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Just a few minutes from the central train station, City Backpackers' 51 beds are housed in a huge 19th-century building with a big airy courtyard. The tiny City Backpackers lobby is covered in posters and stickers, which feature outtakes from Swedish popular culture as well as various paraphernalia that fall into the category of international friendship. Find the button over the reception proclaiming the Swedish-Norwegian border to be the friendliest frontier in the world, and you'll see what we mean.
The City Backpackers lounge is low-key and its communal kitchen appears to have been delivered, completely intact, from Ikea.
It is City Backpackers's little perks that set the hostel apart from others of its ilk. The kitchen features free pasta. Just grab some pasta and boil. And then there's the free morning access to the hostel's sauna. Neither will make you forget that you're staying in a hostel, but both will improve your stay. And if like us, you're a carb-loving steam freak, you may feel that you're in hostel heaven.
Rooms, which include two-bed and four-bed configurations, are unremarkable. You can expect to find baby blue metal bunkbeds, simple mattresses, cupboards, white walls, lockers, and reading lamps. City Backpackers guests includes both traditional backpackers and budget-minded tourists on weekend breaks. Larger groups should ask about the six-bed apartment, which includes a kitchen and a private bathroom.
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