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The building itself is rather impressive; glass and steel frames making a very contemporary interior for the old building. As with every Swiss YHA this hostel is clean, well looked after and well run, but has limited staff hours and is rather lacking in real comfort. Each floor has a seating area with a few chairs and a table, but there is no proper comfy sitting area or TV room.||||The hostel is in the old town, a quick 5 minutes walk from the main and west train stations and very easy to find being on the riverfront.||||Breakfast is typical Swiss (bread, cheese, cold cuts, muesli) but of a rather high quality. Like all Swiss YHAs there is no guest kitchen (nor even a guest watertap other than the toilet sinks).||||Most of the guests seemed to be Swiss families at the weekend and school groups during the week. Very few regular backpackers.||||Wifi is good, though doesn't work in the sleeping areas.||||During the summer the area at the front is filled with bars and so chatter and music will be loud until late into the night.