto grocery store simply 5 minutes up the highway from the hostel.
There’s additionally a sizeable lounge tucked away with a classic Jaguar ( unsure why they’ve a Jag there nevertheless it seems cool ) and plenty of comfortable sofas, board video games, foosball tables and a correct shuffleboard so in the event you’re a video games lover, this can be a nice hostel to remain in.
Nevertheless, the star function for my part lies tucked away within the stomach of the hostel on the bottom floor- the Subsequent Door’s indoor stadium, a ten x 20 metre court docket good for soccer, padel tennis, dodgeball, softball and rather more. Once more, this may be rented with buddies for as little as 20 DKK. Proper subsequent to the stadium is a totally geared up gymnasium and in addition a health/yoga studio- Subsequent Home is the right hostel for sports activities fans.
There’s additionally a cinema ( with Netflix ) tucked away beside the indoor stadium and yoga room. There’s additionally a venue with sound system arrange for dwell music and DJ’s to play.
When it comes to amenities, I believe there are a couple of hostels on this planet that may beat this hostel!
Expertise
For the scale of the hostel , you’ll discover it fairly intimate which is because of the very useful, pleasant group of workers right here who actually are useful when it comes to answering visitors enquiries, sharing suggestions of town or serving you a beer- they actually set the tone for a really nice and easygoing environment. Throughout my keep I discovered that folks of all ages- {couples}, solo travellers, particularly households actually having fun with the hostel. Loads of house for everybody to loosen up in, learn a e book or have a cheeky daytime snooze. The hostel has a busy schedule of actions -there was a dwell band on, karaoke evening, video games evening plus additionally they even organised an indoor mini golf match…so there’s no scarcity of issues taking place within the hostel. I’d like to see extra occasions devoted to solo travellers taking place to deliver them together- one minor criticism however apart from that, little I might fault with the hostel.
Verdict
When it comes to location, expertise and its wonderful vary of amenities, Subsequent Home stands out as certainly one of Denmark and Scandinavia’s main hostels- e book your keep right here, you received’t remorse it!
A mattress in a 6 mattress dorm begins from as little 125 DKK an evening whereas a personal room begins round 500 DKK ( €70) an evening. E-book instantly on the hostel website, for the very best charges
