Johns Cozy Little Backpacker Hostel in Berlin

zuletzt aktualisiert am 05.01.2010

It is in the ground floor of a historic house of 1895. Perfect for people who love a romantic atmosphere.   The Reception and the living-room is separated from the kitchen.   In the morning our common breakfast - table in the kitchen provide a nice atmosphere to meet people, as well as the living-room.   Moreover, we have a cozy Living-room with a jungle of plants, and sofas, for chilling out, with lots of opportunities for talks and contacts with nice international guests from all continents.

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Directions to us from … ( 1.-6. ), and the time you need

1) the train-station Zoo ( 5 minutes)
2) the train-station Berlin Hbf (15 minutes)
3) Tegel Airport ( TXL ) (15 minutes)
4) Schönefeld Airport ( SFX ) (30 minutes)
5) the central bus-station ( ZOB ) (20 minutes)
6) Directions to us by car

1) From the railway station 'Zoo' = 'Zoo-station' or 'Zoologischer Garten',

take the underground 'U 9' ( two levels down), in the direction of 'Osloer Strasse',
2 stops only, until 'Turmstrasse' (takes 3 minutes). Best if you are in the middle of the train.

When you arrived at the station 'Turmstrasse', ( which means 'Tower street' )
take the exit in the middle of the station. ( In total there are 3 exits ). Walk up the stairs.

Upstairs, outside, turn left. Walk along Turmstrasse, at its left hand side.
First then you cross Berlins smallest street, Thusnelda Allee, which has only 1 house, a church.

Then, you pass on your right hand side the city hall of Tiergarten-District.
Finally you arrive at “Ottostrasse”
There you turn right, pass “Woolworth” and walk along “Oldenburger Strasse'.

At the first corner you turn right, that is our street,
called Waldenser Strasse'.

It is the 2nd house on the right side, number 30
John's Cozy Little Backpacker Hostel'
at Waldenser Strasse 30.
Just ring the bell.

In our big window you will see our
Hostels name in the window

2) From the new central train-stop 'Hauptbahnhof'
which means 'Central Train Station'
you take the exit 'Europa Platz',
which is in northern direction.

When you come out of the hall, cross the street.
From the other side, take the bus 'TXL',
which goes in direction to Tegel = TXL airport.

After 3 stops and 6 minutes,
you arrive at the Underground station 'Turmstrasse' .
From there, you walk into the direction
where the bus went to,
along 'Turmstrasse', at it's right side.

The first street you cross is
'Wilhelmshavener Strasse'.
Then come 2 banks at your right hand side,
with cash machines / ATMs.
Make sure, you have enough cash to pay us on arrival,
because we only take cash as payments.

Then you pass the 2nd street, 'Bredowstrasse'
and the 3rd street 'Jonasstrasse' ,
Then you pass the city hall of Tiergarten-District
and the 3rd street 'Bremer Strasse'.
At the 4th street, 'Oldenburger Str.' ,
(after Woolworth), you turn right.

At the first crossing is our street, called
'Waldenser Strasse'. There you turn right.

At number 30, which is the 2nd house on your right hand's side, you will see the name in the window:
JOHN'S COZY LITTLE BACKPACKER HOSTEL'
Just ring the bell.


3) From the airport 'Tegel' = TXL,
you just take the 'TXL' bus a few stops,
about 8-10 minutes.
There you have 2 choices (A or B)

A: Get off the bus at S-Bahn Beusselstr. ,
this way is longer to walk, but a nice quiet walk,

B: Get off the next station,
'Beusselstr. / Turmstrasse'.
which is shorter but more noisy and distracting.

A: Get off the bus at S-Bahn Beusselstr. ,
Walk in the same direction.
At the first street, turn left into Siemensstrasse.
At Waldstrasse turn right.
Then turn left at Wiclefstr.. Cross Emdener Str.
At Oldenburger Str. you turn right.
At Waldenser you turn left again.
Johns Hostel is then on the right side of the street,
at Nr. 30, the 2nd house, right after the Cafe-Bar Cox.

B: Get off the bus at 'Beusselstr. / Turmstrasse'.
and walk in the same direction, where the bus was driving to. At Waldstrasse you turn left.
At the next corner comes “Waldenser Str.,
which is our street. Here you turn right, walk on your right hand's side. After crossing 2 streets, Emdener Str. and Oldenburger Str.,
our house is at Waldenser Strasse 30.
just after the Cafebar Cox.
. There you see the name in the window:
JOHN'S COZY LITTLE BACKPACKER HOSTEL'
Ring the bell at the door next to the big window.

4)
From the airport 'Schoenefeld' = SXF,
you can take first the bus 171 for 1 stop, or you walk about 7 minutes to the train station 'Schoenefeld'.
From there, you can take the 'Airport-Express' train,
from platform number 3.
It leaves every 30 minutes from there and takes 20 minutes until railway station 'Zoo' = 'Zoologischer Garten'
(4-5 stops) The S-Bahn takes 40 minutes and has 30 stops.

From Zoo-station, follow the directions from above ( see 1.)

5)
From the Central Bus station 'ZOB' take the left exit, ( behind the busses ), and pass “Cosy (Car) Wash”
There, you turn left and walk for about 2 minutes along that street, until the underground-station “Kaiserdamm” (U1) .
Take the U1 a few stops into the direction to “Warschauer Strasse”,
until “Zoologischer Garten”,
which is the western railway station 'Zoo'

From there, you follow the directions from above. See Nr. 1)


6) By car. If you come from the south, on the motorway = Autobahn, go first into the direction / follow the signs to “Zentrum” “Center”.

As soon you see “Tegel” go to “Tegel”, then, as soon as you see “Wedding” go to “Wedding”.

Exit the highway at 'Beusselstrasse'. From there, drive to the direction of 'Tiergarten'.

Cross the bridge. Turn in the first street at the left side, Siemensstrasse. Turn right the next street, which is Waldstrasse. Then turn left at Waldenser Strasse. Cross 2 streets , Emdener and Oldenburger, after this our house is the 2nd on the right side, at no. 30.

Just ring the bell at one of the 2 doors. See you soon. John