There’s no sound proofing! Being your ear plugs max maxxx and maybe get a decent nights rest. Showers not on your floor, honestly I have no idea where the showers were. We showered at forest lagoon beforehand.

Location, amazing. Didn’t try the food, happy hour decent prices, laundry convenient AF when there isn’t 1000 other people waiting to use it. Check in easy, code on the door handle-enough said. Some staff were very helpful. Others glared, weird.

Stayed in August 2025

A bit noisy. We could hear everything in the hallway. A mirror in the room could be a nice addition to the rooms since there was nothing else on the walls

Excellent location and lively bar downstairs. The room was pretty simple and clean.

Stayed in August 2025

Nice and clean

Stayed in July 2025

We absolutely loved the location of course! The bar/restaurant downstairs is a really cool spot, and the staff was very friendly. If you just need a clean, affordable place to stay in the downtown area, this is a perfect choice. :) We have nothing bad to say - everything was clean and well-maintained.

Stayed in July 2025

What allegedly was "kitchen" wasn't really one. It was part of bar, mostly occupied by bicycle and consisted of partially broken electric kettle and single electric stove with single burner. To get to bath, one had to parade through bar.

Stayed in June 2025

Would have been nice to have a desk or something to put our luggage on. Also, missing hand towels and toilet paper at the bathrooms, I sent a message and they did not refill which was unfortunate

Good location but had to pay for parking. Size of the room was nice but no need for it as there is nothing except beds in the room.

Stayed in April 2025

Often no toilet paper in the bathrooms

The place

Stayed in June 2025

You have to consider that this is a hostel and not a hotel, therefore dont expect to same level of hospitality. The room is very basic though large enough and amenemnities are minimum. The bathroom and the toilets are outside the room, but the price is considerably low.

The location is excelent. The room is ok. Cleanless and staff were very good

Stayed in June 2025

Showers in the basement to which you go through a public bar, no kitchen facilities

Central location

Stayed in May 2025

No cooking facilities (hey, that is backpacker's place and not hotel), too soft bed, no furtinure (table, chair, wardrobe) in the room...and mainly terrible noice from the bar itself and also from streets when guests stay on streen shouting under your windows after the bar's closure. We picked the hostel to have a bit of comfort after week in campervan and at the end we were looking forward to come back to sleep in the campervan again.

Great location, clean rooms, great hot shower.

Stayed in May 2025

The showers were on the -1 floor and the room was on the 1st floor. Going down two floors and passing by the bar to take a shower doesn't appeal to me. There is no kitchen.

The location is very good, although the parking lots are not that close.

Stayed in May 2025

Location super, good value for money.

Stayed in March 2025

The hostel is very well located in the town centre one block away from akureyri church and the art museum, and it’s a straight line from the airport if you feel like taking in the view on a lovely 45-minute walk overlooking the mountains. It is also conveniently above a pub, that serves as a nice spot for night drinking and is open to the public from 10. Between 8-10 it serves breakfast for guests for a fee not included in the stay. Showers are in the basement, which makes it slightly less ideal in the privacy aspect to have to pass by the pub in order to shower. The facilities are clean and decent enough, but the sauna was under maintenance when I visited so I couldn’t comment on that. Iceland is known for being a country with a higher living cost, hence most people finding it expensive - but there’s expensive and there’s overpriced. Although the hostel offers shared and individual rooms for a very competitive value (being one of the cheapest in Akureyri), the variety of foods at the breakfast bar was quite disappointing for the price and I would much rather recommend having a decent cooked breakfast at a nearby restaurant (there are plenty in the area) for virtually the same price as they charge for what is a small selection of cereals, some chopped veggies and a tiny board of cold cuts and bread. Some of the staff seemed distant in some interactions, but the hostel’s dynamics were designed so you can logistically spend a whole stay without needing to talk to anyone (as they will message you with all the door locks’ combinations prior to your arrival and everything else is well signalled through notice boards), provided you don’t need them for anything out of the ordinary.

Stayed in April 2025

Great building. And a pretty fun atmosphere. However - a few suggestions: Shower room didn’t have any sinks to finishing cleaning/shaving etc. That would be nice. No interaction with staff whatsoever is needed. While this might work well for after hours checkin, it is nice for general greeting/attendance. As it is the experience there is very impersonal. The bar/restaurant is nice, although the late night dance party should be noted, so that people are aware when booking. It’s loud late. Plus the rooms/halls areas are wide open for anyone to walk into. Found several drunken patrons walking the halls after midnight.

Stayed in March 2025

The bar area was loud until after midnight which is to be expected on a Friday. Sharing bathrooms with groups of puking teenagers wasn't ideal but easily doable for a night.

The staff were super friendly and helpful. The room, even though almost laughably empty, was clean and beds incredibly comfortable - especially after we were supplied with extra pillows. Restaurant serves tasty food in a lively atmosphere.

Stayed in March 2025

There was a massive party on my floor at 3AM during the first night and no one really did anything to stop it. I complained to the host and I didn’t get a simple apology for the disruption. One of the lamps didn’t work and based on the pics I assume the mirror was also missing from the wall.

The place is right in the town centre. The staff was very helpful and friendly and the check in. The room was spacious. I would put some little chest of drawers or a wardrobe in the room as there was nowhere to unpack my clothes. There was always hot water when had a shower. Had a ceiling window and managed to see the northern lights from my room. Be prepared for noise coming in from the street as it is in the town centre and also from the ground floor bar/restaurant.

Stayed in February 2025

We were on 4th floor and only showers were on the first floor for all 3 floors. At 3am in the morning some inconsiderate guests turned music up full bore and carried on for 45mins with incredible noise

Great gabled roof room with skylight; warm comfortable and clean with easy access to 2 toilets for floor

Stayed in February 2025

Perfect location, nice rooms but wish I had a private shower

Stayed in December 2024

Clean, convenient and warm

Stayed in January 2025

The beds were to soft for me

Locadion

Stayed in January 2025

The restaurant/ bar is very lively and therefore noisy. Very difficult to get a good nights sleep! Extremely bad smell on the second floor hallway, luckily not inside the bedrooms. No guest kitchen.

Great location, lively bar/ common room, fantastic restaurant and a generous happy hour. Rooms (and bathrooms) are clean and comfortable.

Stayed in December 2024

They don’t have a elevator, you have to climb some stairs

Great hostel, the location is very central

Stayed in October 2024

No elevators. Very difficult stairs (although they look lovely) to drag luggage up (I was on 4th floor). Laundry is app based and one of the dryers didn’t dry (needed a new filter) & I got charged double (almost $42 USD for one load! It was $20.73 to wash & dry total). I was able to get a refund very easily (through AppWallet). The staff offered me a 20% on breakfast the next day but I didn’t have time as I was catching a bus to Husavik. Staff very helpful re storing luggage & helping me with walking directions to correct bus stop.

Large room (double deluxe), super comfy beds, & beautiful wooden floors. The staff try to remedy issues quickly. I was able to leave luggage between visits.

Stayed in November 2024

Nice and spacious room, liked the wooden floor. Excellent location.

Stayed in August 2024