Black Forest Hostel

We loved our stay at the Black Forest Hostel! It was much better than we expected. Clean, spacious, and with a really well-equipped kitchen. Even in the 20-bed dorm, it felt comfortable and not crowded. The only small downside was the squeaky wooden floors. Overall, a great place to stay in Freiburg .Affordable, cozy, and in a perfect location for exploring the city and the Black Forest.

The hostel is just 8-10 walking from downtown Freiburg. There are grocery stores 15-25 min away. The property is spacious offering many places for teleworking, reading a book or just spending some free time. Wifi is pretty decent. Besides, there is huge fully-equipped kitchen + offering free coffee / tea in the morning. The premises are clean. Staff is friendly. Price/value ratio: very good Dislike: The number of beds in the dorm is higher than the size of the room. The floor creaked which made a lot of noise during the night since people checking-in late. Not suitable for light sleepers.

Beautiful hostel with nice open social spaces and a well equipped kitchen. Cleaning was done daily and everything felt hygienic. Good location only a 5 minute walk to the city centre. Only thing I could say is that curtains on the beds would be nice, and it felt very male dominated, which may be an issue for some female travellers.

We had such a nice time here, only stayed for 2 nights but it felt like home somehow. I felt so comfortable to cook in the kitchen and use the common spaces, and I didn’t feel awkward at all. And when I couldn’t sleep cos of snoring I felt comfortable going to sleep downstairs. Idk if that was against the rules or something but nothing made me feel like it was. The atmosphere was just really good

Cozy and good location near old town city centre. Easily accessible with a car, but no parking lot. Dorms are just a room with beds and no curtains. The lockers are outside the room but way to narrow, so bigger backpacks and suitcases won’t fit. There is a nice common area and a big kitchen though.

New favorite hostel (and city)! The room (8 bed all female) was spacious and the beds were comfortable. The decorations were very homey and cute, lots of plants too. The kitchen was big and there was plenty of space in the fridge and out to store food. Fully equipped with an oven, stove, two sinks, and all the utensils for cooking. Bathrooms were cleaned regularly and there was plenty of hot water Common spaces had comfy furniture and board games and books. Will definitely be back!

Myself and my partner attempted to stay here and were disappointed with our experience. Our first impression of the place was not quite what we had expected. The staff did not feel welcoming, there were three men who would be sat on the reception's sofa having a great time until the guests came to check in, where their entire demeanour would change; as if we were disturbing them. The common area was an open hall - so quiet you could hear a penny drop. It was not an encouraging place to talk to fellow travellers and I don't attribute this to the people around us, I blame the unfriendly vibe. When we got to our room, the sour taste in our mouths was not improved. We had booked the 20 person dorm but were shocked by how uncomfortable we felt in there. To be clear, we were inter railing for a month and enjoyed staying in all other hostels, we know the risks of dorm sharing but this was like nothing else we experienced. Firstly, we were unnerved to hear that none of the rooms doors had any form of lock on them. Me and my partner were assigned beds that were on the complete opposite sides of the (rather large) room. Her bed was surrounded by nearly naked older men, and mine was similar except for the soaked undergarments laid to dry all around my bed. We did not feel safe in the room and beds we were assigned so we agreed to ask at reception to get moved to a more private room. The man at the reception was fairly understanding, he tried getting us in a better room but it was fully booked up. To my surprise, they did offer me a refund which I didn't expect because we'd had this reserved for about 6 months. We settled for a 50% refund which I'm unsure if I ever got, but I never expected it so I don't mind. Overall, there's a lot to like, the kitchen and dining space is nice and its in a great location. However, the most important thing in a place like this is safety, and we feel it missed the mark completely.

I ended up there out of a huge problem that threw me off and taking the wrong train. I ended up near the Black forest. A wonderful gentleman on the station found this hostile through Booking.com. They offered me a room for €24 shared with men and women. Completely Skeptic and wondering if it was even safe I paid the €24 and went to check it out agreeing that if it wasn’t safe, the guy could keep the €24 but I was walking out of there. Incredibly enough, the young man that checked me in was smart enough to give me the very end of the room with a huge space in front and only one bed on the right and one on the left. The space in front of these three beds was very large. It had heating. It had hangers in one of the walls and it had a wooden trunk for you to store your things so it was absolutely fantastic. I stay there for a couple of weeks, but security proved not to be existent and it created a very big problem in my life. After this major breach, I was given a room with seven or eight other women, and some of them were obnoxiously spoiled, and we princesses that went out in the night and sleep during the day so if you wake up at four in the morning to work and you’re very quiet by 10 AM right before you’re leaving, you have to pack your bag you assume that people are gonna let you do it well it didn’t happen. At the end of the day I was happy. I found this place that looked like a dorm when I studied in Osaka, but heads up you better get a room of your own because actually they exist and it’s only like $57. I would have known from the beginning and I would have done that!

Nice and cute hostel, decent beds, nice staff, decent price, and about a 25 minute walk from the main train station, and even less than a 20 minute walk to other nearby attractions. I recommend a restaurant and pub called Cafe Atlantik, which is a 5 minute walk or less.