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Ostel - GDR The Hostel vs The Circus Hotel

Ostel - GDR The Hostel and The Circus Hotel are both endorsed by professional travelers. Overall, The Circus Hotel ranks significantly better than Ostel - GDR The Hostel. The Circus Hotel ranks #11 in Berlin with praise from 10 reviewers including Travel + Leisure, Afar Magazine and Lonely Planet.

Ostel - GDR The Hostel
Ostel - GDR The Hostel
7 / 10
Wriezener Karree 5, 10243 Berlin
From $71 /night
  • Free Internet
  • Concierge
  • Baggage storage
  • 24-hour front desk
  • Safe
  • Taxi service
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Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
". Our independent authors have visited Ostel Hostel and selected this as one of our recommended hostels in Berlin."
DK Eyewitness DK Eyewitness
"Located in Berlin’s trendy Mitte district, Ostel is designed to look like a communist-era hotel."
Time Out Time Out
"For those who just can’t get enough of Ostalgie (nostalgia for the East), there’s a hotel Konsum (state-run market), which sells everything from plaster eggcups to chocolate DDR coins." Full review
Rough Guide Rough Guide
Star
"Step back into the GDR of the 1970s amid a haze of browns and oranges at this themed budget hotel a short walk from the Ostbahnhof."
BlackBook BlackBook
"Berlin's Ostel offers rooms and apartments for up to six people completely outfitted in commie décor, at prices equally reminiscent of the Eastern Bloc."
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The Circus Hotel
The Circus Hotel
8 / 10
Rosenthaler Strasse 1, 10119 Berlin
From $100 /night
  • Bar/Lounge
  • Free Internet
  • Room Service
  • Shuttle Bus
  • Laundry Service
  • Concierge
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Star
"Fantastic and stylish budget-hotel run by the Circus Hostel over the road."
Frommer's Frommer's
"This is the greenest hotel and the hippest, attracting a youth-oriented clientele intent on saving the planet." Full review
DK Eyewitness DK Eyewitness
"This hostel, near Alexanderplatz, offers great value accommodation close to many of the city’s sights."
Time Out Time Out
"In the heart of Mitte, the owners of the infamous Circus Hostel have created Circus Hotel, a downright classy older sibling." Full review
BlackBook BlackBook
"Located directly on one of Berlin's main arteries, the ever-gentrifying, tragically hip Rosenthaler Platz."
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