Skansen hotel

DO NOT STAY AT THIS "HOTEL", unless you have literally no other option. To call this place a hotel is to tell a blatant lie. It was a cheaper hotel so I knew going into it that it would probably be a little rough around the edges, but the pictures online looked nice so I figured why not, I'll save a couple bucks. Boy was that a mistake. The building looks and feels like it could come down at any moment. My first impressions of the inside were that it felt like I was walking into a drug den. I've stayed in some rough places in my life, but this was probably the roughest. Graffiti on the walls inside, mold and mystery stains all over the walls and floors. The first room I was given a key for was still dirty from the last guests, but that got squared away no problem. Then I walked into the actual room I'd be staying in and the wooden floors were very soft, and I don't mean pleasant to walk on soft, I mean rotting wood soft. I was scared I might fall through. The bathroom is tiny and the shower section of the bathroom feels like something you might find at a campsite. This is the kind of place that back home would go for maaaybe $20 a night, and even that would be a stretch. With taxes ect I paid $100 a night. For $140 a night, there was a much nicer actual hotel just down the road. That's where I actually ended up staying. There were signs in the place saying it was under renovation and to not mind the mess... I hope it is a massive renovation. From what I could tell, they would be better off knocking it down and building a completely new structure. One last point. The room key (which was an actual regular 5/6 pin key) also worked as a key to the building... which makes me think it would also work on any and every other room in the hotel. Didn't test to find out, honestly I couldn't get out of that building fast enough.

When I booked this place, it came with a warning that there were some bars etc around so it could get noisy at night. I thought that's just the price of staying in the middle of the city, and it'd be bearable if I closed the window.||What they didn't tell you was that there was a bar/nightclub that plays thumping music until 3am literally below the rooms, with no sound proofing. It was like trying to sleep in a nightclub. Didn't get any sleep until 3am both nights I stayed.||The room itself was decent for the price and was clean, and the location was unbeatable, but don't stay here if you appreciate getting sleep before 3am.

Place is a joke, messy, without basic accessory. Light is broken, some of the electrical sockets as well. Flush is broken too, and you have either very hot water or none in the tap. Bathroom is outrageously filthy. And the bar located below the rooms effectivelly prevents healthy sleep. Windows barely close. Avoid at all cost. The only positive aspect is localisation.

This hotel is in a great location- walking distance to port, restaurants/shops, etc. It is not a fancy hotel, as evidenced by the good price. It was clean, they changed our towels daily, and took out our trash. I know others complained of noise, but we did not experience that. Check-in was simple- how to enter the hotel and get our key was texted to me and it was super easy. It’s a small room with 2 twin beds, tv, 2 chairs, and a desk/table where I was able to work. There are plenty of outlets for charging electronics. You will need to bring your own hair dryer and shampoo/ conditioner. There is bar next door. We were happy with our stay, especially for the price!

This place is absolutely horrible. Very loud. Doors are slammed all night long by other guests. Bar underneath was very loud. Busses depart directly in front of the house. Music from the bars in the street is also very loud. Windows were broken in my room, you can’t close them. The shower and shower curtain was very moldy. The sink and toilet were in a bad condition. Not because they are old they are not keeped up well. Lights in the room were only working partially… Wi-Fi didn’t work at all.

Absolutely HORRIBLE!!!!! 1 star because I can’t put less They put in the confirmation textually: ”It can be noisy because of the bars and nightclubs in the area” — it’s such an UNDERSTATEMENT! It’s not “noisy”, it’s literally impossible to sleep because of the way too loud music And it’s not because of the bars in the area, it’s because of the bar just under the rooms there is NO sound isolation for the bar nor the rooms

Sincerely hope that The water boiler was bigger. We were really bothered by the fact that the hotel does not say a word to let us wait until 17:00 to check in without any possibility for storing luggage. Especially when we communicated already about the time we arrive. We wasted some time -that was not necessary. Otherwise it was still a good/fine experience for such price. We stayed two nights and was happy.

The place has a very good location and concering Stvanger pricing for hotel rooms it is cheap. The beds are clean. There was a Kettle in the Room, which was handy for some instant coffee since there is no breakfast avaible. There was no Wifi signal in our room But the condition of the hotel is bad. Firstly is has some narrow hallways where i can imagine some will have problems fitting thru. But thats not the biggest problem. The entire hotel must be a breedingground for mold. The hallways smelled awfull after mold. Its not the only place where mold is present. The bathroom had no window but only a ventilation that is controlled by the light switch, which is completly wrong and dumb. Since the ventilation runs not until the humidity is down, as it would with a humidity sensor switch, there is mold in the bathroom. Not even the shower curtain gets switched when inhabited by mold. Also the shower sink was blocked. The floor in the room was broken due to wettness.