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Hostel Strowis

Utrecht (Old Centre), Utrecht, Netherlands

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Address
Boothstraat 8, Utrecht (Old Centre)   Map
Price
from € 15,-
Location/Contact
Details
Their Description

Features

  • Kitchen
  • Lockers
  • Bar
  • Lounge / Common space
  • Book Collection/Exchange
  • Travel information provided
  • Bike Rental
  • 24 Hour Free Hot Showers
  • Phones (public or in room)
 
The Hostelz.com Review
Strowis is located in central Utrecht and should be easy to find on a map. Boothstraat is a very small street.

Compared to other Netherland hostel prices, Strowis is a bargain. There is a members' kitchen, which is ok, and a separate fridge downstairs which isn't closed in the later evening like the kitchen is.

Internet access is free and the connection good, but expect to wait as there is just one computer. The common room is large, spacious, and beautiful with comfortable antique-style furniture. The staff are helpful and will provide glasses for your beers. They also sell snacks and N/A beverages. The outdoor patio garden is beautiful, and a good place to enjoy Holland's very best, available just around the corner.

The rooms and bathrooms are all very clean, and showers are good and hot. The cheap dorms have 14 beds but are very spacious and beds are comfy. An extra 1.50 for linens may be a good idea. For a comfortable, social stay in a non-touristy Dutch university town, this is a very good spot.

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Comment by Gideon Gelshtein, Israel
September 2008
Very nice
It's a very nice hostel, very clean and with good atmosphere. In their lobby there is always good music and enough space for talking or just reading a book.
Comment by Cat, australia
August 2008
Simply excellent!
The whole building has an amazing atmosphere (kinda art-nouveau interior style), great place to relax (excellent after a long night out in the city), staff are laid back kinda people, very helpful and keeping the place clean! Oh and the garden is a gem. Great location, loved the city, will be back someday!
Comment by Thomas, USA
January 2008
No Atmosphere
Visited this hostel for two days. Dormitory rooms good. Clean showers. Breakfast is expensive. Communal living room has no atmosphere. Staff sometimes unfriendly, otherwise a good place.
Comment by Bogo, Slovene
June 2007
Very Good
I spent with my family an excellent week in this Hostel. It's a clean, nice place with beautiful backyard and very close to the center. Staff is very helpful.
Comment by JD, US
April 2007
Friendly and helpful staff, hot coffee, peaceful sitting room, simple and elegant decor, central location, only thirty minutes from Amsterdam, a wonderful experience all-around. No complaints. Go there.
Comment by carolin
March 2007
I stayed at strowis for ten days and it has been great. It was always clean although the hostel was booked out and the staff was friendly. Sitting in the backyard was excellent.
Comment by marek
March 2006
i have to join those highly speaking of this hostel. i've spent there great time and it's staff is extremely friendly, not mentioning amazing sitting in the backyard.
Comment by Bruno
November 2005
Four wonderful days!!! Staff are very polite, location is very good, clear and friendly!!! It's better than Amsterdam-hostels! Enjoy it!!!
Comment by Diederick
September 2005
I've never had such a bad experience in a hostel than I did in Strowis Boothstraat 8. It had a poor breakfast with old bread, no Internet connection (always broken), unfriendly staff and it was expensive. After two days I went to another hostel.
Comment by Roger
November 2004
This is probably the worst hostel I have ever stayed in. There was no atmosphere or gravity. The staff were silly and the drinks machine didn't have Sunbeams.
Comment by Catherina
October 2004
I stayed two days in Hostel Strowis. They stole my food and I saw mice in the kitchen. Also, the bread at breakfast was old and very poor. I had a bad experience in this hostel.
Comment by Saskia
August 2004
It is a clean hostel but the atmosphere is bad--it has unfriendly staff, poor breakfast, and is very expensive. I wouldn't recommend this place.
Comment by Kala
August 2004
I can easily say this was the best hostel I experienced in Germany, Belgium, or the Netherlands. It has a homey feel, good beds, an extremely friendly staff, and an oustanding full buffet breakfast. Utrecht is a great city. It's more friendly & much more chill than Amsterdam.
Comment by Anonymous
March 2004
That place was a deadly buzz, real chilled, and all you need is on three streets: coffeeshop shop, banklink, and bed. The perfect place, way better than tacky dam. It's in a real old area and there are parks and canals to chill by. I recommend it to everyone. Cheaper than Amsterdam too!!!
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