The Yard Hostel

The hostel is perfect for travelers in search of a fair accommodation at the heart of helsinki city centre. It’s quite strange though that receptionists and hostel staff are almost never present and the only appearances were the one of the cleaning maid. The result is that guests don’t really communicate or interact no matter the huge living room and sofas and the fact that they all have to share the kitchen amenities. What happens is that the level of tidiness and accountability for the usage of mugs, plates, cutlery depends on your luck and the guests who check in each and every day. By the last day we had partygoers stopping only for a night out and cans of pepsi and a bottle of vodka were left on the common table (not sure if it was a shy invite to indulge) while the sink and the dishwasher were crammed with badly rinsed stuff. It’s a pity cause the common showers, the toilets and the rooms were fairly clean, we simply expected the typical hostel experience where you manage to socialize a bit more thanks to the staff.

I had a brief stay at the hostel, very easy process to check in and very informative.. The only con is that one of the shower didn’t smell too good but overall it was clean and very comfortable

Modern and cozy hostel , close the central station only 3-5mins walk highly recommended

Central and clean, but missing atmosphere / character. Also easy to get to the airport from the accommodation

It was amazing, we will return there next time when we are in Helsinki, atmosphere was amazing, better bed than I have at home, on boards there is useful information to know, what is happening in that area in that week, etc. A really great place to stay at and for travellers, metro/bus station near by. Also a place where you can meet great and interesting people.

Great