City Trip Hostels Zaandam-Amsterdam

location is not bad quiet and river view is good. then, kitchen is.. dirty a bit. there are flies a lot...

When the room is ready, staff allow me for early check in and there’s always staffs to clean the toilet and bathroom to maintain good hygiene. I would recommend those who are travelling alone to choose this hostel

The place is very clean and there’s always a staff member available. However, because there’s a nightclub behind the building, and it’s open 6 days a week, it’s very loud between 8pm and 3-4am. BRING EARPLUGS!! There’s also a pool hall above. The showers don’t have temperature control and they turn off every 20 seconds or so so you have to keep touching the sensor. The same with the light in the shower room so you have to keep stepping out of the shower to reactivate the light. Also, toilets are in a separate room from the shower and there’s no hot water to wash your hands. The kitchen is big and the staff takes cleanliness very seriously there which is great. But because there are dozens of guests, you have to get used to working around each other to get your meals cooked. There are three ovens and stoves with four burners on each stove-electric. Two huge refrigerators and a big freezer and if you haven’t labeled your things properly (name and date checking out) they throw it away every Wednesday. Labels and pens provided. The beds are as pictured and very comfortable, but there’s no heat so it can get cold. They provided big comfortable comforters though. If you’re there longer than a few days you’ll get to know more people there and even meet the cat, Picaso, who wanders in from a local homeowner. LOL Because of the noise, I might not stay here again. Otherwise it was nice.