Auberge des 3 Fontaines
Cheapest usable hostel in Brussels — Auderghem green-belt location, direct metro line 5 to centre in 20 minutes
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78%
Would stay again
29%
Made friends here
2.8 nights
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Our Honest Take
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3 Fontaines is the Brussels hostel you pick when the number next to 'price' is the only number that matters, or when you genuinely want to walk into a forest from your bed. At 28 EUR it's the cheapest usable hostel in the city with a viable rating, and the 64 EUR private twin with en-suite is the best-value private room we've seen in Brussels at any level. The trade-off is real: Auderghem is 20 minutes by metro from the Grand Place, the metro stops running at 00:30, and if you hit bar #4 in Saint-Géry at 01:15 you're walking or taxi-ing back. Pick 3 Fontaines for a quiet weekend with forest walks and daytrips to the European Parliament; skip it if nightlife is on the itinerary or if you have one short day in town and want to maximise walking time around the Grand Place.
🎯 Insider Tips
- 1Pair 3 Fontaines with a Saturday-morning walk in the Forêt de Soignes to the Rouge-Cloître abbey ruins. 40 minutes out, 40 minutes back, hard to believe you're inside Brussels. Take the Demey metro entrance closest to the forest trail — signs are only in French.
- 2Last metro line 5 from Gare Centrale back to Demey is around 00:30. Map it before you leave the hostel. Brussels doesn't run night buses on Sundays — be aware.
- 3The 3-EUR breakfast is OK but the Auderghem Sunday market (10 min walk) has better pastries and Belgian cheese for the same money. Skip the hostel breakfast on Sunday.
- 4Cyclists: the Eurovelo 5 runs directly past the hostel. Free on-street parking for bikes, and the Auderghem cycle link connects to the Forêt de Soignes trails within 10 minutes.
🔥 Why We Love It
Cheapest usable hostel bed in Brussels at 28 EUR with a viable review score
Forêt de Soignes — a real beech forest — is 15 minutes on foot
Direct metro line 5 to Gare Centrale (20 min) and Grand Place
Usually half-full, actually quiet dorms
Friendly small-team staff, kids-welcome for families
📖 The Full Story
Auberge des 3 Fontaines sits on the Chaussée de Wavre in Auderghem, the far-southeastern commune of Brussels. It is genuinely suburban: a low-rise hostel surrounded by houses with gardens, a 15-minute walk from the Forêt de Soignes (the ancient beech forest that wraps around the south of the city), and a 20-minute metro ride on line 5 to Gare Centrale and the Grand Place area.
It exists for one reason: price. 28 EUR gets you a dorm bed in a clean, functional hostel that is usually half-full, runs a 07:00-to-10:00 breakfast (3-EUR supplement, continental), and has a shared kitchen and a quiet common lounge with board games. There's no bar, no walking tour, no Friday pub crawl. The clientele is a genuine mix: European school groups on organised trips, budget cyclists passing through on the Eurovelo 5, and long-stay renovation contractors working on the eastern-ring housing. Staff are small-team and friendly, but English is limited on some shifts — Dutch and French are safer bets.
What 3 Fontaines gets you that no inside-Pentagon hostel does: a genuine quiet, a night without bar noise, and the chance to walk into an actual European forest in the morning before taking the metro to the Grand Place. What it costs you: every dinner is in the centre, every bar-hop is a 00:15 last-metro decision, and if you lose the metro window it's a 25-EUR taxi back. Pick it for a price-first short stay or an easy forest-plus-city combo; skip it if you want a spontaneous Brussels night out.
✨ The Vibes
💬 What Travelers Say
Consuelo
🇨🇱 Chile · February 2026
“It was nice, clean, with a separate bathroom and shower. Quiet neighbourhood. Metro into town is easy, line 5 is every 5 minutes.”
Lucie
🇨🇿 Czech Republic · January 2026
“Location is great if you want quiet — at the outskirts of Brussels, no need to go into the metro after dinner. Room was clean.”
Amnon
🇮🇱 Israel · January 2026
“Room is big and clean. Breakfast does not include, but it is cheap to add. Forest walk 15 minutes away is a real bonus.”
Lucija
🇭🇷 Croatia · October 2025
“I was staying in a double room (single occupancy) with private bathroom. Very quiet. Line 5 metro to Gare Centrale is exactly 20 min.”
📍 What's Nearby
Demey metro (line 5)
8 min on foot
Forêt de Soignes (beech forest)
15 min on foot
Rouge-Cloître abbey + hiking trails
18 min on foot
Auderghem weekly market (Sunday mornings)
10 min on foot
Grand Place via metro line 5
22 min total
European Parliament via line 5
15 min total
📋 House Rules
- •Check-in 14:00 to 22:00, check-out before 10:00
- •Reception closes 23:00, late check-in by arrangement
- •Quiet hours 22:00 to 07:30
- •Last metro line 5 from Gare Centrale around 00:30
- •Kitchen open 07:00 to 23:00
From
€28/night
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Room Types
Bed in 8-bed mixed dorm
€25
Standard bunks, shared floor bathroom. Cheapest Brussels hostel bed.
8
Bed in 4-bed mixed dorm
€28
Smaller dorm, same shared bathroom. Quieter than the 8-bed.
4
Private twin room with private bathroom
€64
Two single beds, en-suite bathroom, garden-view window. Best value in Brussels for a private twin.
2
Private family room (4 beds, en-suite)
€115
Four beds, private bathroom, good for families or small groups.
4
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