Antwerp
Belgium.
Belgium · 3 districts · 2 vibes
3 handpicked hostels in Antwerp, sorted by traveler rating.
Antwerp is a 530k-person port city and Belgium's second biggest, with a Fashion District (MoMu, Dries Van Noten), an Art-Nouveau neighborhood at Zurenborg and 80 percent of the world's rough diamonds passing through the Diamond Quarter next to Centraal Station. Not a party city on the Berlin-Barcelona scale; three quality hostels on the opposite social spectrum, all within 10 minutes of Grote Markt.
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Best Hostels in Antwerp
3 handpicked hostels in Antwerp, sorted by traveler rating.
The ASH
The ASH is Antwerp's biggest and most social hostel — 5,359 Booking reviews at 8.0, a ten-minute walk from Centraal Station on Italiëlei, with a real on-site bar, private garden, shared kitchen, pool table, and movie nights. Dorms from around €32 with private bathrooms; it sits between an old-town party hostel and a boutique, leaning closer to boutique.
Antwerp Central Youth Hostel
Antwerp Central Youth Hostel is an ex-hotel converted into a hostel on Bogaardeplein, deep in the Fashion District and a five-minute walk from Grote Markt. 1,041 Booking reviews at 8.0, dorms from €30 with private en-suite bathrooms in every room, a good buffet breakfast weekdays, and a small on-site Bar. It's the hotel-turned-hostel option — spacious rooms, lift to all floors, comfortable over characterful.
Dolfijn Hostel
Dolfijn Hostel is a tiny family-run place in a 300-year-old stone townhouse on Mutsaardstraat, five minutes walk from Grote Markt and two minutes from the Scheldt-side Het Steen castle. 175 Booking reviews at 7.4, dorms from around €28 with a buffet breakfast actually served each morning by the owner.
Hand-picked guides.
Antwerp is not a 100-hostels-with-10-bars city. It's a compact port town with a Trappist-beer culture and a nightlife scattered across Itali…
Breakfast is not an afterthought at either of Antwerp's breakfast-strong hostels — it's part of the decision. Dolfijn runs a small Belgian c…