Five Elements Hostel

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Le quartier est très mal fréquenté

L'emplacement n'est pas du tout top. L'hostel est situé dans le quartier des maisons closes, de la drogue et des sex shop. Vraiment pas safe de jour comme de nuit. Néanmoins il est proche de la gare avec 5min à pied et l'entrée est sécurisée avec double porte pour éviter que quelqu'un de malhonnête ne rentre. Le simple vitrage des fenêtres dans les chambres n'isole pas du bruit ambiant dehors..

The are the hostel is located could be somewhat disturbing for certains... And quite pricy for a hostel.

Nichts! außer vielleicht, dass die Behälter bzw. Kästen für die persönlichen Sachen unter dem Bett nicht so einfach zu handhaben sind. Aber kein großes Problem.

Leider waren die toiletten nicht ganz sauber

My room had a window towards the street which is full of junkies and dodgy people who were fighting, arguing, and shouting all night - and that was a Monday night so I imagine weekends must be even worse. You have to make your own bed, it's not a big deal but for the price, it was a little unexpected. The socket/light next to my bed had naked wires from wear and tear - not very safe. Lastly, I was unlucky with whom I shared the room so I did not manage to sleep much, but I am aware that there is nothing the hostel can do about this.

Gefallen hat mir nicht es wurden Sachen aus dem Kühlschrank geklaut wass man gekauft hat dass fande ich gar nicht gut und nachts konnte man kaum schlafen ???? viel krach und bis zum frühen Morgen Musik und geschnarche im Zimmer obwohl ich dann auch noch Arbeiten musste am nächsten Tag an meine Arbeitstelle da gebe ich dafür die Note ungenügend

I arrived at the hotel alone in the evening, and the receptionist at the front desk told me that I must pay the room card deposit and city tax in cash, otherwise I will be refused check-in. I am a girl traveling alone and do not carry cash with me. I hope to pay by credit card. The front desk staff refused to pay the fee in this form and refused to allow me to pay the fee later. They forced me to go out alone at night to withdraw money from a bank machine, which was really terrible!

Zu enge Toilette

There was no internet connection in the room. I told the staff, but they didn't do anything about it. It seemed like they didn't believe me. They don't issue receipts for breakfast. Only if you ask for it can you get one. The location is quite eerie.

It is very dangerous! I would definitely not recommend for woman that travels alone. I had to take taxi and the driver was really scared, that I was at this hostel. He also said, there are other hostels and hotels near from the train station, that are not that dangerous. The next door from the hotel is a bordel and at the corner as well. I felt unsafe also during the day, it seems like the junkies were talking about me the two times that I walked through the streets. (They screamed to each other: “die Frau!” (The woman!)) The internet in the room was terrible, I had to use my mobile data. I had trouble to climb the upper bed and the light of my bed was not working. The staff don’t speak German - maybe just one of them. They write you an email right after the booking warning of the location and saying that you can refund *now*, even though you book as non-refundable. I read the email a few hours later and answered but then it wasn’t possible anymore. After that they say they can only refund after 4 hours from booking. They try that in order to not get bad reviews, but I’m sorry, that location is one of the main points from a hostel or hotel. I really think this could be a nice hostel, but in a other location.

Only reason to advice not to go is when you are a light sleeper. Cause its 100mtr form the main station so all day long you got people on the street 24hours, sirens, for me and people that like there is always something happening it is a pro instead of a con