Hostel Description: Centrally located in Amsterdam’s famous Red Light District and within walking distance of central station and other major sights, the White Tulip Hostel offers a variety of private rooms and dorms.

The Basics: Amsterdam Hostel Centre (former Hostel Granada)
Located on Amsterdam’s central Leidseplein (aka nightlife central), the Amsterdam Hostel Centre is a simple and cheap pick that’s got proximity to museums and transportation too.

The Basics: Flying Pig Uptown
Situated in the Old Center of Amsterdam, close to the famous Rijksmuseum and within walking distance of Vondelpark, the Flying Pig Uptown offers both dorms and private rooms for less.

The Basics: Annemarie
Let’s talk about Annemarie. She’s a combo budget hotel and hostel. She’s located near major museums as well as Vondelpark in Amsterdam’s city center. People seem to like her and she’s cheap.

Hostel Description: With a superior location in Amsterdam’s historic center, the Aivengo Youth Hostel is a solid place to check your bags and your head when you’re visiting the canalled city. 

The Basics: Flying Pig Downtown
The Flying Pig Downtown Hostel is located on one of the Red Light District's busiest shopping streets and sits next to Amsterdam’s Central Station. Beds here are cheap and in the middle of it all.

The Basics: Youth Hostel Meetingpoint
As the name might imply, the Hostel Meetingpoint prides itself on being a solid base where backpackers from around the globe can link up and live it up in Amsterdam. The hostel benefits from a great location smack-dab in the middle of it all too. From the front door, it's just a few blocks to Centraal Station.

The Basics: Heart of Amsterdam
With easy proximity to Dam Square and Amsterdam’s Central Station, the self-proclaimed “design hostel” Heart of Amsterdam has budget rooms located in the Red Light District.

Hostel Description: The Shelter Jordan is a Christian-run hostel situated in the Western Canal Ring of Amsterdam’s city center. From here, it’s easy to get to and from most major sights.

The Basics: Amsterdam Hostel Cosmos
The Amsterdam Hostel Cosmos, conveniently located in the city’s old historic center and within walking distance of most main attractions, packs in the bunks and then some!

The Basics: Durty Nellys Inn
The Durty Nellys Inn (hostel) might have a funny name and be located in Amsterdam’s grungy Red Light District, but there’s nothing dirty about the sheer volume of spic-and-span reviews this place gets, and it’s smack-dab in the middle of all the action! Did we mention it’s cheap?

The Basics: Bob's Youth Hostel
Bob’s Youth Hostel is located near Central Station and is close to many of Amsterdam’s main attractions. The property offers both dorms and private rooms.

Hostel Description: The one-star Euphemia Hotel sits in central Amsterdam near the Leidseplein, the Heineken Brewery and many of the city’s nightlife destinations.

The Basics: International Budget Hostel
Located in the Southern Canal district—it’s close to Leidesplein, Dam Square and the Van Gogh Museum— the International Budget Hostel offers a variety of dorm rooms, all with shared facilities. 

Hostel Description: Docked in the Plantagebuurt neighborhood with easy access to Central Station and the Nemo Science Center, the Vita Nova is a hostel-on-a-ship.

The Basics: Bostel Amsterdamse Bos
The Bostel Amsterdamse Bos is a hostel-slash-camping-ground that’s located about a 30-minute bus ride south of central Amsterdam. The place is best suited for those who value the great outdoors over being in the middle of it all.

The Basics: Stayokay Amsterdam Stadsdoelen
The Stayokay Stadsdoelen is part of the Stayokay hostel chain. This one, situated in the Southern Canal Ring, is the most central of the bunch. The property offers 176 beds within walking distance of many of the ‘Dam’s most major sights.

Hostel Description: The Hans-Brinker Budget Hotel almost laughingly touts itself as a place without added creature comforts ( “no room service, bellboys, air conditioning, mini-bars, sauna,” reads its description), but if you’re looking for cheap and no-frills, it’s the place to take a load off.

The Basics: The Bulldog
The International Bulldog Hostel, situated in the middle of Amsterdam’s Red Light District and close to most of the tourist action, is a hip place that offers dorms, private rooms and apartments for less. It’s about a ten-minute walk from here to central station.

Hostel Description: Amsterdam Cribs is located close to the action—it’s about a five-minute walk to Dam Platz—in central ‘dam. Bonus: the joint gets rave reviews from its backpacking guests.