Heart of Gold Hostel

address: Johannisstr. 11

HOSTEL DETAIL

About Us

The Heart of Gold Hostel is the Starship of the Berlin Hostels. We got off ground in 2003 and met a lot of new friends on our trip through the galaxies since then - as Hostel in Berlin.
Our Towels packed we enjoy the two suns outside this unique One out of the state-of-the-art hostels that looks a bit like the spaceship, but then again it doesn't - really, it is mostly harmless.

How to Find Us

Main Station Hauptbahnhof:Take any s-bahn going east. It's ONE stop to Friedrichstrasse. Exit onto Friedrichstr., turn left and cross over the River Spree. After the bridge take the second right into Johannisstrasse, walk 150 m down the street and you will find us on the left hand side in number 11.

Zoo station: Take any s-bahn going east. It's four stops to Friedrichstrasse. the see above.

Ostbahnhof: Take any s-bahn going west. It's four stops to Friedrichstrasse, then see above

Schönefeld Airport: Take the s-bahn to Friedrichstrasse, then see above

Tegel Airport: Take bus 128 to u-bahn Kurt-Schumacher-Platz, then get on the U6 in the direction of Alt-Mariendorf. Get off at Oranienburger Tor, go out the exit in the same direction as the u-bahn has left. Keep walking, take the first left into Johannisstrasse, walk 150 m down the street and you will find us on the left hand side in number 11.

from Friedrichstr. you can also take another S-bahn one stop to Oranienburger Str, which is the closest station - recommended for heavy luggage..

Things to Do around Us

The Hostel is located in Berlin Mitte, which is right in the center of the city. Most of the old Berlin is located here. After the Berlin Wall came down the former center of East Berlin was rebuild and the new Berlin city - the Potsdamer Platz, which together with the Alexanderplatz was the centre of the nightlife in the 1920's was ‘re-invented’.

We are in the northern part of the inner city, very close to Oranienburger Strasse, a few minutes away from Hackescher Markt and Friedrichstrasse.

10 minutes walking south and southeast you'll get to museums island with the National Gallery, Old Museum, Berlin ‘Dome’ Cathedral, Pergamon Museum, Humboldt University and to famous “Unter den Linden” - the main street from Alexanderplatz to the Brandenburg Gate.
Crossing “Unter den Linden” you'll get to gendarmenmrkt and even more sights until you get to Checkpoint Charlie - maybe a 20 minutes walk from the hostel.

If you leave the hostel heading west, you'll find yourself passing a few modern governmental office-buildings until you get to the Reichstag and the Brandenburg Gate. Passing the Tiergarten and Victory Column - the ‘Siegessäule’ - you'll reach the Potsdamer Platz, Berlin Philharmonic Hall, New Museum and the Kulturforum with all the Old Masters.

Almost all sights are within walking distance.

The Nightlife of Berlin is widely spread over the different districts. Kreuzberg, Friedrichshain, Prenzlauer Berg and Mitte are full of Clubs and Bars, small Cafes, independent cinemas, theatres and all sorts of multi-cultural venues far away from main stream ‘entertainment’.

Just around the corner of the Hostel you'll find the famous Oranienburger Strasse and its neighborhood with heaps of smaller clubs and bars, restaurants and cafes, asian, turkish, italian, spanish and last but not least german fast food - the ‘Currywurst’. At the corner Friedrichstrasse you'll find the ‘Tacheles’ - the trash-art house, where international independent artists live and work in a unique environment.

To find the real hot spot in Berlins nightlife can be quite difficult, but we can help you - we have the tips, we'll show you how to get where and help you getting tickets. Our young and international crew covers all kind of styles and tastes - so just ask...