Five Elements Hostel

Nota do estabelecimento inflada no Hostelworld. Ambiente sujo, os banheiros estavam em reforma durante o dia de estadia e nada foi avisado, além da localização influenciar bastante. Até avisaram sobre estar na zona vermelha, porém não era apenas uma zona vermelha, parecia um local de venda de drogas. Não recomendo.

Alles perfekt! Komme sehr gerne wieder!

The staff provided good service, and the rooms, toilets, and bathrooms were clean. However, the location was terrible. Homeless people and drug users were a constant presence outside the hostel, making it feel unsafe and uncomfortable. The disturbances and lack of security measures made it hard to rest properly. It would have been better if the hostel had warned guests about the area's issues beforehand. I wouldn't recommend staying there due to the unpleasant surroundings.

the place was overall very good! lovely staff

L'ostello è carino ma è in una posizione pessima, in mezzo ai tossici

It’s in the red light district. Don’t engage with the crazies in the area and they mostly won’t engage with you. Price is very fair and as convenient as it gets to the main train station. Socializing here has been hit or miss for me as a solo traveler. Free tea and coffee in a living room where people often keep to themselves. Overall this is a good hostel. Oh yeah a pool table and lockers downstairs as well.

It was not clean. The location is one the hand ideal to the station and for using public transport. On the other hand it is in the middle of the red-light District.

Hostel ist eigentlich gar nicht so schlecht, ist aber in einer sehr unangenehmen Straße mit vielen Obdachlosen. Würde es leider nicht empfehlen.

Want to start out by thanking the staff. They seemed very nice and were very accommodating. Nothing about my experience here had anything to do with them. That being said, I don’t believe anything positive about the hostel conditions discounts the terrible state of the neighborhood it’s located in. I booked my stay because it was cheap, rated relatively well, and close to the train station. That’s on me for not reading the reviews closely enough and taking them more seriously. I used to work in a neighborhood where there was a lot of gang activity (dr*g dealing/addiction, shootings, dog fights, etc.) so I figured how bad could it really be. When I first left the train station someone threatened to st*b me for my water bottle. Thank god a group of guys drinking across the street got him away. God bless them for that drink. Walking to the train station I was accosted twice by some addicts and there were people with track marks wandering around barefoot stepping on broken glass (I cannot emphasize enough how much broken glass was on the sidewalks). The sidewalks were mostly blocked off due to construction so every encampment was crowded and impossible to avoid. I didn’t want to stay somewhere where I’d either have to get a taxi everywhere or worry about when the sun was gonna set. Not a safe place for solo travelers. I cannot imagine what its like for a solo female traveler. Wound up booking a cheap hotel for the same rate on the other side of town and took a stroll around. Thankfully I saved some money. This is a very nice city with a lot to offer but steer clear of that location.

Not in a safe neighborhood but close to everything. Have all basic facilities you need and the atmosphere is okay. Bathroom wasn’t very clean but was alright. Overall a nice place, will come back again.

You can tell staff really puts their heart into managing this hostel! Friendly space, nicely fitted,with mates rates for food and beverage. The surroundings are a bit rough, given that the hostel is located in the red light district, but otherwise a nice experience.

4.5 stars. It's a great hostel, staff are wonderful and the vibe is great with friendly travellers from all over the world, just like you would expect in a true hostel. Free dinner, happy hour, great cheap breakfast, very comfy and sociable common areas are huge pluses. They warn you about the location so you can't really blame them for this. It's not a pretty sight, but all in all I felt safe and it's just a couple minutes walk from the central train station. The walking dead around the place are harmful to no one but themselves. They deserve help and compassion, not fear. If anything, the rooms could use some love, ceiling fans or AC would be ideal in the hot summer months, and curtains for each bed would make it perfect.

Come, visit the very Heart of Darkness! See the very lowest, most humiliating lifestyles; displayed for you nightly from 1800 to 0000! Continental Europe doesn't get any seedier than this, folks! GASP at the incredible speeds of heroin users off to buy a bag MARVEL at the worst case of subconjuctivital bleeding you have ever seen, *or will ever see* BE RADICALISED by the distinct lack of care the financial district shows for it's most vulnerable Fun HOSTEL, bad AREA. SAFE too. Great BBQ!

The location is great because it is very close to the train station, but it is located in a scary area with a lot of sexshops and junkies. Don't recommend if you're a female solo traveler. The bathrooms were not clean.