NeoHostel

A hostel with a claim to a neo-style design, which is, in principle, clear from the name. There are no private bathrooms in the rooms, all on the floor with several toilets/showers per floor. There are also several kitchens. In the toilets, at least the men's, there is a mess, there is always no toilet paper and bottles of beer left. In my presence, a Pole came into the toilet, realized that there was no toilet paper, swore "kurwa", slammed the door and left. It was funny. Although, this is not a question for the staff, who sincerely try to monitor and clean everything, but for the guests. The design of the rooms resembles a Soviet pioneer camp, bare walls, beds and a TV, a window, though with blackout curtains. The rooms are more or less clean, but cleaning is for an additional fee. In general, everything there is for an additional fee, or a deposit. If you want a towel, leave 20 euros, if you want to cook, here is a set of pots, detergents, a corkscrew, leave 50 euros for it. This is the first time I have seen kitchens without mugs, forks, and frying pans. It seems crazy to me. But there is a machine with paid sweets and coffee for 2 euros. There is no water cooler, no kettles to boil water, as a life hack you can fill the toilet, heat it up in the microwave in a paper cup from the coffee machine and brew tea there from a bag unofficially brought from breakfast. The staff is not very friendly with each other, the girl who took a deposit of 20 euros and gave out a towel promised to change it every day, the guy at the reception refused, asking 5 euros for a change of towel. But they try to be polite. The reception is not open 24 hours, until 21:00, but you can somehow get in after. Access to the hostel and rooms is by key card. Food in the canteen is also by tokens, by the way, this is the first time I've seen this ;) The breakfast is very modest, the very basics and always the same, 2 types of yogurt, fruit salad, boiled eggs, several types of ham/sausage slices and 2 simple types of cheese, basic cheap buns, cucumbers/tomatoes, coffee from a boiler. The location is out of the way, but there is a tram stop nearby. It takes a long time to get to the center, more than an hour by public transport. Although the Köpenick area is generally very historical, the working class has always lived there. Now there are a lot of Ukrainians and Poles there. From a natural point of view, the place is beautiful, the confluence of 2 rivers and greenery around. There is a lounge near the hostel, so residents are not shy about hanging out, drinking beer, smoking **** and turning on loud music right under the windows. In general, like in that joke: "-What are mixed feelings? - It's when your mother-in-law drowns in your car!"

I didn't expect breakfast to be delivered, it was very good