Skansen Hostel

The only good thing is the location. The place is a joke: messy, with basic things missing. The light and some electrical sockets were broken, and the flush didn’t work either. The tap gave either very hot water or none at all. The bathroom was outrageously filthy, and the bar below the rooms made it impossible to get proper sleep. The windows barely close. Avoid it at all costs.

It was extremely loud. Guests slammed doors all night, the bar downstairs was noisy, buses left right outside the house, and music from the bars on the street was loud too. The windows in my room were broken and wouldn’t close. The shower and curtain were very moldy, and the sink and toilet were in poor condition because they hadn’t been maintained, not just because they were old. Only some of the room lights worked, and the Wi-Fi didn’t work at all.

We stayed two nights and were happy enough for the price, but the water boiler really should be bigger. We were especially bothered that nobody told us we’d have to wait until 17:00 to check in, and there was nowhere to store our luggage. We’d already let them know what time we were arriving, so we wasted time for no reason.

Absolutely horrible. I can’t give it less than one star. The confirmation said, “It can be noisy because of the bars and nightclubs in the area,” but that was a huge understatement. It isn’t just noisy. The music is so loud that sleeping is literally impossible. And it’s coming from the bar right under the rooms, not from the bars in the area. There’s no sound isolation in the bar or the rooms.