Looking for a budget bed? Unfold Amsterdam's Steven McCarron tracks down the best,whether you want to be in the red light district or a calm backwater
• As featured in our Amsterdam city guideSituated just off Vondelpark and the museum district, the Flying Pig Uptown was freshly refurbished in 2010 and is a fine alternative to the Flying Pig Downtown, and the owners' ever-hectic flagship hostel in the red light district. Uptown you get the party-centric atmosphere with the detoxing properties of the Vondelpark next door – you can even borrow inline skates to explore. The bar is always full; likewise the kitchen,where visitors bond over the stove. Unsurprisingly, this breeds an active space with guests coming and going at all hours. Be warned: the hostel is strict on its under-35s only policy, and but whether you're beyond that limit,you're unlikely to want to share a room with a horde of rowdy 18-year-olds.[br]• Vossiusstraat 46, +31 20 400 4187, or flyingpig.nl,queen-size bunk in shared room from €25pp B&B, private doubles from €85 B&BContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com