MEININGER Berlin Central Station

Malfunctional ventilation system Poor ventilation of rooms due to restricted window opening making the room very hot and poor air. Poor madras and pillows combined with rough bed linen provides discomfort. Noise from the central station speakers until 3 Am in the morning. Pay for luggage storage, unlike other hostels offered as a free service. Overall, my second worst hostel experience apart from the bed bugs in Milan.

I spend a really good time in Meininger Hostel that is ideally located. The room was clean even though I fear that my mattress might have had bedbugs since I clearly have been bitten...

Maybe I should go with a "2", but it was seriously the worst place that I've stayed in Europe thus far and that takes into account the hostels. Why? Not the front reception desk - they were lovely and well informed. And, the location was great. It was the room. Sigh. First, there were no towels. But, whatever, that's an easy fix. The major problem was the bed. First, the bottom sheet was strange - rough - different than the other sheets. Second - and this was really the problem - something bit me the entire night. Gross! Not flees I think - they produce more visible red bumps. Bedbugs? Not sure. Nothing was visible by eye. I tried putting a different sheet from another bed, but that was quickly evaded. I don't think I'm crazy, because this has only happened once before - in India. At any rate, you couldn't have paid me to stay longer. My primary objective when the sun rose was to leave, as fast as possible.