Student Hotel

Top choice in Maastricht


'Sit down…or dance with us' suggests the colourful, open-plan reception in this light-suffused, 140-room hotel that oozes industrial-chic in a brilliantly repurposed factory that once made ceramic toilet bowls. While hip and very contemporary, you certainly don't have to be a student to stay here, and the rooms are fully equipped.

It has vast areas of lounge space including a 'void' of suspended netting where you can don headphones and listen to TED talks. Or take the slide to a quieter sitting area below. It's a 10-minute walk north of centre in the up-and-coming Bassin district beside the Sphinx carpark.


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