The Monks Bunk Hostel & Bar

The Monks Bunk is the unapologetic party hostel in Tallinn, and it's been doing this job for long enough that it's become an institution on the Baltic backpacker circuit. The building sits on Lai 22, a two-minute walk from Raekoja plats and in the heart of the Old Town's nightlife triangle (Lai, Pikk, Rüütli). A ground-floor bar doubles as the hostel lobby, which means you check in through a crowd of travelers already on their first beer.

The in-house bar crawl runs three nights a week from 21:00: you meet in the bar, do three shots, then walk to Hell Hunt, Porgu, Valli baar and a club. It costs €10-15 extra depending on the promo and the groups average fifteen to thirty travelers on a summer weekend. Karaoke nights and movie nights fill the off-crawl days. The lounge has board games and a projector, and the outdoor picnic area sees beer-and-barbecue action from May to September.

Dorms are honest: curtains between bunks, in-room lockers, shared hallway bathrooms. The building is old and the floorboards creak — you can hear the bar below until the bar closes around midnight, which reviewers consistently call out as both the feature and the bug. If you're here for silence, pick Viru Backpackers four blocks south. If you're here to meet people fast, this is the one.