Akureyri Backpackers

The best Hostel I ever stayed in

Secure and private room in a stylish, clean and lively hostel. Helpful staff and good kitchen facilities. Tasty breakfast in cool bar/cafe area and awesome cake!

Excellent location on the main street in Akureyri.

Location, cleanliness

The desk attendant pointed out places for us to park but failed to mentioned the parking disk needed in order to avoid a parking ticket. Long story short, we had to pay a fine and it could have been avoided. Not the best customer relations there.... Also, energy efficient timers in the shower room are awesome but only if you can undress, shower, and re dress in under 5 minutes because if nobody is in there the lights shut of and it is scary as s*#%!

The rooms were large, spacious and clean. Location was right off the main highway. Comfortable place and feel.

Had to pay extra for linen (even though this is standard for Iceland it seems), and there wasn't much seating in the kitchen to eat, and they don't allow you to use the tables in the dining room unless you are a paying guest.

They have a sauna. Also there is a nice kitchen area, and the bar is open relatively long (although this might have also just been because it was weekend). The location is perfect, and it's nice and clean.

It was very clean and comfy, nice interior, very cosy.

the showers were in the basement - it was a little bit complicated to run through half of the house in order to shower...

The double room was great,minimalist style but very light and white- food at the bar delicious,great kitchen,really helpful and friendly staff.sauna onsite!

Great place to stay. Traditional Icelandic building, modernised, warm. Nice cosy lounge/bar which doubles as eating area for breakfast. Very helpfully staff with lots of information available. Brilliant base for touring north of iceland. Will be going back again

Nothing, seriously!

location is great, but it can get quite noisy in the afternoon. on the other side it's supercheap!

we did not sleep that well, however it's a hostel, so i did not expect anything fancy. what bothers me most is that it's more of a business than a friendly place. common facilities are also not that tidy, but it's largely up to other guests.

Very nice place to stay - stuff was very friendly - the prices were really good

I loved it there. The location is excellent, right in the middle of down- town Akureyri. The best bars(mini-clubs) are just next door to it, but as soon as you close the windows, you don't hear a thing. So it's a great choice whether you like to go out or go to sleep early. The security is amazing, which is important for me as a female-solo- traveller. No only does the door to the rooms lock, but the floor is also locked, so there shouldn't be anyone on your floor unless they also have a room there. Plus there are lockers inside the rooms, where you can keep your valuables safe. This is the cleanest hostel I have ever stayed in, but is also incredible comfy. The staff is very helpful and nice and I met some really fun people as well. For the price I paid I didn't really have huge expectations, kinda figured that as long as I had a bed of some sort to sleep in I'd be good, but Akureyri Backpackers is so much better than anything I hoped for. I have been to hotels and paid 6x the price I paid there and not been nearly as comfortable. I'm telling all my friends about this and they're seriously considering staying there if they ever go to Akureyri. Don't even think about going someplace else. Akureyri Backpackers is the best choice you can make, and you can use the money you save compared to other places and shop or do something really adventurous you couldn't afford before.

New, clean facility with a large lounge area for meeting other travelers. Homey, comfortable atmosphere. Very clean throughout.

Our room was on the 4th floor (walk-up) and showers were in the basement. Guest kitchen was tiny for the number of rooms. Most of the staff were wonderful but several were indifferent to the point of rudeness.

LOcation, cleanliness and the ambiance.

No real problem but the corridors are a little noisy as they are bare floor boards and so the noise of people coming and going reverberates.

One of the best backpackers hostel in which I ever have been. It was very centric, in the main shoping street. It is an old and very well restaured building with new big rooms (they seem new). We slept in a big and confortable bed. The restrooms are clean and nice but you need to know that all the showers are in the basement and you can be hosted in the 4th floor.The kitchen is big and very well equipped. All has a great decoration. Great value for low budget

All the showers are in the basement and you can be hosted in the 4th floor

Very modern, clean, not noisy

I was on the 4th floor and the showers are in the basement

Cute place!

Very friendly and well located!! I strongly recommend this hostel to everyone!! Nice staff offers the visitor a drink/beer upon their arrival!!

Cleaning of room and facilities Location (center of the city)

Stylish, super-modern inside, located in the old, traditional building in a very center, next door to the bus station. Very clean. You can either use a superbly equipped kitchen to prepare your own food or to order the simple meal in the old-style cafe downstairs. Optional breakfast is a big comfort. For Icelandic conditions the price for the room is good, for European standards is fair

I stayed in Akureyri only for one night, but everything was just fine for me: the room was ok, there were plenty of toilets and showers, the kitchen was quite big and well-equipped (they even have stickers that you can use to label your food when you store it in the fridge!) and the atmosphere was warm and nice. There's a computer available for the guests and you can use it for 20 min, which is reasonable. The outside of the building looks great as well! The staff I came in contact with was helpful and polite. Before I got there I had to change my booking and I must say that they were very quick and attentive when it came to replying by email. They had also provided me with all the necessary instructions in case I should arrive later than their ordinary check-in time. It's just a short walk from the bus station and maybe 3 km from the domestic airport.

Nothing in particular

þjónustan staðsetning

Accueil super !! Lieu très propre et situé dans le coeur de ville, parfait !!

Nice hostel, friendly staff. It's almost brand new and everything is very clean.

la habitación era excelente, muy limpia y comóda El bar, siempre animado y con cerveza a buen precio

las escaleras si tienes la habitación en la cuarta planta se hacen pesadas, sobre todo para ducharte ya que estas se encuentar en la planta -1