Name: The Veteran Hostel
Address: 561 Herengracht, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1017 BW, Netherlands
Rating: 5

Smoke-free property

All Spaces Non-Smoking (public and private)

General

Family room

Rooms

Common kitchen

Meals

Free Wi-Fi

Internet

English

Chinese

Languages Spoken

No parking

Parking

Family/Kid Friendly

Kids

Pets Not Allowed

Pets

Location

At the hostel

Waterlooplein

Vijzelgracht

Rokin

Herengracht Canal

Munt Tower

Flower Market

Stopera

Heineken Experience

Hortus Botanicus

Rijksmuseum

Dam Square

Royal Palace

New Church

Oude Kerk

Beurs van Berlage

Museum Square

Van Gogh Museum

Stedelijk Museum

Anne Frank House

Artis Zoo

NEMO Science Museum

Central station

Vondelpark

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

Viewpoint Groot Hoogwaak

Offem

Museum Engelandvaarders

Beach Noordwijk aan Zee

Arboretum Trompenburg

Rotterdam The Hague Airport

Stadhuis

Beurs World Trade Center

De Doelen

Rotterdam City Theatre

Maritime Museum

Railz Miniworld

Blijdorp Zoo

Witte de Withstraat

Sonneveld House

Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum

Erasmus Bridge

Netherlands Architecture Institute

Kunsthal Rotterdam

Wereldmuseum Rotterdam

Nederlands Fotomuseum

Euromast

The Veteran Hostel

Amsterdam

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Attention: this visit was in winter 2019!!
I was here with my teenage daughter, as a present for her 14th birthday. Generally we just loved Amsterdam. But living in this historically and beautiful building just made us really happy! Located in a very nice and quite central area it was easy to reach all our goals by foot. We got a little rum on highest floor with view on the Gracht. As this building is not destroyed by renovating it was a bit of a challenge to get up the stairs as they were very steep! The room itself was simple but very cosy. The ceiling and the floor was uneven which made the historically point even clearer. We had a fellow bathroom which was ok. They had simple but good breakfast in a little lovely rum in the basement of the place. 
I would highly recommend this hostel for all because of the little adventureness but not for elderly with handicap.
Although it was quite a while we were there I remembered myself again and again of this place why I now write this and hope it is still actual!! 🙏🏼

Just great!

This was a very charming and lovely place! Me and mother stayed here a while ago and we had a great experience. We where a little scared before arriving because of the not so great reviews but that was change when we arrived. Maybe we where lucky with the room, we had the room on the top floor at the bottom of the corridor with a little french balcony overviewing the canals. The top floor where somewhat connected to the next building (a coffeeshop) by a door so it occurred marjuana smell in our room but that wasn’t a problem. The stairs was very steep so i wouldn’t recommend this place to anyone who has trouble walking in stair’s (perhaps a senior). There where two fellow toilets in the building with one shower i one of the bathrooms. Breakfast was served on the first floor and it was very cozy. 
I would recommend this old and charming hostel, we where vary happy with our stay!

Great stay!!

I've stayed there with my best friend for 3 nights and I totally recommend it.

First of all the owner is very friendly and very helpful. We were even able to check in much in earlier than expected.

The room that we should get was pretty small so my friend asked for a bigger room which was possible. Our new room was specious, had comfortable beds, a TV, a table and a good and clean bathroom as well as a wonderful view on Heerengracht.

The breakfast was good and absolutely enough (toast, cheese, butter, jam, cornflakes, orange juice, tea, coffee).

The location is awesome. It's very central and if you don't mind walking for about 15/20 minutes all the big attractions can be reached by foot (as well as the train station). Near the hotel is Rembrandt Plain which offers a great choice of restaurants as well as a supermarket.

All in all we totally recommend the hotel and would come back to this great place for sure.

Perfect place to explore Amsterdam 

I read the reviews, mostly horrible, but I took the risk as the location was ideal.
Yes, it’s next to a coffeeshop so those smells will be around, and it’s on Rembrandtplein so there will be noise, late. And it’s a Dutch building, so tall and long with half stepped rickety staircases. All these things are to be expected.
However, we were a group of four places in room 12 which is ground floor. The room is perfect! It has its own bathroom and even a little bench outside for any smokers. How convenient ;-)
The guy on the front desk wasn’t chatty but was helpful when asked. And great for sorting the coffees and breakfast instructions. 
All in all I’m rating this place a 5, it perfectly met or exceeded all expectations and I would highly recommend to others. 

Room 12 is awesome for up to 5 people

stayed for a couple of days in March 2018, got a great deal through booking.com and was able to get a room with own bathroom. In a great location to the south of the main tourist areas. I found it very quite and comfortable, breakfast was simple but enough to get you started with your day. My only problem was with the stairs. obviously because amsterdam is small buildings space is important but the stairs up to the room were tiny and i struggled to get up them.

Basic but great location

Good: The location is wonderful and the beds are soft. You are at farthest a mile from anything you could want to see in the city from the Red Light District to the Anne Frank House to the Rijksmuseum. This hostel comes with breakfast.

Bad: The shower and bathroom are combined, so only one person can use any of it at a time. The floor of the bathroom is always wet. Outside, people party on the square until 4 AM, so be prepared for endless noise or bring ear plugs. The WiFi does not work at all.  People at reception don’t always speak English. 

The location is really the only thing that makes this place reasonable. 


Private twin room

This was one of the worst hostels I have ever stayed in. First, the room looked nothing like the pictures on their website, there was a blood stain on the comforter, the room was smelly, the ceiling was so low that you could almost hit your head, and a half used toilet paper roll was left for us to be reused during the stay. Also, the manager refused to give me a full refund .

Worst Hostel Ever!

horrible, the rooms are not clean, there are cockroaches, the common shower is not clean (the toilets are glued to the shower, we did not even stay overnight so this hotel is pitiful and we had to negotiate with the owner so that we get our money back (we have recovered only half) to flee!!!

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