Best Party Hostels
in Berlin

The Circus Hostel Berlin

Party hostel with great atmosphere. Great on-site Café & Microbrewery offering sandwiches, special offers in selected drinks and delicious home-brewed craft beer. Regular events like karaoke, live music and trivia nights to encourage socialising; and unique tours of Berlin like museum tours by night, art tours or personalised tours lead by the staff to visit their favourite parts of Berlin. And for those waking up late and hangover, their all-you-can-eat breakfast for 5€ is served until 13:00.

St Christopher’s Berlin Alexanderplatz

Berlin's nightlife has a reputation that precedes it by about three decades. St Christopher’s Berlin Alexanderplatz is in Mitte, which puts it at the start of that circuit. Berghain on Am Wriezener Bahnhof, Friedrichshain. The most talked-about club in the world sits in a former power station on Am Wriezener Bahnhof and operates a notoriously selective door policy. The on-site bar handles pre-drinks before the city takes over. At €14 a night and rated 7.9. Rated 7.9: functional rather than exceptional.

Sunflower Hostel Berlin

Berlin's nightlife has a reputation that precedes it by about three decades. Sunflower Hostel Berlin is in Mitte, which puts it at the start of that circuit. Berghain on Am Wriezener Bahnhof, Friedrichshain. The most talked-about club in the world sits in a former power station on Am Wriezener Bahnhof and operates a notoriously selective door policy. Watergate on Falckensteinstraße 49, Kreuzberg is the fallback option if the first place is packed. The on-site bar handles pre-drinks before the city takes over. At €11 a night and rated 8.8. The 8.8 score is solid: a hostel that does the basics well without promising too much.

EastSeven Berlin Hostel

Prenzlauer Berg is not where most Berlin hostels sit, which is exactly the point. EastSeven is a 15-20 minute U-Bahn ride from the main action in Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg, but it's rated 9.7 out of 10, one of the highest scores in the city, and at €18 a night, it makes a reasonable case for the commute. The hostel runs its own social events and puts guests in touch with the main nightlife scene, including the bars along Simon-Dach-Straße. Berghain on Am Wriezener Bahnhof is within reach, though the queue policy is its own problem. Not the loudest option in Berlin, but consistently one of the best-reviewed.

Generator Berlin Alexanderplatz

Berlin's nightlife has a reputation that precedes it by about three decades. Generator Berlin Alexanderplatz is in Mitte, which puts it at the start of that circuit. Berghain on Am Wriezener Bahnhof, Friedrichshain. The most talked-about club in the world sits in a former power station on Am Wriezener Bahnhof and operates a notoriously selective door policy. Watergate on Falckensteinstraße 49, Kreuzberg is the fallback option if the first place is packed. The on-site bar handles pre-drinks before the city takes over. At €15 a night and rated 7.7. Rated 7.7: functional rather than exceptional.

Mitte

Mitte is the central district and the most convenient base for first-time visitors. Rosenthaler Platz and Hackescher Markt are the key backpacker hubs, with hostels, cheap eats, and bars within a few minutes on foot. The Circus Hostel and Heart of Gold are both here, and Tresor is a short S-Bahn ride away on Köpenicker Straße.

Friedrichshain

Friedrichshain is where the party infrastructure is densest. Simon-Dach-Straße is lined with bars and gets busy from around 8pm, while Berghain and the RAW Gelände venue complex are both within the district. The East Side Gallery runs along the northern edge of the neighbourhood alongside the Spree.

Kreuzberg

Kreuzberg sits just south of Friedrichshain across the Spree and has a slightly more local, alternative feel. Oranienstraße is the main nightlife strip, and Watergate and Club der Visionaere are both within the district. It's well connected by U1 and U8 and the neighbourhood has a good spread of budget accommodation.

The most talked-about club in the world sits in a former power station on Am Wriezener Bahnhof and operates a notoriously selective door policy. Inside, Ostgut Ton residents play techno across two floors. the main Berghain room and the slightly more accessible Panorama Bar above it. Queuing on Sunday morning rather than Saturday night often works in your favour.

Watergate sits on the Spree in Kreuzberg and has two floors, one with a water-level terrace that opens out over the river. It books a strong mix of techno and house acts and draws a crowd that's serious about the music without being unfriendly. Entry usually runs €12 to €16 and the terrace is worth the wait on a warm night.

Tresor has been running since 1991 and is one of the founding venues of Berlin techno. The basement Tresor room is a vault-like, dark, loud space that plays hard techno, while the upstairs Globe room runs a wider programme. Nights run from Friday through Sunday and entry is typically €12 to €15.

A canal-side open-air club in Kreuzberg that runs from afternoon into the early hours in summer. It's a wooden deck on the water with a small indoor area, and the crowd is a mix of locals and backpackers who've found the right tip. Techno and deep house dominate and it's a far more relaxed entry experience than Berghain.

Sisyphos is a sprawling open-air and indoor club complex in Lichtenberg that runs weekend-long marathons, sometimes from Friday night to Tuesday morning. The site has multiple dancefloors, a beach area, and hammocks. It's a longer trip from the centre. around 20 minutes on the U5. but the atmosphere on a Sunday afternoon is genuinely unlike anywhere else.

Berlin's oldest beer garden, open since 1837, sits in Prenzlauer Berg and is the antithesis of a dark techno club. It serves Prater's own lager under the chestnut trees and gets lively on summer evenings without being overwhelming. A solid option for an early evening before heading somewhere louder.