Excellent-value hostel just east of centre with private rooms and dorms. Facilities include live music, bike hire, bar and restaurant. Popular for its likeable, laid-back atmosphere and reasonable rates.
Rooms are big and basic, with free showers and TVs.
This very friendly small hotel on the edge of the old centre is popular among gay and lesbian visitors. Very pleasant, well-run little hotel in a former mattress factory. Rooms are all ensuite and scrupulously clean, though some suffer from traffic noise. More on lodging in the Rough Guide to Amsterdam Overview Accommodation in Amsterdam can be hard to find and very expensive, although the city's compactness means that you'll inevitably end up somewhere fairly central. There are hotels and hostels scattered all over the city.