The hip Transit Loft Hotel calls itself a "youth hotel," as it's very popular with young groups and families, though in truth it offers more services and better-equipped rooms than an average hostel. However, it does share some things in common with the typical Berlin hostel: For instance, its location in a converted yellow-brick 19th-century helmet factory. The general atmosphere seems to toss an international cast of characters like a dinner salad. This is all very "hip hostel" in Berlin.
The Transit Loft's 47 rooms are clean-cut and handsome, though simple and frill-free. Beds are boxy, tables and desks are utilitarian, and we recognized the attractive navy curtains and carpets from the Transit Loft's sister hotel, the Hotel Transit in Kreuzberg. All rooms in the hotel are equipped with their own private tiled bath, setting the Transit Loft far away from the shared facilities of hostel-land.
The former factory has been converted into a multiuse "leisure" facility, so the hotel shares the building with the "Billiard Fun" pool bar, a video store, a gym, and other leisure-related enterprises. From the hotel, you can easily walk to all the main sights, shops and suds in Prenzlauer Berg.
» Tom Meyers
Note: This hotel was visited by a EuroCheapo editor and is recommended based on cleanliness, location, price and overall quality. EuroCheapo did not charge this hotel to be listed.
About the Transit Loft Hotel neighborhood
One of Berlin's funkiest hoods, Prenzlauer Berg sits to the northeast of Mitte. Speckled with cute restaurants, cafés, and funky retail shops, PB's claims to bohemianism predate the post-reunification creep of gentrification. Prenzlauer Berg was a Jewish neighborhood before the rise of the Nazis and a somewhat arty area in the former East Germany. The weekly markets held on Kollwitzplatz and Helmholtzplatz provide additional draws.
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