I spent a year living in this fantastic student accomodation. It is where a lot of the foreign…read morestudents who are either at the university or working in a gap year are housed. It consists of a number of flats which are divided into 8 bedorooms with a large living area and kitchen. There are always 2 native German speakers in a flat and then the other 6 rooms are filled with a mix of nationalities - it is very unusual to find 2 people of the same nationality in one flat - this is to encourage people to speak in german all the time. There is a basement with a washing room, - large machines, with tumble driers. They are not expensive and there are enough that it is not too busy. I ahd a fanatastic year living here and met some lovely people. highly recommended

Avoid at all costs during the weekend - you will be treated to ear-splittingly loud music from…read more10PM-5AM from the bar below. I tried to cancel my reservation for the second night because the noise was so extreme (way beyond "backpacker hostel noise disturbances" as mentioned on booking.com), but my request was denied by the hostel.

This is Hamburg's oldest backpackers located right in the "cool" heart of town: Schanzenviertel…read more Instant Sleep is only a walk across the street to the Rote Flora, the legendary cultural centre of lefties, sprayers, punks and other subculturalists. Next door is also Saal II, a great place to tuck into a healthy Hamburg breakfast accompanied by a morning paper. The rooms are all lovelingly decorated around varying themes and there is also a guest kitchen and a lively common room. Prices start at around 25 euro. Staff is only moderately friendly but speaks fluent English.