Akureyri HI Hostel

Garden hostel with a shared kitchen and barbecue

Best forSolo travellers on a budgetGroups who cook in a shared kitchenGuests who like a garden barbecue

Svalbarðseyri

Budget & guesthouse

About this stay

Akureyri HI Hostel keeps things unfussy: dorms and simple rooms with a shared kitchen, a garden with a barbecue area, and free Wi-Fi, six minutes by taxi from Akureyrarkirkja church and seven from Akureyri Airport. The nine-minute walk to Iðunn Mathöll food hall gives an easy dinner option for anyone not cooking that evening, and public transport to the airport takes about twenty minutes for travellers without a car. With four hundred and twenty-eight reviews behind its 8.6 rating, it has one of the deepest track records among the destination's budget stays, a reassuring sign for anyone booking a hostel bed sight unseen. Among the budget stays on this fjord, it remains one of the few to pair a simple bed with a shared kitchen and outdoor space.

Shared kitchen
Garden and barbecue
Free Wi-Fi
Well-reviewed hostel

Our take

This suits budget and solo travellers who want a well-tested hostel with real kitchen access and outdoor space, rather than a bare-bones capsule format. The garden and barbecue area make it better suited to a multi-night stay in summer than a quick winter overnight, when outdoor space matters less. Its long review history makes it a safer bet than several smaller, newer listings on this same destination page.

✓Use the shared kitchen and garden barbecue in summer, they are the hostel's standout features over a plain budget room.
✓Walk to Iðunn Mathöll for dinner if not cooking, it is nine minutes away and covers a range of food options.
✓Take public transport to the airport if travelling without a car, it runs about twenty minutes against seven by taxi.

Why we love it

Garden with barbecue area
Shared kitchen for self-catering
8.6 rating from 428 reviews, well tested
Nine-minute walk to Iðunn Mathöll food hall

Why guests love it
Akureyri HI Hostel is a budget hostel with a shared kitchen and a garden with a barbecue. Wi-Fi is free, and it is one minute's walk from the Hörgárbraut and Stórholt junction and nine minutes from Iðunn Mathöll food hall. Guests rate it 8.6 across 428 reviews, which makes it one of the more reviewed budget stays in the area. I would pick it for solo travellers and groups who cook for themselves.

Guest reviews

4.3

Superb

based on 428 reviews

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Guest score

4.3

· 428 reviews

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