Anker Hostel - Oslo

2 star Hostel Oslo

Storgata 55, west side - Oslo

877-662-6988
NOK 210 Avg Price
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A 10-minute walk from Oslo's main street, the Anker Hostel offers budget 2 star Oslo accommodation within a short walk or tram ride of the city's most famous sights, such as the Royal Palace, as well as major concert venues like the Oslo Spektrum and the Norwegian Opera. It is also incredibly easy to reach as all trains and buses from Oslo Gardermoen and Torp Airports arrive at Oslo Central Station or Central Bus Station, both in close proximity to the Anker Hostel.

The Anker Hostel is a great place to stay for Oslo backpackers as well as anybody who is searching for a cheap holiday in the Norwegian capital. Here you will find no-frills accommodation that is comfortable and clean as well as all of those cannot-live-without items that are a real pain to carry around, such as towels, bedlinen, pillows and duvets. However, please remember that no sleeping bags are allowed.

There is a comfy lounge at the Anker Hostel in Olso which has a PC with broadband internet access and a café bar serving hot and cold drinks (including both soft drinks, beer and wine), as well as light meals, such as pizzas, lasagne and waffles, topped with Norwegian brown cheese. You can also purchase sweets, telephone cards, toiletries, the Oslo card and stamps from reception. Furthermore, alarm clocks can be borrowed from reception upon the payment of a deposit as well as pots and pans to use in the communal kitchen. All in all, a one-stop backpacker's shop! 
Hotel Guest Rating
6.4
Based on 32 hotel reviews

It is a very good, clean hotel in an ideal location with reasonable price and great service! I will surely stay at this hotel again when I go to Oslo.

Anonymous Guest, Netherlands

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Breakfast at Anker Hostel

Breakfast is served at the hotel next door from 7 a.m. until 10 a.m.

Facilities at Anker Hostel

  • Entire property is non-smoking
  • Gift shop
  • Laundry room
  • Lift/elevator
  • Shops in the hotel
  • Front desk - 24 hour
  • Front desk - safety deposit box
  • Luggage room
  • Multilingual staff
  • Meeting Room
  • Aerobics
  • Ski room
  • Private parking
  • Internet/Email services
  • TV Lounge
  • Bar
  • Cafeteria

Know before you go

Check-in: after 3 PM.

Check-out: before 11 AM.


Guests planning to check in to this hotel should be aware that bed linens are not provided. Linens may be rented or guests may bring their own bed linens. No sleeping bags allowed.

Policy

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.

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Cancellation Policy

If cancelled later then one day before arrival, at 1200, we will charge for the first night
You may cancel your reservation without penalty up until 1 day before your arrival date, by accessing the Your Reservations page. It is not possible to cancel your reservation if you selected and booked a room indicated as "PREPAID/NOT REFUNDABLE".
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Anker Hostel reviews

  • January 2012
  • Anonymous Guest
  • Not Specified
  • Netherlands
8.9

It is a very good, clean hotel in an ideal location with reasonable price and great service! I will surely stay at this hotel again when I go to Oslo.

  • August 2011
  • Anonymous Guest
  • Mature couple
  • Italy
5.1

I found lift out of order from 3 days and our room was at 7th floor! The staff give me (paying!) only one towel, and I had to pay also blankets.In the room there was nothing to warm water for tea.

  • February 2011
  • Anonymous Guest
  • Single traveller
  • Germany
1.3

A dirty hostel; stock beds for 8 persons

  • September 2010
  • Ian Fletcher
  • Mature couple
  • Australia
7.4

All that you would expect from a good quality hostel. Rooms was clean, security was good, location great.very good value for money

  • September 2010
  • Sinziana Munteanu
  • Family with older children
  • Germany
7.2

It was a nice location, not far from the city center, and the staff was very nice and helpful. We forgot all our documents in the room and have called in around 4 hours after check-out and they managed to find our stuff and gave it to my husband when he returned to the Anker Hostel (coming all the way from Göteborg :-(( ). We got an entire 8 beds room just for us (3 persons), it was clean and overall ok for a hostel, but the price is rather high for this type of accommodation. But I suppose it has to be like that in Oslo, everything is super-expensive there...

  • September 2010
  • Anonymous Guest
  • Mature couple
  • Brazil
9.9

I loved the staff, competent and friendly, They helped me to find other hotel because I'd booked only 2 night at Anker and they didn't have rooms availables for other days.

  • September 2010
  • Anonymous Guest
  • Young couple
  • Belgium
5.7

I made the booking on line and I booked a doble room but when we arrived they give us a room for 8 people. The room was just for us but we had separet beds. They left 6 bed place and they tell people that the hostel was full for the night (?) The toilet wasn't really clean.

  • August 2010
  • Anonymous Guest
  • Not Specified
  • Germany
3.5

Me and my family we are used to stay in hostels. In Oslo we were very disappointed about the standard of the hostel. First of all, the whole hostel is very dirty and I didn´t see anybody who was cleaning the rooms or the staircase. We had a very large room, but the furmiture was in a very bad state. There wasn´t anything in the kitchen, although there was one in the room. The Prices in Oslo are high and it´s really hard to find a cheap hotel, but nevertheless the anker hostel is not a good alternative.

  • August 2010
  • Anonymous Guest
  • Young couple
  • Italy
6.3

Too expansive for the services offered

  • August 2010
  • Anonymous Guest
  • Young couple
  • New Zealand
7.4

We were looking for an economical place to stay in Oslo for a single night, and found the Anker Hostel to be clean, efficient and reasonably central, although the walk from the train station took us through a rather seedy area. We had booked a double room but were put in a dorm room with lots of bunk beds, which was much more space than we needed, but was not a problem. There was a lot of noise from outside through the night, which was unfortunate, and not really the hostels fault, Otherwise we were happy enough with the room and would stay there again if travelling on a tight budget.

  • August 2010
  • IOANA PUSCAS
  • Young couple
  • Italy
5.2

VERY SPARTAN, ALTHOUGH CLOSE TO THE CENTRAL STATION, BUT NOT VERY NICE NEIGHBOURHOOD AND PEOPLE.

  • April 2010
  • Anonymous Guest
  • Family with young children
  • Italy
8.5

Ideal for short staying, good position near the centre and the station, employees are kind

  • October 2009
  • Anonymous Guest
  • Young couple
  • Czech Republic
7.6

In relation to other kinds of accomodation in Oslo, this hostel is a cheap and quite good possibility to stay. Especially if you stay just a couple of days in Oslo, because it´s quite close to the city-centre and the most important things you can reach by walking. Our double-room was fine, quiet and clean. The only real problem was the welcoming: The stuff sent us to the wrong buildung (the hostel is connected with accomodation-buildings for students, and our room was there). When we came back and asked again for the right way, he insisted to be right. So we tried again - without success. Finally - with the help of another employee, we found the right building, which of course was somewhere else. Altogether, we spent more than 1 hour to search for our room in the late evening because of incompetent stuff ... and nobody said sorry for this. So in general this hostel is a good and cheap possiblity for your stay in Oslo - but don´t trust the stuff if they send you to "House No. 5" in the middle of the night ...

  • September 2009
  • Anonymous Guest
  • Mature couple
  • Netherlands
6.7

Overall our stay was okay. But the rooms where not very clean, though acceptable. The stairs and elevators looked 100 years old and didn't have an friendly appearance. The doors are heavy and make a lot of noise when opened or closed. We read on the internet that the staff was rude and not friendly, but we have a different opinion. The staff was helpful and not rude at all. The neighbourhood is not the best one. There are a lot of people on the streets, often togehter in groups. It didn't make us feel very safe, although nothing bad happened. If you want to go to Oslo, it is acceptable to stay in the Anker Hostel, but there are a lot of better hostels in the world.

  • August 2009
  • Anonymous Guest
  • Young couple
  • Italy
6.6

We're an italian couple and we stayed in Anker for 3 days, The hotel is quite clean and there are many people, is near to the city centre (500mt-1 km). Very good for all person.

  • August 2009
  • Anonymous Guest
  • Young couple
  • Italy
4.7

Col senno di poi abbiamo capito che era meglio fittare una camera in B&B, almeno avevamo lenzuola e colazione incluse nel prezzo(già alto per quanto offre). Non tutte le camere sono spaziose,coperte sporchissime con macchie, il noleggio delle lenzuola è quindi d'obbligo se non si vuole dormire sulla sporcizia e su un materasso con una copertura blu altrettanto sporca. Comodità del wifi free (solo a piano terra)e della fermata di tram e bus proprio di fronte all'ostello. Sicuramente se torneremo ad Oslo alloggeremo altrove.

  • July 2009
  • JENNIFER JONES
  • South Africa
5.1

This is a clean and inexpensive (by Norwegian standards) hostel. Not in the best part of town but close to the railway station and the bus to the museums stopped practically right outside, so it was a very convenient location. The shower was strong and hot - just what we needed. It was nice to have our own bathroom. It is possible to walk to the palace and the central part of town from the Anker Hostel.

  • July 2009
  • Michele Cordini
  • Young couple
  • Italy
9.8

Stupendo, in pieno centro, camere pulite e bagno ampio, ottima colazione per 55 nok, ci ritornerei al volo!!!!

  • June 2009
  • Stephen Ettinger
  • Mature couple
  • USA
9.4

The new opera house is a thing of beauty. Bring your wireless laptop, you wont miss anything at home. The staff is warm and friendly, they know Oslo.

  • May 2009
  • Anonymous Guest
  • Young couple
  • Italy
9.9

Clean, cheap, friendly accomodation near to the center.

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Room Details

The Anker Hostel has 126 rooms available during the summer and 53 in the winter, offering budget Oslo accommodation for up to 6 people. You can choose either a private Twin Room, suitable for single or double occupancy, or opt for a bed in one of the dorms, which come with either 4, 5, or 6 beds.

There is a private bathroom with a shower in all rooms, a novelty for such hostel-style accommodation. Every bed has a duvet and pillow, although the bed linen is provided for a small charge.

Included/Not Included in the price

The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Self parking fee: NOK 175 per night
  • Additional towels/sheets fee: NOK 70 per stay

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

Accommodation Services

  • Individually controlled air conditioning
  • Non-smoking rooms

How to reach Anker Hostel

By car
From the E18 Motorway: follow signs for Gjøvik, take a left turn at the second roundabout. At the first traffic lights, take a right turn onto Christian Krogh Street. Follow this street until the end and you will see the Anker Hotel Best Western straight ahead. The Hostel reception is located to the left of the hotel.

By train
From the square in front of Oslo Central Railway Station: take tram nos. 12, 13 or 15; or bus nos. 30, 31 or 32. Get off at the Hausmannsgate stop just outside the hostel.

By airplane
From Oslo Airport Gardermoen: take the Airport Express Train from Gardermoen Airport to the Central Train Station, which takes about 20 minutes. You can also take the airport bus.
From Sandefjord Torp Airport: take the airport shuttle from Torp Airport to Oslo Bus Station.

Distances from Anker Hostel

Oslo Botanic Garden - 0.6 km / 0.4 mi
Oslo Cathedral - 0.8 km / 0.5 mi
Munch Museum - 0.9 km / 0.6 mi
Var Frelsers Cemetery - 1 km / 0.6 mi
Birkelunden - 1.1 km / 0.7 mi
Storting - 1.1 km / 0.7 mi
National Gallery - 1.1 km / 0.7 mi
Oslo Opera House - 1.1 km / 0.7 mi
Toyen Park - 1.1 km / 0.7 mi
Museum For Contemporary Art - 1.3 km / 0.8 mi
National Theater - 1.3 km / 0.8 mi
Fridtjof Nansen Square - 1.4 km / 0.8 mi
Oslo City Hall - 1.5 km / 0.9 mi
Bislett Stadium - 1.6 km / 1 mi
Nobel Peace Center - 1.6 km / 1 mi
The closest major airports to Anker Hostel are:
Oslo (OSL-Gardermoen) - 36.2 km / 22.5 mi
Sandefjord (TRF-Torp) - 86.8 km / 53.9 mi

The preferred airport for Anker Hostel is Oslo (OSL-Gardermoen).

Distances are calculated in a straight line from the property's location to the point of interest or airport and may not reflect actual travel distance.

Distances are displayed to the nearest 0.1 mile and kilometre.

Transportation services Anker Hostel

  • Private parking

Your hostel in Oslo offers on-site parking for an extra charge.

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