DRIVER ROOMS
A budget driver-friendly hostel on Breslauer Straße — cheap, clean and built for short overnight stops.
DRIVER ROOMS sits on Breslauer Straße in Südoststadt, on the eastern ring of Nuremberg, originally built as truck-driver accommodation and now opened up to backpackers and budget travelers. The 7.5 rating across 290 reviews comes from a no-frills mission: clean rooms, a real shared kitchen, and prices €5 below anything inside the Altstadt walls.
DRIVER ROOMS is the cheapest legitimate bed in Nuremberg if you don't mind being outside the medieval walls. The neighborhood is Südoststadt, fifteen minutes by tram 8 to the Hauptbahnhof, twenty minutes on foot to the Documentation Center Nazi Rally Grounds, and twelve minutes in the other direction to the Hauptmarkt.
The rooms reflect the property's history: simple, functional, with sturdy beds and basic linens. The shared kitchen is a real one — Iryna in her review describes 'two ovens, two of everything' — and the freezer-fridge complex was built for crews who travel with their own food. There is a small bar attached for late-night drivers, which guests can use, and a leftovers shelf in the kitchen which a Spanish reviewer described as a happy surprise.
The location works for two specific traveler types. First, anyone with a car: parking is on-site, easy, free for guests, and Nuremberg's Altstadt is hostile to drivers (no entry, narrow streets, paid lots). Second, anyone visiting the Documentation Center as their main goal — it is a flat twenty-minute walk and tram 8 connects directly to it.
It is not a social hostel. There is no lounge culture, no event calendar, no bar crawl. What it is, is the cheapest reliable bed in Nuremberg with parking and a kitchen, on the right side of the city for the rally-grounds museum.
- 01It exists for a niche — drivers and ultra-budget travelers — and serves it perfectly
- 02Free parking in a city where Altstadt parking starts at €25 a night is a real saving
- 03The kitchen was built for working crews, so it is bigger than most hostel kitchens
- 04Tram 8 is a direct line to the Documentation Center, the city's heaviest must-see
- 05Reviewers consistently flag the cleanliness — the property is small enough to be looked after
- Free on-site parking — uncommon in Nuremberg's hostel market
- Real shared kitchen with two ovens and large fridges
- Tram 8 outside the door connects to the Documentation Center and Hauptbahnhof
- From €28 a night, the cheapest legitimate hostel bed in the city
“It was very ok, clean and quiet. Perfect for just fast sleeping during long travel — we drove in late and were back on the road by 09:00.”
“Our stay at DRIVER ROOMS was very pleasant. The facility was clean and well maintained throughout. The price was hard to beat for what we got.”
“Room was clean and freshly renovated. Large kitchen with doubled appliances: two ovens, two of everything. Used the parking lot, which was free.”
- Tram 8 (Breslauer Straße stop, direct to Hauptbahnhof and Documentation Center)0.0 km
- Documentation Center Nazi Rally Grounds1.6 km
- Wöhrder See lake1.8 km
- Hauptbahnhof (main train station)3.0 km
- Hauptmarkt and Frauenkirche3.6 km
- Lidl supermarket on Breslauer Straße0.4 km
