Berlin

Possessing a long and intriguing past, the German capital offers something for everyone; stunning theatres and museums combined with first rate shopping and a bustling nightlife to produce the ideal short break.

The charming EastSeven Berlin Hostel has consistently been voted into Hostelworld’s top ten hostels since opening in April 2005.

Here guests can choose from a range of private rooms or small dorms, enjoy a fresh coffee or German beer with fellow guests, log on to the free wireless internet or relax in the beautiful garden.

Conveniently located between the hustle and bustle of Mitte and charming Prenzlauer Berg, the EastSeven Hostel offers the ideal location for exploring the best of Berlin. Rates start at £15.82 per night.

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Eastseven, Berlin
This laidback hostel, in a great location between the Mitte and Prenzlauer Berg districts in central Berlin, attracts travellers of all ages. It's fairly small, which adds to the friendly atmosphere, and staff are happy to share insider tips on the city. Hang out in the homely kitchen, retro-style lounge or pretty garden (complete with picnic tables) or join a free walking tour. There's a choice of dorms (the largest sleeps eight), as well as private rooms, all brightly decorated, and pluses include complimentary lockers, wi-fi and a modern self-catering kitchen.

From £15 in an eight-bed dorm, private twins/doubles from £21

EAST SEVEN BERLIN HOSTEL

BERLIN, GERMANY

Situated in Mitte, Berlin's bustling art and nightlife district, the East Seven gives guests a comfortable perch from which to witness the city's startling rebirth. Recently renovated, the hostel boasts a design that is brash but inviting. Well-lit rooms are splashed with bright colours and feature comfortable pine beds and even baby beds for new parents struck by the travel bug. As for shared spaces, owners Pierre Ammon and Jörg Schöpfe have found the right balance between bohemian hip and homespun hospitality in the multicoloured retro lounge and a cozy back garden — both perfect places to make the transition from a day of gallery-hopping to a night of clubbing.

EastSeven Berlin Hostel, Schwedter Strasse 7, Berlin; 49 3 0 936 222 40; www.eastseven.de. Doubles from $46, DORMS FROM $25

"Friendly, familial and fun hostel."

REVIEW This cheerful new arrival on Berlin's bulging hostel scene is close to bars, cafes and restaurants and a mere stone's throw from the U-Bahn station. Its comparatively small size creates a low-key and familial atmosphere where cultural and language barriers melt faster than snow in the Sahara ...

Wohlfühlatmosphäre ist kein Tabu

Der ursprüngliche Gedanke von Gemeinschaft und des Austausches prägt vor allem die Konzepte der kleineren Hostel der Stadt, obwohl auch diese in Größe und Ausstattung variieren.
Das "East Seven Hostel" in der Schwedter Straße 7 im Prenzlauer Berg, mit seinen 60 Betten bietet seinen Gästen nicht nur eine exzellente Lage, sondern auch einen wunderschönen Garten zum Entspannen.
Die Eigentümer Pierre Ammon und Jörg Schöpfel begegnen dem steigenden Konkurrenzdruck mit einem ausgefeilten Konzept und mit Qualität. Sie haben u.a. auf eine individuelle Farbgestaltung des Hauses gesetzt, um eine persönliche, gemütliche und ruhige Stimmung zu vermitteln. Großer Wert wird auch auf Sauberkeit gelegt.
Das Hostel befindet sich seit drei Jahren unter den Top 10 weltweit, obwohl es erst 2005 aufgemacht hat. Für eine Übernachtung im Vierbettzimmer mit Etagendusche zahlt man im "East Seven" ab 16,50 Euro.

Auszüge aus dem Presseartikel (der komplette Artikel als nebenstehendes .pdf Dokument):
Wettbewerbsvorteile durch Führung eines Hostels als Verein um Steuervorteile wie Umsatzsteuerbegünstigung, Befreiung von der Gewerbesteuer/Körperschaftssteuer und Grundsteuer zu nutzen. Gewinne dürfen nicht gemacht werden, die Gemeinnützigkeit kann – wenn sie überhaupt gerechtfertigt ist – auch rückwirkend aberkannt werden.

DOVE ALLOGGIARE

Per respirare l’atmosfera della Berlino di ieri, vi consigliamo di alloggiare in un palazzo di quelli in stile sovietico. Vi suggeriamo l’EastSeven Berlin Hostel (www.eastseven.de), a poca distanza da Alexander Platz. “Cerchiamo di offrire ai nostri ospiti un ambiente giovanile, confortevole e familiare – ci spiega Nick – con camerate, doppie o singole che soddisfano le varie esigenze a prezzi davvero competitivi”. L'EastSeven Berlin Hostel è stato segnalato tra i migliori 10 ostelli del mondo! Se avete un pc, è disponibile il servizio Internet Wireless gratuito.

Das Liebevolle

East Seven Berlin Hostel, Prenzlauer Berg: Eines der wohl charmantesten Hostels der Stadt pflegt seinen dezenten Auftritt in einer Seitenstraße der Kastanienallee. Der familiäre Eindruck beginnt bereits an der Rezeption, das riesige Wohnzimmer mit den vielen Plüschsesseln erinnert an eine WG voller Austauschstudenten. Größere Gruppen müssen draußen bleiben, was der intimen Atmosphäre des neu eröffneten Hauses mit dem pittoresken Innenhof entgegenkommt. Doppelzimmer kosten zwischen 40 und 46 Euro.
East Seven, Schwedter Straße 7, Prenzlauer Berg, Tel. 93 62 22 40. www.eastseven.de
Fazit: Familiäres Hostel mit Wohlfühlgarantie.

Opened just over a year ago, this central Berlin hostel is great value for money. The mix of private rooms (with shared showers) and dorms feature "good Ikea" styling and, unusually for some hostels, there's plenty of daylight in all the rooms. Thoughtful extras stretch to supplying baby beds for children. Then there's the fresh coffee, bike rental, internet facilities and access to a large self-catering kitchen and lounge off the garden.

East Seven Hostel, Ammon & Schöpfel GBR, Schwedter Strasse 7, Berlin, Germany (00 49 30 936 222 40; www.eastseven.de). Dorm beds start at €12€(£8.60), doubles from €40€(£28.60), both room only.

EastSeven Berlin Hostel

The EastSeven, on the border between Berlin's popular Mitte and Prenzlauer Berg districts is one of the city's newer hostels, opened in April 2005 - and has already been voted world's seventh best hostel by users of a popular hostel-booking website.

EastSeven markets itself as a more-laid back style of hostel - no stag- or hen parties please, and you won't be mixing with groups of school children. It offers single, double, twin, and triple rooms along with spacious comfortable dorms (4-8 beds, with room lockers provided).

Like Leonardo DiCaprio said in that movie based on that book about that beach: “Never refuse an invitation, never resist the unfamiliar, never fail to be polite and never outstay a welcome.” Even though Berlin is short of beaches (mind you, there are a few), invitations are plenty, and you better not refuse them, because you’ll miss out. As for outstaying a welcome, I don’t think it’s possible as no matter your language, no matter your background, you can be one of them. Just like Kennedy was.

I hit Berlin on a sunny April afternoon and dropped off my bags at East Seven, which isn’t an amputated boy band but a cool little hostel sitting snugly between the Mitte and Prenzlauer Berg hoods. (www.eastseven.de)

Das Liebevolle

East Seven Berlin Hostel, Prenzlauer Berg: Eines der wohl charmantesten Hostels der Stadt pflegt seinen dezenten Auftritt in einer Seitenstraße der Kastanienallee. Der familiäre Eindruck beginnt bereits an der Rezeption, das riesige Wohnzimmer mit den vielen Plüschsesseln erinnert an eine WG voller Austauschstudenten. Größere Gruppen müssen draußen bleiben, was der intimen Atmosphäre des neu eröffneten Hauses mit dem pittoresken Innenhof entgegenkommt. Doppelzimmer kosten zwischen 40 und 46 Euro.
East Seven, Schwedter Straße 7, Prenzlauer Berg, Tel. 93 62 22 40. www.eastseven.de

Fazit: Familiäres Hostel mit Wohlfühlgarantie.

... great value for money and unusual for some hostels, there´s plenty of daylight in all rooms. Fresh coffee, bike rental, internet facilities and access to a large self-catering kitchen and lounge off the garden ...

HOSTELS SPIFFING UP: When you picture a youth hostel, images of Birkenstock - shod backpackers sleeping on ripped sofas may come to mind. No longer. Now there are designer hostels, aimed at "flashpackers", who want cheap, but contemporary lodging.
In Berlin, the EastSeven Berlin Hostel has beds starting at about $17, a garden area with coffee and beer available - and even baby beds.

Hostels still cheap, now stylish

12:00 AM CDT on Sunday, October 14, 2007
The New York Times
When you picture a youth hostel, images of Birkenstock-shod backpackers sleeping on ripped sofas may come to mind. Now there are designer hostels, aimed at "flashpackers," who want cheap but contemporary lodging.
In Berlin, East Seven (www. eastseven.de) has beds starting at $16, a garden area with coffee and beer available and even baby beds.
In London, YHA (www.yha. org.uk), which operates more than 200 hostels in England and Wales, recently spent about $3.4 million renovating its Earls Court Hostel. Not only does the hostel now have a cafe serving cappuccinos and lattes, it also has a lounge with a flat-screen TV, a courtyard garden and Wi-Fi and dial-up Internet connections. Double, twin-bedded rooms start at $114 a night, while those willing to sleep in one of the two communal, 10-bed, single-sex rooms need pay only about $34.
In Edinburgh, the Scottish Youth Hostels Association has opened a "stylish and modern hostel" with 302 beds within walking distance of Edinburgh Castle.
The hostel, the Edinburgh Central (www.edinburgh central.org), has a restaurant open from morning until night, serving wine, beer and food (no main course exceeds $12), plasma-screen lobby televisions and both Wi-Fi and Internet stations. Beds start at $30, single rooms at $50, twins at $74, family rooms at $134.
And in Prague, the Czech Inn (www.czech-inn.com) has beds in dorm rooms starting at $19, private rooms at $26, and there are even a few apartments – all decorated stylishly, of course.
The New York Times

The top 10 hostels in the world, based on voting by more than 500.000 hostel users on the web site www.hostelworld.com and announced in January 2007 at the annual Hoscars ceremony in Dublin, Ireland.
No. 7 was EastSeven Berlin Hostel ...

Kultur und Nightlife in Berlin
BILD am SONNTAG

Allein, mit der besten Freundin oder dem Kumpel unterwegs? Egal! Das Nummer-eins-Ziel ist Berlin!

Amüsierfreudige finden hier eine Riesenauswahl an Restaurants, Bars, Nightclubs, Kulturfans dazu Theater (z. B. Deutsches Theater, www.deutschestheater.de, Tel. 030/28 44 10), Kleinkunstbühnen (z. B. Bar jeder Vernunft, www.bar-jeder-vernunft.de, Tel. 030/ 883 15 82) und Museen (beeindruckend z. B. Jüdisches Museum, www.juedisches-museum-berlin.de, Tel. 030/25 99 33 00). Und: lebendige Geschichte.

Allein über den Boulevard Unter den Linden, den Gendarmenmarkt oder durchs Regierungsviertel zu flanieren – das hat was. Wer lieber entspannt, geht auf Spree-Tour (Fahrpläne und Preise z. B. unter www.reederei-riedel.de, Tel. 030/693 46 46) oder setzt sich in einen der inzwischen unzählbaren Beach-Clubs. Und wer richtig Ruhe haben will, fährt einfach raus. Egal in welche Richtung – Seen und Wald gibt’s rund um Berlin überall.

Sie wohnen in der Hauptstadt? Glückwunsch! Dann verbringen Sie doch mal das Wochenende in einem anderen Bezirk und erobern Sie sich einen neuen Stadtteil.

Angebote: Schön günstig mitten im Hip-Viertel Prenzlauer Berg: „East Seven Hostel“ (21 Euro p. P. im DZ, www.eastseven.de, Tel. 030/93 62 22 40). Mit der „Berlin Welcome Card“ (21,50 Euro für 72 Std.) gibt’s viele Ermäßigungen.

Ostelli a Berlino a partire da 10 euro
pubblicato: venerdì 18 aprile 2008 da deborab in: Hotel Siti utili Berlino

Non si tratta di un video ma di una slide show commerciale prodotto dal sito hostelbookers.com, per cui come tutte le demo, da verificare con altre fonti d’informazione, ma insomma è un punto di partenza per quanti sono alla ricerca di un alloggio a prezzi più che accessibili, magari accoppiando l’ostello con un volo low cost.

Le strutture pubblicizzate sono il Wombats Hostel (a partire da 16 euro), il St Christopher’s Hostel (17 euro), il Baxpax (16 euro), il Meininger City Hostel (14 euro), l’ EastSeven (18 euro) e il Generator Berlin (13 euro), ma moltissime altre sul sito hostelbookers.com.

Il sito hostelbookers.com dedicato a Berlino.

Friday, July 18, 2008
Accomodations Recommendation
Jen says:

Hostelworld, Hostelbookers or Venere are websites you could go to in search of accomodations.

These are my personal recommendations. All of the following are less than $65 per person/night.

EastSeven Berlin Hostel

• Bold colours/IKEA furnishings
• Clean shared bathrooms
• Kitchen + Garden
• Free wireless internet at lounge area only
• 5mins walk to train / Walking distance to heart of Berlin, Alexanderplatz
• Charge ONCE 3€ per guest for the bed sheets
• 1€ per 100€ for payment by credit cards
• Bring your towel or rent one for 1€