"If you're looking for simple accommodation at a bargain-basement price, you can't do better than this backpacker's Ritz in a canal house at the edge of the Red Light District." Full review

"Efficient Stadsdoelen is always bustling with backpackers and we can understand why." Full review

"Aimed at the backpack brigade, Stayokay Stadsdoelen offers packages themed around nature or architecture."

"The bar overlooks the canal and serves good-value if basic food, and there’s a 2am curfew."

"The one-and-a-half-pearl Stayokay Hostel Amsterdam Stadsdoelen is a simple hostel that guests either love or hate, with little in between." Full review