Utrecht
Netherlands.
Netherlands · 2 districts · 2 vibes
2 handpicked hostels in Utrecht, sorted by traveler rating.
Utrecht is the Netherlands' fourth-largest city (~360k residents) and the country's biggest university town with 37,000 students at Utrecht University. 30 minutes south of Amsterdam by train, with a medieval Binnenstad that still has the working sunken-canal Werven (stone wharves at water level under the streets) that Amsterdam paved over centuries ago. Two hostels in the centre — bohemian Strowis on Voorstraat and corporate Stayokay on the Neude — and the country's best mid-size concert hall (TivoliVredenburg). Backpacker base is the Binnenstad inside the Singel; Voorstraat is the student bar strip; the Werven on the Oudegracht are the unique-to-Utrecht social setting.
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2 handpicked hostels in Utrecht, sorted by traveler rating.
Strowis Hostel
Strowis Hostel sits in a 17th-century stepped-gable townhouse on Boothstraat, off Voorstraat in Utrecht's medieval Binnenstad. 8.2 rating, on-site bar, a sun-deck garden that reviewers consistently call the highlight, a fully shared kitchen, and bike rental at €10 a day. 4 minutes' walk to the Oudegracht canal and the Werven (sunken canal wharves), 12 minutes to Utrecht Centraal Station.
Stayokay Hostel Utrecht Centrum
Stayokay Hostel Utrecht Centrum sits literally on the Neude, Utrecht's main central square in the Binnenstad. 8.0 rating across 1,180 reviews, 24-hour front desk, on-site restaurant and bar, ensuite dorms (private shower and toilet inside every room), and a 5-minute walk to the Dom Tower. 10 minutes from Utrecht Centraal Station via the Hoog Catharijne mall.
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Utrecht's hostel scene is exactly two properties — Strowis on Voorstraat and Stayokay Utrecht Centrum on the Neude — and they take diametric…
Both of Utrecht's hostels have on-site bars, and they could not be more different. Strowis's bar is a converted ground-floor parlour in a 17…