St Christopher's Inn Paris - Gare du Nord
Eurostar-adjacent party hostel with Belushi's bar downstairs and 24-hour reception
St Christopher's Inn Paris - Gare du Nord sits at 5 rue de Dunkerque, literally 3 minutes walk from the Eurostar platforms. Part of the UK-rooted St Christopher's chain, it runs a Belushi's-branded bar downstairs open until 2am, 2 bars total, 24-hour reception, and dorms and privates in a 10-floor former office building. Most backpacker-accessible hostel in the city for anyone arriving late from London or Brussels.
St Christopher's Paris Gare du Nord opened in 2013 as the second Paris outpost of the UK-based St Christopher's Inn chain (the other is at Canal Saint-Martin in the 19th). It occupies a 10-floor former office building directly across from the Gare du Nord Eurostar exit — no exaggeration on the 3-minute walk, it's across a single square.
The ground floor is Belushi's, a UK-origin chain sports bar that all St Christopher's hostels have: pool tables, big screens for Premier League matches, 'Ultimate Belushi's' cocktail menu and DJ sets on weekends. Guests get a free welcome drink, happy hour runs 17h-20h with €4 pints, and the bar stays open until 2am Thu-Sat. There's a second smaller bar on the top floor with better views for sunset drinking. Pub crawls run Thursday and Saturday from the ground-floor bar.
Rooms are 4- to 12-bed mixed dorms, 6-bed female dorms, and privates from double-with-shared-bathroom to a handful of larger family rooms. Fit-out is basic functional: wooden bunks, reading lights, in-bed lockers (bring a padlock), clean linens. Ensuite bathrooms are in privates and a minority of dorms — most dorms use hallway bathrooms that are well-maintained.
Location wins on one metric only: arrival logistics. You're 3 minutes walk to the Eurostar, Thalys to Amsterdam/Brussels, TGV to northern France. Metro 2, 4, 5 and RER B/D/E all converge at Gare du Nord. The area itself is gritty — Paris's northern stations cluster is where all the city's transit noise collects — so don't expect a scenic stay. Montmartre is 15 minutes walk north through a real working-class stretch, the Marais is 15 minutes on Metro 4, Canal Saint-Martin is 8 minutes walk east. Women alone should Uber or Bolt after 23h, especially north of the station.
- 013-min walk to Eurostar platforms, the best arrival logistics of any Paris hostel
- 02Belushi's bar open till 2am with €4 happy-hour pints
- 0324-hour reception, easiest late-arrival hostel in Paris
- 04Top-floor second bar with Paris skyline views
- 7.1 rating across 11742 Booking reviews, second most-reviewed hostel in Paris
- 3-min walk to Gare du Nord and Eurostar
- Belushi's sports bar and top-floor second bar on site
- Pub crawls Thursday and Saturday from ground-floor bar
“This is a fantastic hostel. Our rooms were very comfortable. The hostel is conveniently located near Gare du Nord and reception was helpful at midnight check-in.”
“Its location was perfect. Rooms are good. No privacy issues with the 4-bed ensuite, shower had good pressure.”
“The location was great for me, a 3-minute walk from Gare du Nord. Room was clean and the reception staff were helpful with onward travel tips.”
- Gare du Nord (Eurostar, Thalys, TGV)3 min walk
- Gare de l'Est6 min walk
- Gare du Nord (Metro 2, 4, 5 and RER B/D/E)3 min walk
- Canal Saint-Martin8 min walk
- Sacré-Coeur Montmartre15 min walk north
- Marais district15 min on Metro 4
