ABhostel

Top choice in Antwerp


This adorable, family-run hostel in Borgerhout is a great place to get to know fellow travellers while fixing breakfast from provided ingredients in the kitchen-bar, or relaxing in hammocks in the small yard-garden. Helpful traveller staff are a mine of information to help you make the most of the odd-ball location's opportunities and hot spots.

The hostel is on a residential street 20 minutes' walk east of Antwerpen-Centraal station, with lots of cheap ethnic eats nearby and four great pubs within a modest walk.


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