Best Hostels with Board Games in Tallinn
5 top-rated hostels with board games & game room in Tallinn Handpicked for travelers who want the best.
Tallinn winters run long and cold, and five hostels in the city keep proper board-game and games-room setups that turn rainy November afternoons into the social highlight of the trip. Munkenhof's basement billiard-and-darts room, Viru Backpackers' lounge Scrabble set, and Fat Margaret's shared-kitchen Catan all make meeting other travelers over a game the easy default.
Tallinn's indoor-hangout culture is real — Estonians spend serious winter time inside, and cafés like F-hoone and Fotografiska's ground floor have their own board-game shelves. Hostels with board games fit that culture rather than fighting it. If you're visiting November through March, indoor social venues matter more than in most European cities.
🎲Why Tallinn is Perfect for Board Games & Game Room
Munkenhof has the most serious games setup in the city — a basement room with a pool table, dartboard and a rotating collection of tabletop games (Catan, Pandemic, Uno, a well-worn Scrabble). The honesty fridge with €2 beers makes it a proper evening destination. Fat Margaret's backs this up with a smaller but equally active board-game drawer behind reception, usually running something by 21:00.
Viru Backpackers, Imaginary and Monks Bunk round out the board-game trio with lounge setups rather than dedicated rooms. Viru Backpackers' Scrabble set is the most famous — reviewers mention it by name — and sits next to the free tea and coffee counter. Imaginary's study-lounge has a backgammon set that sees genuine Baltic winter traffic. Monks Bunk's games live in a drawer by the bar and get used by the pre-crawl crowd at 20:30. Combined, these five hostels cover every Tallinn neighborhood for a traveler who wants company without the pub-crawl commitment.
Traveler's take
“A Tuesday night at Munkenhof's basement in February: pool table going in the corner, a Catan game with two Germans and a Lithuanian on the main table, an Estonian backpacker showing us a local card game called Ace. By 23:00 we'd formed a group that did the next-day walking tour together and ended up at Hell Hunt for a late dinner. The games are the social glue when it's too cold to walk.”
Our Top 5 Picks
Hostels in Tallinn with board games & game room, sorted by guest rating.
Viru Backpackers Hostel
Tallinn City Center
Very Good
801 reviews
Viru Backpackers sits at Viru 5, thirty seconds from the Viru gate and ninety seconds from Raekoja plats (Town Hall Square). Self check-in, a shared kitchen, board games in the lounge and a tight mix of dorms and privates make it the Old Town pick for travelers who want the medieval streets as their front yard. 8.4 on 801 reviews.
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€24//night
Why travelers love Viru Backpackers Hostel
“German and UK guests cite the location above everything: you step out of reception directly onto the main pedestrian artery. The hostel is small — twenty-odd beds — and the small scale is exactly why it feels more like a guesthouse than a factory. Staff in reviews get flagged for giving proper sightseeing advice, not just handing out maps.”
16eur - Old Town Munkenhof
Tallinn City Center
Very Good
2,331 reviews
16eur - Old Town Munkenhof is the quieter sibling in the 16eur backpacker group, set in a classical building on Munga 4 in the deep Old Town — 250 m from Town Hall Square and literally inside the medieval city wall. Some rooms have private bathrooms, a games room downstairs, free lockers, and bicycle rental. 2331 reviews and an 8.4 score confirm the trade: slightly nicer than Fat Margaret's, no in-house bar, and €4 more a night.
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€20//night
Why travelers love 16eur - Old Town Munkenhof
“Portuguese, German, Taiwanese and Malian travelers in the reviews praise the depth of location — not just Old Town, but inside the cluster of medieval houses behind the Raekoja plats. Beds get mentioned as properly comfortable rather than hostel-functional, and the games room is a repeated highlight. The contrast with Fat Margaret's is clear: quieter nights, slightly better rooms, less party, same low price.”
16eur - Fat Margaret's
Põhja-Tallinn
Very Good
4,736 reviews
16eur - Fat Margaret's is Tallinn's veteran backpacker hostel with 4736 reviews under its belt, named after the 16th-century cannon tower it sits next to on Põhja puiestee. €16 dorm beds, a proper shared kitchen, a rentable sauna and small plunge pool, and a five-minute walk to both Raekoja plats and the ferry harbour. Straddles the Old Town wall and the Kalamaja creative quarter.
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€16//night
Why travelers love 16eur - Fat Margaret's
“Almost five thousand reviews mean the picture is clear: location wins every time, cleanliness holds up for the price, and the staff come up as patient rather than warm. The dorms are big and busy. What moves Fat Margaret's beyond a standard €16 bunk is the rentable sauna — you book a slot, grab a six-pack of A. Le Coq, and do a proper Estonian evening without leaving the building.”
The Monks Bunk Hostel & Bar
Tallinn City Center
Very Good
2,233 reviews
The Monks Bunk is Tallinn's social hostel — an in-house bar on the ground floor, a genuine bar crawl that picks up guests three nights a week, and 656 feet from Raekoja plats on Lai street. 2233 reviews, 8.0 rating, karaoke nights and an outdoor summer picnic area round out what's earned it the title of Tallinn's party hostel without apology.
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€22//night
Why travelers love The Monks Bunk Hostel & Bar
“Australian, French, Portuguese, and Cypriot backpackers keep surfacing in reviews calling out the staff by name and the bar crawl as the highlight of their Tallinn trip. Rooms are basic and the bar below makes it loud until midnight — which is the point. For travelers prioritizing a social night over a quiet sleep, this is the obvious Old Town pick.”
Imaginary Hostel
Tallinn City Center
Good
2,758 reviews
Imaginary Hostel is an old building on Vene 33/35/37, the Russian Orthodox corner of Tallinn's Old Town and five minutes from Raekoja plats. Two and a half thousand reviews keep it honest: the rooms are old, the shared bathrooms are basic, but for €18 you get a bunk in a building from the 1600s, a shared kitchen, and a lounge full of travelers from twenty countries. 7.6 for a reason.
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€18//night
Why travelers love Imaginary Hostel
“Reviews split: the location inside the Old Town walls is consistently praised, especially by couples using the singles and solo travelers who don't mind a worn bunk. The cleanliness of the bathrooms comes up as the main gripe. For €18 a night in a medieval building, that's a trade most backpackers take.”
💡Tips for Choosing a Hostel with Board Games & Game Room in Tallinn
- 1Munkenhof's basement opens at 18:00 daily. Arrive with a group or expect to be absorbed into whatever's running by 19:00.
- 2Viru Backpackers' Scrabble set lives behind reception. Ask at check-in if it's free before booking — it gets claimed by the late-afternoon crowd.
- 3Fat Margaret's board-game drawer is behind the reception counter. The Catan box is the most-requested; Uno, Monopoly Deal and Codenames are also there.
- 4Imaginary's backgammon boards live in the study area. Best for two-player nights when the hostel is quieter.
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