Linz
Austria.
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3 handpicked hostels in Linz, sorted by traveler rating.
Austria's third-largest city and the secret capital of digital art — hosting Ars Electronica every September alongside the Pflasterspektakel street arts festival in July. Linz sits on the Danube midway between Vienna and Salzburg, with a UNESCO City of Media Arts label, the AEC's Deep Space 8K projection room, the Pöstlingbergbahn (Europe's steepest adhesion railway), Café Traxlmayr (1847) for the Vienna-style coffeehouse, and Café Jindrak for the original Linzer Torte. Three hostels, all in or a tram from the Innere Stadt: a self-check-in budget property opposite Casino Linz, a Catholic-association guesthouse with the buffet breakfast that locals score 9.5, and the official Austrian youth hostel up on Froschberg.
Best Hostels in Linz
3 handpicked hostels in Linz, sorted by traveler rating.
Kolpinghaus Linz
Kolpinghaus Linz is a guesthouse run by the Kolping Society on Gesellenhausstraße, twelve minutes walk from both Hauptplatz and the Hauptbahnhof. Rooms are simple singles and doubles with private shower and toilet, breakfast is the standout (every fifth review uses some variant of "better than 5-star hotels"), there is a small bar and a 24-hour front desk, and couples specifically rate the location 9.5. Around €60 with breakfast included — the most consistent value in central Linz.
Jugendgästehaus Linz
Jugendgästehaus Linz is the official Austrian youth hostel network's Linz outpost, on Stanglhofweg in the Froschberg residential hilltop next to Linz Stadium and the Tips-Arena. Dorms with bunk beds and private bathroom from €32, free use of an on-site tennis court and fitness room, free parking, shared lounge and games room, and bus 27 four times an hour to the centre. Cheapest bed in Linz, and the only place that takes the official youth-hostel card.
Hotel Central Linz
Hotel Central Linz is a self-check-in property on Humboldtstraße in Innere Stadt, eight minutes walk from Linz Hauptbahnhof and twelve from Hauptplatz. Private rooms only (no dorms), private bathrooms, kettle and fridge in every room, a small terrace, free WiFi, and a 24-hour code-box check-in that means you can roll in at 02:00 off the night train without phoning ahead. Around €55 a private — cheaper than any hotel on Landstraße, and the most flexible arrival in Linz.