St Christopher's Inn Bruges - The Bauhaus
The Langestraat party hostel with a craft-beer pub downstairs and the bar street at your door
St Christopher's Inn Bauhaus is the Langestraat party hostel in Bruges: downstairs craft-beer bar with pizza, karaoke nights, happy hour, organized walking tours, and bike rental. Rated 7.8 over 3,100+ reviews. The pick when you want on the bar street (2be Bar and Café Vlissinghe are 4 min away) and don't mind a 13-min walk to Markt in exchange.
The Bauhaus is the St Christopher's Inn outpost in Bruges, planted on Langestraat — the east-of-center bar street where locals actually drink. You're 13 minutes on foot from the Markt (further than the central hostels) but three minutes from 2be Bar, five from Café Vlissinghe (Bruges' oldest pub, founded 1515), and right next to Langestraat's string of neighborhood cafés. If you're here for the beer and don't need to wake up inside the postcard, this is the trade.
The building is a converted brick townhouse, and the social engine is the downstairs pub. It's a St Christopher's-brand beer bar with a serious craft-beer list (they rotate Belgian taps including Chouffe, Duvel and local Brugs Blond) plus made-on-site pizza, happy hour from 18:00, and karaoke most weekends. Guests eat and drink here most evenings — it's a proper pub, open to walk-ins, so the hostel bar always has some non-hostel locals making it feel less like a dorm canteen.
Dorms are plain: bunk beds, shared bathrooms on the floor, under-bed lockers. Not the polished fit-out of Lybeer, but the basics work — bedding is clean, showers have pressure, there's a shared kitchen. Apartments (with kitchenette, bigger bed, private bathroom) are also available if you want to upgrade without going full hotel — several reviewers rate the apartment option above the dorms. Breakfast (continental, included in some rates, €8 otherwise) gets flagged as good in reviews — they refill trays continuously.
Walking tours (including a free city tour) run from reception, bike rental is on site, and the garden terrace is a quiet backup to the pub on summer evenings. The trade-off: Langestraat is a road, so street-facing rooms catch road noise; ask for a garden-side dorm when you check in. Pick the Bauhaus for the bar-street location, the pizza-pub downstairs, and the apartment option; skip it if you need to be inside the canal ring.
- 01On Langestraat, the actual local bar street — 2be Bar and Café Vlissinghe are both under 5 min away
- 02Downstairs pub serves craft beer AND pizza — most Bruges hostels skip the food
- 03Breakfast gets consistent praise in reviews — continuously refilled, not just a sad croissant
- 04Apartment option with kitchenette and private bath if you want to upgrade without switching properties
- 05Free city walking tour at 11:00 from reception
- 7.8 rating over 3,100+ reviews
- Pub + pizza downstairs with rotating Belgian craft beer taps
- 5 min walk to Café Vlissinghe (oldest Bruges pub), 3 min to 2be Bar
- Free daily walking tour, bike rental, garden terrace
“Near the center, fantastic pub downstairs, kind and friendly staff, the beds were really comfy.”
“Staff was extremely friendly and helpful. Breakfast was excellent with lots of choices and continuous refilling. Great atmosphere. Close to the main square (15 minute walk).”
“The staff were wonderful and extremely helpful. The rooms were clean and comfortable. They also had large lockers for all your bags under the bed.”
- 2be Bar (canalside beer wall)3 min walk
- Café Vlissinghe (oldest Bruges pub)5 min walk
- Jan van Eyckplein8 min walk
- Markt and Belfry13 min walk
- Groeningemuseum10 min walk
- Bruges train station25 min walk / 10 min bus
