Homeplanet Hostel

5 Jake Pinkus - 3 months ago

The hostel was really clean and the rooms were great. There’s a nice little biergarten/cafe at the bottom of the hostel and the employees are really nice and helpful. It’s only a couple of minutes from the S-Bahn. Highly recommend for your next stay in Leipzig.

4 Frans Kinnunen - a year ago

One of the best Hostel in city! Good price, excellent staff, really recommended. Only thing is if you prefer the "centrum" experience, maybe look for other options.

In Homeplanet you will get a unique experience of what Leipzig is all about, friendly ppl, all that. I would give 5/5 but I realize some in ppl prefer the city center experience with all the commodities (and noise :) around so this is why 4. Perfect place, but maybe you in particular have a particular taste. Neighborhood is quite punk, revolutionary, friendly, but the be aesthetics may or may not be for everybody.

Still, I recommend this experience from my all my Heart. For me, 5 stars, but I think about everyone here reading this review so 4 ^^

5 Timothy Piotrowski - 5 years ago

We were desperately looking for a place to stay at half past ten at night when we around this little hostel. Super nice staff and great prices. Clean and well equipped. Our room smelled a bit of scented candles, but I think it was just to fit in with the atmosphere of this hostel.

5 Martin Raum - 8 years ago

A good experience! Natural and friendly atmosphere. The kitchen is equipt with everything and coffe and chocolare drink is free. No cameras in your face. easy to use, safe and big lockers with free locks. Smoker friendly (tables with ashtrays on every floor in the staircase), people I highly recommend you to visit the home planet because this quality hostel service is rare and unique.

5 Andreas Z - 9 years ago

The best place to be
In south-central L.E.!

I used to live in Leipzig and I've known the guys who run the hostel for many years. I regularly travel to eastern germany and every time I "dock" at good old Home Planet. It's always a delight to meet my friends and to see the hostel growing bigger and better over the years.
Initially they only had the place at 31 Ecksteinstrasse but now the hostel expanded, including two more floors at 56 Bornaische Strasse, which is even closer to the very heart of Leipzig-Connewitz. The "Zoro" is literally next door and the "Stoeckartstrasse" is within a stone's throw. These are the two locations you need to see if you're a friend of alternative DIY subculture.

If I had to describe Leipzig in two words, I'd say: It's the opposite of boring - or: refusal to repeat itself.
The city has always been changing and there is a lot of creative energy. This spirit reflects in the hostel itself: If you get the chance to look at all the rooms you'll notice that none of them looks the same. Each room is decorated in a unique style and you can tell it was built by skilled and creative people who love their work. It's the kind of place where a teenage punk band AND their grand parents could spend a weekend and none of them would feel out of place. You can choose between several levels of privacy: There are hotel-like suites for 2 or 4 persons as well as the usual dormitories and a kitchen where you can fix your own food and meet other guests. And, needless to say, it's always perfectly clean.

The building is a typical specimen of the Gruenderzeit period (midst of 19th century) and downstairs there is a restaurant called "Waldfrieden". Like the hostel itself, it's run by a group of young people who like building stuff up from scratch to be their own bosses. The food is simple and very good. You can eat local specialties as well as vegetarian food and sometimes they'll have artists playing live music. Both hostel and restaurant share a backyard where you can sit outside and have your meal or a drink (Biergarten). There is also a little playground for children.
So actually, you don't even need to leave the building to get an impression of Leipzig.

Even when the hostel is crowded, the staff is friendly. Well, they probably won't smile at you before 8 a.m., because they're authentic people. Armin, the guy who started the project, has been travelling a lot for many years. It seems to me that now, as he's settled down and stopped visiting the world, he'll simply have the world come visiting him instead. So if you're a traveller, go there!

5 Rox Sheila - a year ago

Best place to stay on planet! Awesome, friendly stuff and super nice rooms! Any time! :)

5 Stefanie Bartsch - 3 years ago

Great hostel. Great location. Great host. Love it and would come back any time!