Hostel Bruegel

Hostel Bruegel sits in Brussels Centre, one of those discreet hostel additions that travellers tend to bookmark before the rest of the city catches on. The strong location score reflects what guests actually feel on arrival, within an easy walk of the city centre, with the kind of rhythm a city traveller tends to…

Hostel Bruegel sits in Brussels Centre, one of those discreet hostel additions that travellers tend to bookmark before the rest of the city catches on. The strong location score reflects what guests actually feel on arrival, within an easy walk of the city centre, with the kind of rhythm a city traveller tends to want. Inside, the rooms are modest, and guests pick out reliable wi-fi and an in-house restaurant as the small things that add up over a stay. It feels lived-in rather than staged, which tends to be the difference between a stay you remember and one you don't. Pull the review pages apart and you find well over 6,700 reviews, with a solid consensus that's hard to engineer. Reputation has held up across enough stays to mean something. Pricing has been sitting near €34 a night and the value score puts it in a strong-value bracket compared with similar properties. All told, Hostel Bruegel reads as one of those Brussels addresses worth lining up against the obvious choices before booking.